International Conferences

11 May – 12, 2018
ZEW Mannheim, Germany

Program

The workshop is jointly organized by the DFG Priority Programs “Financial Market Imperfections and Macroeconomic Performance” (SPP 1578) and “The German Labor Market in a Globalized World” (SPP 1764). The central purpose of the workshop is to bring together researchers working at the intersection of macroeconomics, financial economics, and labor economics.

Organizers:
Michael Burda (Humbold-Universität zu Berlin) 
Tom Krebs (University of Mannheim)
Christian Merkl (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlagen-Nürnberg, FAU)
Heiko Stüber (FAU and Institute for Employment Research, IAB)

7 May – 8, 2018
University of Frankfurt, Germany

Program

The global financial and economic crisis in 2008/2009 has shown the critical importance of the financial sector for macroeconomic activity. In response, many policy makers and academic scholars have focused their attention on the link between financial markets and the real economy. 

Against this backdrop, the Center for Economic Policy (CEPR), the German Science Foundation (DFG), and the Center for Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe (SAFE) are organizing a joint conference on “Financial Markets and Macroeconomic Performance”.

Topics of interest include among others:
• Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy 
• Housing and the Macroeconomy 
• Monetary Policy and Banking

The following researchers have already made a commitment to present their work at the conference: Dean Corbae (University of Madison-Wisconsin), Ester Faia (University of Frankfurt), Kurt Mitman (IIES), Emanuel Moench (Deutsche Bundes­bank), Xavier Ragot (Sciences Po), Aysegul Sahin (Federal Reserve Bank), Harald Uhlig (University of Chicago).

Organizers:
Wouter denHaan (London School of Economics and CEPR)
Jan-Pieter Krahnen (University of Frankfurt and SAFE)
Tom Krebs (University of Mannheim)
Alexander Ludwig (University of Frankfurt and SAFE)

27 November – 28, 2017
Fritz-Thyssen Foundation Cologne, Germany

Program

The global financial crisis has highlighted the close link between the financial sector and the macroeconomy. The Special Priority Program (SPP 1578) “Financial Market Imperfections and Macroeconomic Performance” of the German Science Foundation (DFG) is organizing a workshop to discuss the impact of financial market imperfections on macroeconomic outcomes and policy implications.

The workshop brings together outstanding researchers in macroeconomics and finance and aims at improving the interaction of women in the field. Keynote speeches will be given by Stefania Albanesi (University of Pittsburgh), Sebnem Kalemli-Özcan (University of Maryland) and Manju Puri (Duke University). The event does not target females exclusively, but achieves a much higher than normal participation of females.

Organizers:
Almut Baleer (RWTH Aachen University)
Valeriya Dinger (University of  Osnabrück)
Almuth Scholl (University of Konstanz)

26 May 2017
University of Konstanz, Germany

Program

Organizers:
Leo Kaas (University of Konstanz)

8 May – 9, 2017
University of Frankfurt, Germany

Program

The global financial and economic crisis in 2008/2009 has revealed the critical role played by the financial sector of an economy. In response, many policy makers and academic scholars have focused their attention on the link between banking, monetary policy, and macroeconomic outcome. 

Against this backdrop, the Center for Economic Policy (CEPR), the German Science Foundation (DFG), and the Center for Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe (SAFE) are organizing a joint conference on “Financial Markets and Macroeconomic Performance”.

Topics of interest include among others:
• The financial sector in business cycle models 
• Financial regulation and macroeconomic volatility 
• Financial regulation and long-run growth 
• Monetary policy and redistributionn

David Domeij (Stockholm School of Economics), Sydney Ludvigson (New York University), Monika Piazzesi (Stanford University), Vincenzo Quadrini (University of Southern California), Martin Schneider (Stanford University), and Harald Uhlig (University of Chicago) have already agreed to participate.

Organizers:
Wouter denHaan (London School of Economics and CEPR)
Jan-Pieter Krahnen (University of Frankfurt and SAFE)
Tom Krebs (University of Mannheim),
Alexander Ludwig (University of Frankfurt and SAFE)

20 April – 21, 2017
Georgetown University, Washington DC, U.S.A.

Program

The McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity (HCEO) Markets Group, and the German Science Foundation (DFG) are organizing a joint conference on “Human Capital and Financial Frictions.” The conference aims to bring together leading researchers from microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics working on the issue of human capital.

Organizers:
Dean Corbae (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 
Thomas DeLeire (Georgetown University), 
Mariachristina DeNardi (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago), 
Mark Huggett (Georgetown University), 
Tom Krebs (University of Mannheim), 
Lance Lochner (University of Western Ontario)

16 June – 17, 2016
Hertie School of Governance Berlin, Germany

Program

9 May – 10, 2016
University of Frankfurt, Germany

Program

The global financial and economic crisis in 2008/2009 has revealed the critical role played by the financial sector of an economy. In response, many policy makers and academic scholars have focused their attention on the link between banking, monetary policy, and macroeconomic outcome. 

Against this backdrop, the Center for Economic Policy (CEPR), the German Science Foundation (DFG), and the Center for Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe (SAFE) are organizing a joint conference on “Banking, Monetary Policy, and Macroeconomic Performance”.

