The conference seeks to bring together academics and policy makers to discuss the aggregate implications of structural reforms, both from a theoretical and an empirical perspective. Topics: - The macroeconomic impact of structural reforms, both in the short and long run - The optimal timing of...

Corruption and special interest politics might seriously distort the design and implementation of public policies and the soundness of public finances. This workshop aims at studying the effects of corruption and lobbying on public policy and at analysing the institutions that can help to...

This international symposium will discuss the legacy of the crisis for the future conduct of central banking. It will bring together a wide group of central bank governors, academics as well as senior officials of major financial institutions and international organizations. The participants...

Topics: - International adjustment dynamics - Current account imbalances and international capital flows - Global financial crises - Open-economy macroeconomic models - Exchange rates - International dimensions of monetary and fiscal policy - Sovereign risk

The workshop will give researchers and central bankers the opportunity to discuss theoretical work, empirical findings and policy implications related to cross-border banking. Topics: - the role of internationally active banks in the global economy - the effects of crossborder banking on the...

SUERF and the Banque de France are holding a joint conference at the Banque de France's premises in Paris on Friday 22 November 2013, which will also serve as the celebration for SUERF's 50th Anniversary. The conference will begin with an address by Governor Christian Noyer, and will consist of...

This one-day workshop aims at bringing together academics, regulators and practitioners in order to: - Discuss new empirical and theoretical research that deals with the recent technological advances in financial markets, with a particular focus on high frequency and algorithmic trading, -...

Topics: - recent and future developments in retail payments and retail payment economics; - impact of the economic crisis on retail banking and retail payments; - payment habits and the use of different payment instruments; - integration of retail payment markets; - consolidation, economies of...

The conference will bring together central banks and academics to assess the progress made in reducing risks in OTC derivatives markets since the start of the G20 reform programme, and to discuss the road ahead. Topics: - Central clearing and reducing systemic risk - Managing counterparty credit...

The aim of the conference is to gather high quality recent research that explores the causes and consequences of sovereign default from three different, complementary perspectives: theoretical and empirical macroeconomics, macro-finance modeling, as well as economic history.