Topics of interest: - Unconventional monetary policies and normalization of the monetary policy and: the pricing of financial assets, the risk taking by banks, the spillover effects to other developed and emerging markets, the financial market liquidity. - Basel III capital and liquidity ratio...

The central topics at the conference are: - The impact of the Internet of Things on the innovation potential of established industries. - Changing old-school industries to new service industries. - Connectivity and interoperability. - Effective (big) data handling and analysis. - Collaboration...

The conference aims to provide researchers and policymakers an opportunity to present theoretical and empirical research related to the subdued global growth performance. Of particular relevance are the implications for global linkages and monetary policies in an environment of high economic and...

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...

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 conference chairs invite academics and practitioners to participate and discuss empirical and theoretical research that investigates retail investor products and services, the impact of technology on retail investors, investors’ decision-making, investor protection schemes, and market...

ERIC welcomes Ph.D. students to submit working papers or preliminary drafts of one of their Ph.D. essays to the doctoral consortium, which will take place on April 24th, 2013 at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. Presentations will be 15 minutes, followed by 15 minutes open...

The range of products available to retail investors and the total trading volume in retail investment products has grown dramatically. Banks and financial intermediaries offer investment products and services that are designed to provide retail investors with a greater choice of investment...

This conference will provide an opportunity for researchers to discuss a wide range of theoretical and empirical issues regarding alternative options central banks face when defining their price stability objective. Research papers on the optimal level of inflation; on the zero bound on nominal...