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 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...

Auf der Tagung wird der aktuelle Stand der Debatte zur tariflichen Unterbietungskonkurrenz zusammengefasst und auch die deutsche Rechtsprechung unter Bezugnahme auf Art. 2 des ILO-Übereinkommens 87 kritisch hinterfragt. Es wird thematisiert, ob Deutschland seinen mit Ratifikation des...

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 conference programme will include keynote addresses as well as presentations of contributed papers. The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the University of Mannheim invite the submission of theoretical as well as empirical work. In particular, we encourage the submission of...

The general topic of this workshop is "Expectations and Expectation Formation in Financial Markets". The workshop provides a forum for discussions between young talented researchers and distinguished experts in their field of research. Topics: - The Role of Expectations in the Current Financial...

Öffentliche Dienstleistungen werden von Menschen in Bundes-, Landes- und Kommunalverwaltungen erbracht. Doch ist unsere föderale Struktur den Aufgaben noch gewachsen? Die Beantwortung dieser Frage wird ein zentrales Thema des Potsdamer Forums für Führungskräfte im öffentlichen Dienst 2010...

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 workshop invites empirical and theoretical contributions to this topic from all areas of labour economics and related fields such as the economics of education, industrial economics, health economics, international economics, or public finance. Micro- and macroeconomic papers are welcome.

Speaker: Michael Waterson (University of Warwick, GBR)