Several developments are currently shaping transatlantic relations in important ways. - First, the new US administration pursues climate protection as an active goal, opening up the possibility for a transatlantic climate protection and energy system transformation effort. At the same time, both...

Topics: - Innovative methods for policy evaluation (e.g. field experiments); - Labor market policies for low-skilled, youth and other disadvantaged unemployed groups/welfare recipients; - Labor market policies that deal with the aftermath of the Covid-pandemic; - Policies to integrate refugees...

This year’s conference will particularly address the Covid-19 pandemic as it has exacerbated the deep economic and social crisis in the world and the EU. While the ‘Next Generation EU’ recovery plan follows a novel and - in part - rather solidaristic and green reaction to the economic...

Conference theme: Economic Tendency Surveys and Economic Policy. Special Topic: Measuring output gaps and growth potentials. Topical Issue: Economic implications of the pandemic's impact on both the U.S. and world economies, with a particular emphasis on business cycles.

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the policy response to it, has changed the world economy along many dimensions, including unprecedented levels of government debt, inflated Central Bank balance sheets, increased inequality within and macroeconomic divergence across countries, as well as a high level...

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...

Die Deutsche Bundesbank veranstaltet jährlich das Bundesbank-Symposium „Bankenaufsicht im Dialog“, mit dem sie den Informationsaustausch zu aktuellen bankaufsichtlichen Themen mit der Kreditwirtschaft fördern möchte.

This session is at the intersection of Labor, Macro, and Public Economics. In the past few years, there has been a burgeoning interest in the use of general equilibrium models disciplined by micro data to analyze labor markets and evaluate policies that affect them. The use of these models to...

The conference features research paper presentations by leading economists on topics relevant for a central bank. The highlight is the Jean Monnet Lecture, delivered this year by Nobel laureate Esther Duflo.

We would especially encourage submissions on: - linkages between individual behaviour and economic performance; - micro-level responses to socio-economic challenges in face of global uncertainties; - real sector implications and labour market responses to the changing economic environment; -...