Topics: - Capital flows to emerging markets and the role of global and idiosyncratic factors in driving banking, portfolio flows and asset prices in emerging markets, - The impact of policy normalisation in developed economies on liquidity and credit conditions in emerging markets, - The impact...

The purpose of the IRFMP is to promote the discussion of innovative research on theoretical and empirical macroeconomic issues with relevance for monetary policy. Topics: - factors accounting for very low global real interest rates; - whether central banks have adequate scope to ease policy in a...

Topics: - The role of debt and leverage in macroeconomic dynamics, determinants of public and private debt sustainability, and the implications of simultaneous public and private deleveraging. - The sustainability of adjustments. - Early warning systems used to detect macroeconomic and fiscal...

Relevant issues and factors for current account adjustment may include: - The exchange rate regime (external versus internal devaluations) - The modality of fiscal consolidations (tax versus spending adjustments) - Firm heterogeneity and export performance - Labour market reforms - Financial...

This biannual workshop provides a forum for the presentation of new theoretical and applied work on forecasting. Topics that are of particular relevance to the 2014 workshop include: - forecasting in heterogeneous parameter and multi-country settings; - models for conditional forecasts and...

In most OECD countries the era of long-term care (LTC) has arrived. More than two out of five people aged 65 or older report having some type of functional limitation (sensory, physical, mental, self-care disability, or difficulty leaving home). A few years from now, the ageing trend will...

The workshop provides a forum for the presentation of both theoretical and applied contributions that can help identify new directions for forecasting, particularly in the light of the issues raised by the recent financial and sovereign debt crises. The ongoing turbulence in the global economy,...

Topics: - Reforming the Stability and Growth Pact - Financial stability of the EMU - The role of ECB - Fiscal imbalances and sovereign default in the EU - Debt consolidation strategies - Dealing with Current Account Imbalances - The role of EURO in the emerging world monetary system

The objectives of this conference are twofold. First, the conference aims to improve the general understanding of payment economics (and related disciplines) in the field of retail payments and, more specifically, to help identify possible developments and dynamics that will shape the future...

Climate change is one of the greatest collective action problems facing the international community. The fiscal implications of climate change are, arguably, immediate, lasting, and they are liable to affect all countries, albeit in rather different forms and degrees. The aim of this conference...