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Conferences
2007
Here, you will find a list of Deutsche Bundesbank research conferences of the year 2007.
- Deutsche Bundesbank and NBER workshop on "Micro-data based research on direct investment" 29 March 2007 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Spring Conference 2007
- High-Level Workshop 2007: Developing Bond Markets in Emerging Market Economies
- Monetary strategy: Old issues and new challenges
- 5th Workshop on Monetary and Financial Economics
- 3rd Kleistvilla Workshop: "Financial Structure of Financial and Non-financial firms: Determinants and Consequences"
- A conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the Deutsche Bundesbank
- FDI Workshop 2007
- Designing Central Banks
- Conference on the Interaction of Market and Credit Risk on 6–7 December 2007
Those who have questions about individual conferences are requested to contact the secretariat of Conferences of the Deutsche Bundesbank at: conferences@bundesbank.de.
Deutsche Bundesbank and NBER workshop on "Micro-data based research on direct investment"
29 March 2007 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Deutsche Bundesbank and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) are organising a joint workshop on the subject of research on direct investment based on micro data of enterprises. This workshop will take place on 29 March 2007 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In the past, research on direct investment was based on surveys by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis as well as on surveys regarding Swedish direct investment by the Research Institute of Industrial Economics. For some years now, the Bundesbank has also been giving researchers the opportunity to analyse foreign direct investment in Germany and German direct investment abroad. The World Bank has collected some micro data records for other countries, which are mostly short time series limited to manufacturing.
Using these data, it is possible, for example, to analyse the impact of direct investment on the parent company, employment in the home country, productivity and wages in the host country as well as on the effects of corporate taxation. The objective of the workshop is to make the participants familiar with the data resources of such studies outside their home country, to present applied procedures and promote future joint projects in which data from more than one country are used.
People who are interested in presenting a paper are asked to send a draft or a detailed summary to both the organisers at the following addresses by 15 November 2006.
- Organisers
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- Dr Heinz Herrmann, Deutsche Bundesbank
- Heinz.Herrmann@bundesbank.de
- Robert E Lipsey, NBER
- rlipsey@gc.cuny.edu
The papers selected will be presented at the workshop and then discussed by a chosen specialist. Travel and accommodation costs for active European and American workshop participants will be covered. The participants are also invited to attend the meeting of the "International Trade and Investment Program" on 30 and 31 March.
Spring Conference 2007
27 and 28 April 2007 in Eltville (Germany)
In macroeconomics, it is traditionally assumed that the corporate and household sectors each consist of identical units that seek to maximise their profits or utility. In reality, however, the economy consists of many heterogeneous agents. This is emphasised not least by the growing analysis of micro data, which are becoming increasingly available for economic analysis. A key topical question is how significant this heterogeneity is for our understanding of the economy. For instance, do such differences simply cancel themselves out when one looks at the economy as a whole, or are differences between individual enterprises, employees or investors key to understanding the way in which economies work? The ninth spring conference aims to contribute to this discussion.
High-Level Workshop 2007: Developing Bond Markets in Emerging Market Economies
9 and 10 May 2007 in Frankfurt
Under the German G7/G8 presidency, on 9 and 10 May 2007 the Deutsche Bundesbank in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Finance held a high-level workshop in Frankfurt entitled “Developing Bond Markets in Emerging Market Economies”.
Monetary strategy: Old issues and new challenges
6 and 7 June 2007, Frankfurt am Main
Monetary strategy has changed in most countries over the last decades. A convergence has been observed. Most importantly, there is a broad consensus today that central banks should concentrate on price stability. However, important questions continue to exist. In the USA the debate about inflation targeting is ongoing, whereas in Europe the discussion about the so called two pillar strategy never came to an end. In Japan the central bank, after many years of a very accommodating policy is confronted with new challenges. Against this background the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland are organising a conference on questions related to the monetary strategy. The conference will concentrate on 3 topics:
- How to define price stability and what are the best targets for central banks?
- What role for monetary aggregates?
- How to deal with inflation expectations?
5th Workshop on Monetary and Financial Economics
21 and 22 June 2007 in Eltville (Germany)
The Research Centre of the Deutsche Bundesbank, the Halle Institute for Economic Research, and the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Economics, organise a joint Workshop “Monetary and Financial Economics” to be held in Eltville (Germany) on June 21 and June 22, 2007. This workshop aims to offer a discussion forum particularly for young researchers (PhD students and Postdocs) to present their current theoretical or empirical papers to a competent audience. Any research manuscript dealing with contemporary monetary and financial economics is invited. Fields of interest are for example
- monetary transmission mechanism,
- institutional design of central banking,
- exchange rates and currency crisis,
- structure, functioning and stability of the financial sector etc.
The presentation, which should not exceed 20 minutes, will be commented by a competent discussant.
Please submit your complete paper (max. 25 pages text) along with information about paper title, name(s) of the author(s), as well as mailing and email addresses of the corresponding author to workshop07@wiwi.uni-halle.de. Pdf-files are preferred. Submission deadline is 1 March 2007. Authors will be notified of the Program Committee’s decisions in April 2007. A conference fee will not be charged but participants are expected to cover their own travelling expenses.
3rd Kleistvilla Workshop: "Financial Structure of Financial and Non-financial firms: Determinants and Consequences"
9 July 2007 in Potsdam
For several reasons enterprises are not indifferent to the structure of their assets and liabilities. The same is true for banks. There exists a large literature trying to explain whether, why and under what conditions firms prefer a specific financial structure. Thereby the existing financial system may play an important role. At the same time the the financial structure may influence the behaviour of firms, as for example the readiness of banks to lend or the ability of firms to borrow and invest (and what type of investemt firms prefer). The workshop will raise several of these issues and will try to make progress in various respects.
Participation is by invitation only
A conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the Deutsche Bundesbank
26 September 2007 in Frankfurt am Main
As its legal successor, the Deutsche Bundesbank took on the monetary policy tasks of the Bank deutscher Länder in 1957. An international conference was held in commemoration of this event on 21 September 2007 in Frankfurt. Leading central bank representatives and economists discussed a variety of topics that have been of great importance to both German and international monetary policy over the past 50 years. They considered the most important lessons learnt by economists since the 1950s about conducting appropriate monetary policy and the most significant successes and failures of monetary policy. The conference also looked to the future, focusing in particular on the question of whether monetary policy could ever become a “science” or whether it will always largely remain an “art”. The last session highlighted the conditions in which central banks must operate. Particular attention was given to the question of how fiscal policy and the structure of labour and goods markets can influence monetary policy.
FDI Workshop 2007
26 September 2007 in Frankfurt am Main
Conference - Designing Central Banks
08 and 09 November 2007 in Eltville (Germany)
This year the Bundesbank is celebrating its 50th anniversary and the European System of Central Banks is approaching 10 . This is a good opportunity to raise the question how the design of central banks has evolved in the past and what we should expect in the future. Practitioners from central banks and academics will tackle a broad range of relevant issues. They will discuss the role of central banks' independence and their appropriate goals. Furthermore the conference will consider responsabilities of central banks including their information policies. Finally a panel of central bankers will try to give an answer to the question why central banks are doing research and what kind of research they should pursue.
Conference on the Interaction of Market and Credit Risk
6 and 7 December 2007 in Berlin
Together with the Research Task Force of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the Journal of Banking & Finance, the Deutsche Bundesbank is hosting a research conference on the "Interaction of Market and Credit Risk", to be held in Berlin on 6-7 December 2007. Further information is available on the website of the Bank for International Settlements: http://www.bis.org/bcbs/events/imcr07.htm
