Topics: - the evolution of bank business models and risk-taking preferences in response to regulatory change (Basel III) - the implications of the zero bound problem for (SME) lending choices - the existence of multiple policy objectives and private vs government lending - the challenges...

We are pleased to announce details of the latest EABCN Training School; a three-day course entitled "Term structure models and the zero lower bound". Dr Jens Christensen will teach the course. Jens Christensen is a senior economist in the Financial Research Section of the Federal Reserve Bank of...

This year’s conference will focus on Efficiently Inefficient Markets.

"The purpose of the Forum is to promote the discussion of frontier research on empirical and theoretical issues in international finance, banking and macroeconomics, with a special eye on the relevance for monetary policy. In the wake of financial crises in Europe, the United States and...

Conference Programme: Session 1) Cross-Border Effects of Unconventional Policies Session 2) Monetary Policy Implementation and Transmission at the ZLB Session 3) Theoretical Perspectives on Liquidity and Financial Markets Session 4) Modeling Credit Easing

Topics: - cross-border financial linkages and monetary policy; - trade integration, financial integration and the propagation of and adjustment to shocks; - sovereign risk, financial frictions and monetary policy; - standard and non-standard monetary policies in multi-sector/multi-country...

DIW Berlin and CEPR will host the conference on the role of the European Central Bank and its bond purchasing programme OMT. The Conference is thought as a forum to discuss the arguments pro and con and also to point out ways out of the crisis.

The aim of this workshop is to allow those responsible for the design and implementation of such policies to deepen their theoretical understanding of monetary operations and to compare and contrast experiences with their peers. Topics: - lessons learned from the financial crisis; - forms of...

Topics: - financial market incentives and bank funding, - International implications of the evolving models of funding, - the impact of different types of bank funding on the supply of corporate lending (including SME lending) and investment, - corporate bond issuance as a complement/substitute...

The goal of this two-day conference is to enhance the interaction among researchers interested in financial intermediation. Submissions in all areas of financial intermediation will be considered.