The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated the macroeconomic vulnerabilities of low- and middle-income countries. Debt was already high prior to the onset of the pandemic, but now many developing country governments must navigate through record-high public and private debt levels, and rising...

The conference will bring together top researchers from academia, central banks, and other policy institutions to present research findings related to monetary economics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Monetary Policy, TFP, and Long-run Growth - Monetary Policy and...

The workshop organizers invite researchers to submit empirical papers covering issues in all areas linking banking and institutions. Possible topics include but are not limited to the following: - political economy of banking - financial stability - institutional underpinnings of financial...

The aim of this conference is to bring together academics, and policy-oriented economists by providing a forum for debate on economic policy issues relevant in the European context. The 18th Conference will focus on the macroeconomic policy challenges for European economies and advanced...

The themes of the conference cover policy and practitioner-oriented research related to systemic risk measurement. We solicit contributions covering a broad range of techniques related to systemic risk analytics, particularly related to (but not limited to) the following themes: - Using systemic...

The Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT) started its operations on September 1, 1991. During the past 30 years the scope of BOFIT activities has changed somewhat, but commitment to high-quality analysis and research has remained the same. To celebrate the occasion, we are...

Program: Session I: “(Un)conventional approaches”; Session II: “Central banks in a changing world”; Session III Panel: “Experiences from central banks’ strategy reviews”.

The conference will bring together top researchers from academia, central banks, and other policy institutions to present research findings related to current as well mid-term to long-run issues and challenges concerning monetary policy. Topics of interest: - Debt sustainability, fiscal...

The workshop organizers invite researchers to submit papers covering issues in all areas linking finance and politics. Topics: Political economy of banking; Electoral cycles and banks’ behavior; Political systems and financial crises; Political connections of firms; Political uncertainty and...