This workshop aims to provide a discussion forum on innovative research and to promote the exchange of views for issues related to central banking among researchers of the Bank of Albania, other central banks, academia and other research institutions. Topics of interest: - What causes inflation?...

Workshop Program: Session 1: Future trends in asset management – a products and tools perspective; Session 2: Structural change and disruption in asset management; Session 3: 7th SUERF Unicredit Foundation Award; Session 4: Implications for financial stability and consumer protection.

Topics: - What is driving exchange rate developments and their implications for price and financial stability; - Theoretical and empirical aspects of transmission mechanism and macro prudential policy; - Dynamics in financial innovation and implications for central banks; - Macroeconomic Models...

Papers can be on any topic in Economics, Finance or Management Science, as they relate to risk and insurance.

Research Themes: - New approaches and new institutions for responsible and sustainable finance and investments. - The role of financial services and local banks for economic success in regional and in global markets. - The concept and procedures of retaining or establishing the link with local...

Any papers dealing with the legal and economic implications of the use of technology innovations to (re)insurance industry are invited. Topics: The regulatory implications of insurtech; Blockchain and (re)insurance processes and payments including smart contracts; Peer-to-peer insurance and...

Topics: - Globalization (Sharing globalization benefits and compensate the losers; Demographic Changes, social inclusiveness and migration; Protectionism and welfare in a globalized world; Declining labor shares and technological change; Skills polarization and wages), - Trade (Trade and...

The organizers are then inviting papers that explore the following themes: - Analysis of the contribution of coop banks to the real sector and of their actual performance; - Regulation, competition policy and forced changes for coop banks: levelling or distorting the playing field? - Making...

The workshop welcomes research papers submissions from central bankers, academic community and market practitioners to discuss the key developments in money markets, monetary policy implementation and central bank operational frameworks and to develop long-term collaborative...

The organizers are then inviting papers that explore the following themes: - Analysis of the contribution of coop banks to the real sector and of their actual performance; - Regulation, competition policy and forced changes for coop banks: levelling or distorting the playing field? - Making...