Euro Area Business Cycle Conference „New Challenges in Monetary Economics and Macro-Finance“, 31/
Date:
Thursday, August 31 to Friday, September 01, 2023
Venue:
University of Mannheim
The conference covered a broad range of themes around monetary and macro-finance topics. It brought together recent contributions in this area of research, including studies with a strong theoretical basis and empirical papers. A non-exclusive list of examples of relevant topics included:
▪ High inflation and its consequences
▪ Supply-side disturbances and structural change
▪ Financial stability and international capital markets
▪ Digital assets and the unit of account role of money
▪ Monetary and fiscal interactions with high public debt levels
▪ The role of firm, product and consumer heterogeneity
▪ The role of expectations and communication
Markus Brunnermeier (Princeton University and CEPR) and Christian Wolf (MIT) were invited speakers.
HERE you can find the programme