The 90th East Jour Fixe will bring together professional forecasters from international institutions, central banks and academia to share lessons learned from past crises, explore latest trends in forecasting and discuss challenges associated with data availability. In doing so, the focus will...

Thirty years ago, in 1989, the Iron Curtain was lifted. To commemorate this historic event, the OeNB’s CEEI 2019 will explore key questions about transition in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE): - What have the last 30 years accomplished? We will look at successes and...

The focus of the conference will be on the future of financial stability in the EU with the aim to develop a long-term vision for 2030. Policymakers are facing a dilemma between simplicity of financial regulation and its effectiveness to achieve financial stability. Against this background, we...

The goal of this one-day workshop on Trade, Migration and Labor Market Outcomes is to bring together leading theoretical and empirical economists from the field to stimulate interaction and instigate policy conclusions based on novel research that combines new theory with new empirics. The...

The WIFO Regional Economics Workshop is organised in honour of Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and member of WIFO's Scientific Advisory Board. This year’s workshop will focus on topics around services and their contribution to...

In reply to the financial crisis, "Great Recession" and sovereign debt crisis, many central banks have pursued ultra-easy and far reaching unconventional monetary policies for several years. Yields on various bond calsses - including euro area sovereign bond yields since the sovereign debt...

Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe (WWWforEurope) is a four year research project within the 7th Framework Programme funded by the European Commission. The aim of the WWWforEurope conference on Modelling Growth and Socio-ecolo-gical Transition is to promote the exchange of ideas among...

Topics: - Banking Sector Development and Financial Deepening in Russia - The Role of Ownership for the Performance of Russian Banks - Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Russia