"The purpose of the Forum is to promote the discussion of frontier research on empirical and theoretical issues in international finance, banking and macroeconomics, with a special eye on the relevance for monetary policy. In the wake of financial crises in Europe, the United States and...

This conference is designed to provide a forum for debate on how to achieve sustainable financial stability. The discussion will focus on the long-term effects of changing economic conditions, additional regulatory requirements and new macro prudential policies on the financial system.

Conference Programme: Session 1) Cross-Border Effects of Unconventional Policies Session 2) Monetary Policy Implementation and Transmission at the ZLB Session 3) Theoretical Perspectives on Liquidity and Financial Markets Session 4) Modeling Credit Easing

Programm: - Stefan Bach, Martin Beznoska, Viktor Steiner (DIW and FU Berlin) "Distributional Effects of Indirect/Direct Tax Reforms“ - Rolf Aaberge “The Distributional Impact of Public Services in European Countries” - Andre Decoster „How much inequality can we explain? The role of...

DIW Berlin and CEPR will host the conference on the role of the European Central Bank and its bond purchasing programme OMT. The Conference is thought as a forum to discuss the arguments pro and con and also to point out ways out of the crisis.

The aim of this workshop is to allow those responsible for the design and implementation of such policies to deepen their theoretical understanding of monetary operations and to compare and contrast experiences with their peers. Topics: - lessons learned from the financial crisis; - forms of...

Conference Program: Session I - Transatlantic Macro-Financial Linkages: The Ties that Bind Session II - Macroeconomic Developments and Policy Challenges in the United States and Europe Session III - Transatlantic Dimensions of Financial Reform

Topics: - financial market incentives and bank funding, - International implications of the evolving models of funding, - the impact of different types of bank funding on the supply of corporate lending (including SME lending) and investment, - corporate bond issuance as a complement/substitute...

The conference provides researchers who use the SOEP with the opportunity to present and discuss their work with other researchers familiar with SOEP data. Researchers for all disciplines (e.g. economics, demography, geography, political sciences, public health, psychology and sociology) who use...

We aim at bringing together researchers from several disciplines, especially economics, sociology, geography, and anthropology, in this conference. We do not impose any specific definition of well-being but welcome papers using different concepts. All papers should have an empirical focus and...