Topics: - The role of central bank communication in the conduct of monetary policy and in ensuring financial stability. Is the role of communication in maintaining price stability and financial stability different? What should be communicated with respect to financial stability? How should...

The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research in economics, undertaken by both IMF staff and by outside economists, and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policymakers. Anil Kashyap (University of Chicago Booth School of Business) will...

The objective of the conference is to present state-of-the-art empirical research and empirically motivated theoretical research on household asset accumulation, debt, and consumption behaviour over the life cycle. The focus of the conference is on research that makes extensive use of household...

Topics: - Financial liberalisation and the finance-growth nexus; - Financial linkages and propagation channels of shocks; - Asset price co-movements, bubbles and contagion phenomena; - Financial stability implications of international financial integration and global imbalances; - Global policy...

The 11th IAEE European Conference, "Energy Economy, Policies and Supply Security: After the Price Shock", will provide excellent opportunity to present and discuss the results of newest studies performed in exceptional circumstances. The conference will bring together wide spectrum of...

After eight years of service as Vice-President of the European Central Bank, the mandate of Lucas Papademos will end on 31 May 2010. In order to honour his career both as a distinguished academic and as an eminent central banker, the ECB will host a two-day colloquium entitled “The great...

This 9th annual Darden International Finance Conference seeks to address international issues concerning access to capital. In all types of economies, households and firms are at times constrained in their ability to attract outside capital. The conference will explore country- and...

Topics: - Gail Cohen, Frederick Joutz, Prakash Loungani, – The Determinants of Energy Vulnerability and Security: An Empirical Analysis - Stephen P.A. Brown, and Hillard G. Huntington – Reassessing the Oil Security Premium - Christian Winzer, Karsten Neuhoff, and Daniel Ralph – Measuring...