The recent turbulent times have revived the interest in business cycle analysis, forecasting and methods to assess the effects of economic policies. This, in turn, has generated the development of refined or totally new econometric methods, in particular based on Bayesian techniques. The...

The conference brings together leading figures from academia and economic policy-making circles, altogether forming an audience of about 80 invited participants, to discuss the research carried out in the context of DG ECFIN's Fellowship Initiative 2014-2015 under the overall theme "Forward to a...

This conference focuses on the history of inflation, ranging from the Roman Empire to modern times. Topics: - From a historical perspective, what are the causes and consequences of inflation? What outcomes did different monetary policies and reforms have on inflation? - In whose interest did...

We look forward to paper proposals that address any of these and related issues, hopefully from a broad range of institutions (central banks, commercial banks, insurance companies) from all over Europe and beyond. We would welcome papers that include some reflection on how archival data series...