Netspar stimulates innovative academic research in all disciplines in the social sciences related to aging and retirement. For the Netspar International Pension Workshop Netspar invites contributions from all areas of Netspar’s research program. Topics of interest related to aging and...

Netspar stimulates innovative academic research in all disciplines in the social sciences related to aging and retirement. Topics of interest related to aging and retirement are: - Wellbeing and Welfare of Older People, - Communication and choice, - Work, Retirement, Housing, and Healthcare, -...

Netspar, Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement, is a thinktank and knowledge network. Netspar is dedicated to promoting a wider understanding of the economic and social implications of pensions, aging and retirement in the Netherlands and Europa. Attendance at the International...

Program: Wellbeing and Welfare; Communications & Choice; Work, Retirement, Housing and Healthcare; Savings, Investments & Insurance; Institutions, Governance & Solidarity. Only employees of Netspar-partners and Netspar fellows are invited to attend this Pension Day.

The following topics are likely to be covered: • an introduction to recent research on exchange rates, in particular market microstructure models, behavioural finance models as well as the new ‘open economy’ macroeconomic paradigm; • reserve currency issues and aspects of foreign...

Topics likely to be covered include: • the objectives of monetary policy and optimal policy under commitment and discretion; • methods for estimating policy rules and objective functions; • forecasting with and without endogenous monetary policy; • modelling the zero lower bound on...

The seminar will focus on a wide range of financial stability issues. The topics covered in the event will fit within the following broad themes: • the enhanced role of the Bank of England in the UK framework for financial stability; • identification and assessment of key risks to financial...

Formal models of the economy are important for central banks. They help ensure a consistent view of the transmission mechanism of monetary policy and facilitate the identification of shocks that affect the economy. They also form a coherent framework for forecasting and provide a benchmark to...

This seminar offers central bankers the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the theoretical and practical aspects of these recent challenges to financial stability and macroprudential policy, and to share experiences with their peers. The following key topics are likely to be covered: •...

The global financial and economic crisis has posed particular challenges for all monetary policy frameworks including inflation targeting. This seminar considers the questions now faced by central banks: What lessons have we learned from the crisis? Are there any implications for the inflation...