March 2024: Recent trends in central bank independence

by Davide Romelli Central bank independence is widely considered the backbone of modern economic policy analysis. This column examines the evolution of central bank independence for a sample of 155 countries from 1923 to 2023, and reveals a remarkable global shift towards enhancing the independence of monetary authorities. Despite the post-2008 challenges and the recent[…]

LAPE-FINEST Spring Workshop – Bank Performance and Financial Stability in the Era of Responsible Banking

CfP Deadline: April 14, 2024 Conference Event: June 6, 2024 Event Location: Limoges, France Organizer(s): Laboratoire d’Analyse et de Prospectives Economiques (LAPE) Université de LimogesFinancial Intermediation Network of European Studies (FINEST) Description: FINEST workshops are small meetings with an in-depth discussion (from top scholars) of a limited number of high-quality papers with the aim of[…]

University of Washington 6th Summer Finance Conference

CfP Deadline: March 24, 2024 Conference Event: July 29-30, 2024 Event Location: Seattle, United States Organizer(s): University of Washington Foster School of Business, Department of Finance and Business Economics Description: The Finance Department at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business invites paper submissions for our 6th Summer Finance Conference, hosted on our campus[…]

3rd Conference in Sustainable Finance at the University of Luxembourg

CfP Deadline: April 14, 2024 Conference Event: July 4, 2024 Event Location: Luxembourg Organizer(s): Department of Finance at the University of Luxembourg Keynote Speaker(s): Margarita Tsoutsoura (Washington University in St. Louis)Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi (University of Mannheim) Description: The Department of Finance at the University of Luxembourg organizes the 3rd Conference in Sustainable Finance on July 4th,[…]