We welcome and encourage the submission of a broad range of research work. Topics include, but are not limited to: competition and market power in the financial sector; technological innovation in financial markets and consumer impacts, including the use of big data and the presence of...

The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers in household economics. We define household economics as the economic analysis of household decisions, including decisions regarding consumption, labor supply and other uses of time, household formation and dissolution, demand for health...

We evaluate the impact of loan-to-value restrictions on household financial vulnerability. Using Norwegian tax data, we first document a beneficial leverage effect, in which households respond to the regulation by reducing house purchase probabilities, debt and interest expenses. Second, we...

This will feature research from a wide range of disciplines and approaches on the topic of consumer finance. Topics include, but are not limited to: competition and market power in the financial sector; technological innovation in financial markets and consumer impacts, including the use of big...

This paper investigates how monetary expansion affects household consumption and savings through household debts. Using monetary policy cuts in China in the end of 2008 as an experiment, we find that the resulted increase in indebted households’ disposable income leads to increasing...

This paper develops a new class of poverty and inequality measures we call common prosperity. This measure complements existing classes of measures and allows decomposition across income sources or components of consumption expenditure. This framework enables us to study the trade-off between...

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?...

The objective of the one day MIFE conference (Nov 16) is to discuss recent scientific contributions on financial literacy and financial education and implications for policy and practice, with a specific focus on current challenges. We are pleased to organise the interdisciplinary MIFE Workshop...

The purpose of the conference is to bring together CESifo and CRC members to present and discuss their ongoing research, and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between them. All CESifo research network members and all CRC members are invited to submit their papers, which may deal with any...