The workshop’s aim is to bring together scholars from economics and politics interested in interdisciplinary work on public policy, political economy and public choice. We welcome theoretical as well as empirical papers by both economists and political scientists. The workshop is intended for...

This workshop aims to provide a discussion forum on innovative research and to promote the exchange of views for issues related to central banking among researchers of the Bank of Albania, other central banks, academia and other research institutions. Topics of interest: - What causes inflation?...

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...

The goal of this workshop is to discuss recent developments on the identification of the real effects of financial frictions. We are particularly interested in applied theoretical and empirical work on the interplay between financial frictions, micro- and macroeconomic shocks, and their...

This workshop is focused on the causes and effects of political institutions, and the behavior of voters and politicians facing different constraints, incentives and information. We encourage submissions of theoretical and empirical papers from economics and political science addressing...

The PIER Tools Workshop consists of three six-hour mini-courses, nine hours of practical training sessions (labs), two distinguished guest lectures, the Penn Faculty Lecture, and a half-day, practice-oriented mini-workshop. The courses cover nonlinear models of credit booms, financial crises and...

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,...

There is consensus among the economics profession that r* - the equilibrium rate of interest at which inflation is stable - has strongly declined over past decades – more so in Europe than in the US. While r* in itself is not a policy goal, its currently estimated low level is widely perceived...

Economic governance in the European Union (EU) has seen substantial change over the last two decades. The Great Financial Crisis has spurred reforms seeking to stabilize financial and banking markets, notably with the creation of a European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS) and the European...

Wie gut sind die Deutschen über wirtschaftspolitische Themen informiert? Welche Rolle spielt ökonomische Bildung und akkurate Information über gesellschaftlich relevante Fragen für die Bewertung von politischen Reformvorhaben? Die Veranstaltung möchte diesen wichtigen Fragen zur Rolle von...