“Macro Policies in Turbulent Times” – #KKG107 takes a closer look at key issues in monetary and fiscal affairs. Macroeconomically, the recent years have been turbulent times indeed. Both the pandemic as well as the energy crisis brought about new challenges for monetary and fiscal...

We introduce shocks to the availability of US dollar funding for non-US financial intermediaries in a two-country New Keynesian model with financial frictions. Such dollar shortages lead to uncovered interest rate parity deviations and have a significant negative effects on the macroeconomy....

The macroeconomic impacts of the quantitative easing programs enacted by the major central banks worldwide have been examined in many scientific articles. An increasing number of papers have additionally explored the spillover effects of the US and – to a lesser degree EA and UK - QE programs...

This is the first of three webinars in our series how (model) uncertainty shapes our understanding of the macroeconomic impacts of climate change and climate mitigation policies. “The design and conduct of climate change policy necessarily confronts uncertainty along multiple fronts. We...

8th Emerging Scholars Colloquium will be hosted as an online event (using Zoom) on August 23-24(and possibly 25), 2021. The aim of the colloquium is to provide an opportunity for emerging scholars in social and environmental accounting (SEA) research to present and discuss their research...

Die ökonomischen Folgen der Pandemie sind noch nicht voll sichtbar und werden sehr wahrscheinlich noch länger spürbar sein. Zusammen mit den Präsidenten von sechs Wirtschaftsforschungsinstituten der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft wollen wir zunächst über die Auswirkungen der Pandemie auf den...

Die Bundesregierung hat sich das Ziel gesetzt, Deutschland bis 2050 weitgehend CO2 neutral zu machen. Es ist klar, dass eine solche Transformation nur mit fundamentalen Veränderungen in den Produktionsweisen und Verbrauchsgewohnheiten möglich ist.Doch kann eine solche Transformation gelingen,...

The lecture’s topic is “Learning and Expectations Formation in Macroeconomics and Finance”. The lecture is intended for early stage researchers and PhD students at an advanced level. The lecture will be followed by a workshop where some of the attendees will get the opportunity to present...

The public lecture will be followed by experts’ discussions with the participation of Inna Šteinbuka, Head of the European Commission Representation in Latvia, Mārtiņš Zemītis and Agnese Dagile, Economics Experts of the European Commission Representation in Latvia. The series of public...