The Conference will focus on the effects and policy implications of balance sheets misalignments for the EU economies. The financial crisis brought into light that balance sheets are not neutral: their size and composition matter for the response of the economy to shocks, for the impact of...

This 2-day conference will combine high-profile keynote speakers with academic sessions focusing on different aspects of integration and a round table discussion on the future of European integration. Topics: Financial, monetary, and fiscal integration; Optimum Currency Areas; European banking...

We welcome especially contributions that analyze the interaction between microeconomic financial structures and macroeconomic policies and stability objectives. We seek to attract high quality theoretical and empirical work around five main themes: 1. Contagion 2. Stability effects of...