Topics of interest include among others:
• Banking regulation and financial stability
• Banking regulation and economic growth
• Monetary policy in times of low real interest rates
• Monetary policy and redistribution
• Unwinding QE
• Macro-prudential policy
• Redistributive implications of crises and recessions
• The role of the financial sector during regular and deep recessions
• The Eurozone banking union

Christian Hellwig (Toulouse School of Economics), Nobuhiro Kiyotaki (Princeton University), Dirk Krueger (University of Pennsylvania), Sydney Ludvigson (New York University), and Gianluca Violante (New York University) have already agreed to participate.

Organizers:
Wouter denHaan (London School of Economics and CEPR)
Jan-Pieter Krahnen (University of Frankfurt and SAFE)
Tom Krebs (University of Mannheim),
Alexander Ludwig (University of Frankfurt and SAFE)

14 May – 15, 2015

University of Bonn, Germany

Program

The University of Bonn, the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the International Monetary Fund are organizing a joint workshop to discuss the impact of the global financial and economic crisis on workers and lessons for economic policy. Topics of particular interest include:

• Credit frictions and labor demand
• Crisis impact on workers
• State of labor markets after the crisis
• Structural reform and the labor market

The workshop will be held on 14 and 15 May 2015, in Bonn, Germany. We pay for travel expenses and accomodation for all participants. Please submit drafts or papers until 1 February 2015 to cjann@uni-mannheim.de.

The organizers
Christian Bayer (University of Bonn)
Philip Jung (University of Dortmund)
Tom Krebs (University of Mannheim)
Keith Kuester (University of Bonn)
Prakash Loungani (IMF)

4 June – 6, 2014
Deutsche Bundes­bank, Germany

Workshop program          Conference program

The Deutsche Bundes­bank, the German Science Foundation (DFG), and the International Monetary Fund are organizing a joint workshop to discuss the role of credit frictions for the macroeconomy and lessons for economic policy. Topics of particular interest include:

• Credit frictions and house price developments
• The role of credit markets for business cycle dynamics
• Fiscal policy and sovereign default
• Credit frictions and monetary policy
   

The workshop will be held on 4 June 2014 at the Bundes­bank Training Centre in Eltville, Germany. On the following two days (5 June/6) the Deutsche Bundes­bank, the DFG Priority Program and the IMF will hold a joint conference on „Housing markets and the macroeconomy“. Presenters and discussants at the workshop are invited to attend the conference. Drafts or (preferably) full papers can be submitted until 1 March 2014 at submissions@bundesbank.de.

24 April – 25, 2014
Washington DC, U.S.A.

Program

The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the International Monetary Fund are organizing a joint workshop to discuss the impact of the global financial and economic crisis on workers and lessons for economic policy. Topics of particular interest include:

• Credit frictions and labor demand
• Crisis impact on workers
• State of labor markets after the crisis
• Structural reform and the labor market

The workshop will be held on 25 April/26, 2014 in Washington DC. We pay for travel expenses and accommodation for all participants. Please submit drafts or (preferably) full papers until 15 February 2014 to tkrebs@uni-mannheim.de.
 

Organizers:
Tom Krebs (University of Mannheim) 
Prakash Loungani (IMF)

19 September – 20, 2013
Max Planck Institute Bonn, Germany

Program

The recent financial crisis has shown the relevance of the structure of banking systems for their resilience against financial crises. Beyond the well-known relations­hip between banking competition and stability, many other structural features of banking systems, such as bank business models, interconnection with the government, network structures, cross-border activities, and the relations­hip between banks and financial markets have proven to be important determinants of financial stability.

This conference, which is jointly organized by the DFG Special Priority Program (SPP 1578) “Financial Market Imperfections and Macroeconomic Performance” and the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, aims at discussing the relations­hip between market structure of banking systems and financial stability from a theoretical and empirical perspective, including possible policy responses. Keynote speeches will be given by Martin Hellwig and Jean-Charles Rochet. 

The organizers
Claudia M. Buch (University of Tübingen)
Martin Hellwig (MPI Bonn)
Gerhard Illing (University of Munich)
Isabel Schnabel (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

21 June – 22, 2013
University of Mannheim, Germany

Program

The conference will take place in room SO 318.

The Department of Economics at the University of Mannheim is hosting a conference on “Financial Frictions and the Real Economy” on 21–22 June 2013, in Mannheim. The conference is part of the priority program 1578 “Financial Market Imperfections and Macroeconomic Performance” sponsored by the German National Science Foundation (DFG).

The organizers welcome submissions in the area of macroeconomics with household or firm heterogeneity, broadly defined. This includes, but is not limited to, theoretical or empirical papers on Incomplete Markets, Imperfect Contract Enforcement, Default, and Financial Intermediation with Asymmetric Information. We aim to have a program with 10–12 papers and discussants.

Manuscripts (or extended abstracts) should be submitted electronically in PDF format to tkrebsmail-uni-mannheim.de by 08 March 2013. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by 31 March 2013. We will cover travel expenses and accommodation for all participants.

The organizers
Leo Kaas (University of Konstanz)
Tom Krebs (University of Mannheim)
Dirk Krueger (University of Pennsylvania)