China has established its role as a major world lender, and policy changes affecting its external position would therefore have pronounced effects over a range of countries and on the global financial landscape in general. In this paper, I characterize China’s external asset holdings and macro...

Professors John Hassler and Per Krusell will teach the course. It is primarily aimed at participants in the Euro Area Business Cycle Network but applications will also be considered from doctoral students, post-doctoral researchers and economists working in central banks and government...

Decades of investment decisions by central planners left communist societies with structures of production ill-prepared for competitive markets. Their vulnerability to liberalization, however, varied across space. Similar to the effects identified in the "China shock'' literature, we hypothesize...

Focus: the use of high-dimensional data. Advanced analytics techniques, such as the analysis of large and unstructured novel data sources, or the application of techniques derived from machine learning and artificial intelligence, offer new insights into problems in economics and finance. These...

Due to the uncertainty brought about by the pandemic, we are planning a mixed mode event (in person and via Zoom). The exact format will be confirmed at the time of acceptance (mid Feb). The conference provides a forum for the dissemination of student research relating to issues of Globalisation...

The conference aims to close gaps in our understanding of the international transmission of vulnerabilities, shocks and policies, and the trade-offs for policymakers, in the current environment of incomplete and divergent recoveries, high uncertainty, and structural change.

Unter dem Titel: „Wirtschaftspolitik nach Covid-19: die Geschlechterperspektive“ wird der Frage nachgegangen, welche Auswirkungen es hätte, wenn Gender ein fester Bestandteil von wirtschaftspolitischen Strategien wäre. Wie geht die Wirtschaftspolitik nach Covid-19 weiter? Welche...

The fifth biennial ECB conference on Fiscal policy and EMU governance brings together participants including from academia, the central banking community, European and international organisations. This year’s conference will address the fiscal policy response and monetary and fiscal policy...

The theme of the conference is "Macroeconomic Policy: Innovation and Challenges during Uncertain Times". Session themes: Macro Modelling in the COVID Era; Finance and Macroeconomics; Crisis Impact on the Banking Sector; Macroeconomics of Calamities; Managing Business Cycles; and Financial Risks...

In the 3rd SAMNET workshop we are going to explore innovation in macroeconomic analysis of interest for monetary policy making. This workshop is going to be slightly different to last time, as it will be followed by a policy round table discussion between expert panellists. Over the past year,...