We invite submissions addressing notably the following issues: economic and financial adjustments; economic imbalances; country issues; challenges to monetary policy and fiscal policies.

This conference has been cancelled.

The research clusters bring together ESCB researchers to present their work within the ESCB research community, exchange ideas and foster open discussions. This year the workshop addresses issues related to the Covid crisis, trade, fiscal policy, productivity and labour markets.

This virtual workshop will bring together labor economists and macroeconomists interested in the nexus between labor markets on the one hand, and the dynamics of wage and price inflation on the other. All theoretical and empirical submissions are welcome, especially those that examine: -...

The discussion will be orga­nized on the sidelines of the V4 International Final of the Economics Olympiad founded by INEV. Participants of the discussion: Svatopluk Kapounek, President of the Czech Economic Society and Associate Professor of Mendel University in Brno; Martin Šuster, President...

Topics: - Decoupling of advanced and emerging countries' growth prospects - Domestic and global drivers of low growth and low interest rates: demand for safe assets, demographics, productivity growth - Government debt policy in a low interest rate environment - Secular decline in interest rates...

The Coronavirus pandemic and the widespread economic downturn in the wake of the resulting ‘lockdown’ in many countries have spurred an unprecedented output of research in multiple disciplines. This research is serving as a vital guide to policymakers in governments, central banks and...

Der Tag der Deutschen Einheit jährt sich 2020 zum 30. Mal. Der Weg der Vereinigung war und ist nicht immer geradlinig verlaufen. Auf der gemeinsamen Konferenz von Wirtschaftsdienst/ZBW und dem Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) soll dieser Weg analysiert und diskutiert...

2-day seminar on the implications of post-growth economic thinking for the Global South and the development cooperation sector. Nach Ansicht von WachstumskritikerInnen sollte Deutschland sich als Land mit hoher Wirtschaftsleistung darauf einstellen, dass die Wachstumsraten der Wirtschaft bald...

In the first half of 2020, the world economy contracted by an unprecendented 10 percent as the pandemic unfolded. Since then, output is recovering. But how does the pandemic affect economic activity in different parts of the globe? Are there substantial differences in the crisis response by...