The purpose of the Forum is to promote the discussion of frontier research on empirical and theoretical issues in International Finance, Banking, and Open Economy Macroeconomics, with a special eye on relevance for monetary policy.

The conference aims to bring together high-quality research that is at the intersection of labor economics and macroeconomics. We invite researchers to submit empirical and theoretical contributions related to labor market dynamics on topics such as labor market frictions, causes and...

The AEF also sponsors The Academy of Economics and Finance Journal, a journal of peer-reviewed papers presented at the conference, in addition to a Papers and Proceedings volume. Papers may be submitted AFTER the conference by following the directions on the website.