Joint with the Swiss National Bank, the Study Center sponsors a biannual conference organized jointly with the Journal of Monetary Economics. Each conference focuses on a specific topic of relevance for central banks and features six to eight papers that are contributed by leading specialists in...

The European Summer Symposium in Economic Theory (ESSET) is one of the key annual events for economic theorists. It has been held at the Studienzentrum Gerzensee (a foundation of the Swiss National Bank), Switzerland, each July since 1992. ESSET 2022, is retaining the focus of the postponed 2020...

The aim is to stimulate discussion on whether and in what ways digital currencies, de-fi, and the associated new technologies will change the way we think about monetary regimes and policy. Monetary and financial economists who are or are not working on FinTech and Digital Currencies are invited...

Due to the uncertainty of COVID-19, the organisers have reviewed the situation and decided that the safest option is to cancel ESSFM this year. There will be a new round of paper submissions and selections so we will be in contact when the new dates for ESSFM 2021 are confirmed.

Topics: - Monetary economics and monetary policy; - OTC markets; - E-money, central bank digital currency,and Fintech; - Whole sale and retail payments; - Banks and other financial intermediaries.

Topic: any area of financial economics and related fields.

ESSET 2019 will be devoted to "Advances in Behavioral Theory", and "Information, Learning, and Markets". Focus sessions in the first week (1 – 5 July) will be organised by Aislinn Bohren (Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pennsylvania and CEPR) and Philipp Strack (University of...

Topics: - What is the empirical evidence on aggregate and distributive effects of unconventional monetary policy (e.g., negative interest rates, asset purchases, targeted longer-term refinancing operations)? Through which channels are these effects transmitted? How persistent are they? - What...

The conference brings together academics and central bankers from around the world to consider the implications of recent research for macroeconomic policy. For each conference, six to eight papers on a common subject are written by leading specialists in the field. Program: Session I - Capital...

This call for papers invites you to express your interest in attending this symposium, or to submit a paper proposal in any area of financial economics and related fields.