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1st Baltic Central Bank Invited Lectures Series
1st Baltic Central Bank Invited Lectures Series took place on 17-19 May 2023 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Invited lecturer: Elhanan Helpman, Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade at Harvard University. The lecture’s topic: “Frontiers of International Trade”.
More information is available here.
Conference "New Dimensions of Monetary Policy"
A conference organized jointly by the National Bank of Poland (NBP), the Central Bank Research Association (CEBRA), the Bank of Lithuania and the Research Centre. Conference took place on 22-23 September 2022.
Keynote speakers: Alberto Cavallo (Harvard Business School) and Ricardo Reis (London School of Economics and Political Science).
More information here.
Baltic Economic Conference 2022
Keynote speaker: Kaivan Munshi, Professor of Economics at Yale University. He is one of the leading experts in development economics, with a focus on the role of social institutions and their interaction with economic activity in the development phase of an economy. Conference took place on 27-28 June 2022.
More information here.
2nd Bank of Lithuania Invited Lecture Series
2nd Bank of Lithuania Invited Lecture Series took place on 14-16 September 2022 in Vilnius, Lithuania.:
Invited lecturer: Kurt Mitman (Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)). The lecture’s topic: “Frontiers of Research on Inequality and the Macroeconomy: Facts, Methods and Policy Implications”.
More information is available here.
Virtual conference “Adjustments in and to an Uncertain World”
Bank of Lithuania and CEFER together with National Bank of Poland (NBP), Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and Central Bank Research Association (CEBRA) organized conference “Adjustments in and to an Uncertain World”. Conference took place on 24-25 September 2020.
Keynote speakers: Jennifer La’O (Columbia University and FED Minneapolis), Kalina Manova (University College London), Beata Javorcik (Oxford University and EBRD).
More information is available here.
1st Bank of Lithuania Invited Lecture Series
Annual invitation extended to a leading researcher who gives lectures over two days on the frontier of that field, followed by a small research workshop. The Inaugural Bank of Lithuania invited lecture series took place on 27-29 November 2019 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Invited lecturer: Klaus Adam (University of Oxford). His course “Learning and Expectations Formation in Macroeconomics and Finance" focused on the implication of non-rational expectations assumption for the role of monetary policy.
More information is available here.
25th International Panel Data Conference
The Bank of Lithuania and its Center for Excellence in Finance and Economic Research (CEFER) were involved in the organisation of the 25th International Panel Data Conference, which took place on 4-5 July 2019 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The keynote speakers were Manuel Arellano (CEMFI), Peter Egger (ETH Zurich), Ivan Fernandez-Val (Boston University) and Bo Honore (Princeton University).
For more information, visit the conference website.
First international Baltic Economics Conference
The Inaugural Baltic Economic Conference took place on 11-12 June 2018 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The keynote speaker of the first conference was Hashem Pesaran, professor of the University of Cambridge and the University of Southern California, who contributed to a wide range of topics on economics and econometrics, including a global economic model revealing how economic crises spread among countries.
For more information, visit the conference website.
Annual Lithuanian Conference on Economic Research
This one-day conference takes place every year right after Christmas and gives a forum for Lithuanian Economists and their colleagues to meet each other and discuss their recent research.
For more information, visit the conference website
Research papers
2023:
Garcia-Louzao, J., & Tarasonis, L. (2023). Wage and employment impact of minimum wage: evidence from Lithuania. Journal of Comparative Economics, 51(2), 592-609.
Jakučionytė, E., & Singh, S. (2023). Emergence of subprime lending in minority neighborhoods. Real Estate Economics, June 2023.
Oh, F. D., & Park, J. (2023). A large creditor in contagious liquidity crises. Journal of Banking & Finance, 146, January 2023.
2022:
Jakučionytė, E., & Singh, S. (2022). Bowling alone, buying alone: The decline of co-borrowers in the US mortgage market. Journal of Housing Economics, 58(Part B), December 2022.
Hemingway, B. (2022). Banking regulation and collateral screening in a model of information asymmetry. Journal of Financial Services Research, 61, 367-405, May 2022.
2021:
Ding, Z. (2021). Firm heterogeneity, variable markups, and multinational production: A review from trade policy perspective. Journal of Economic Surveys, 36(5), 1311-1357, December 2021.
Lastauskas, P. (2021). Lockdown, employment adjustment, and financial frictions. Small Business Economics, June 2021.
Norkutė, M., Westerlund, J. (2021). The factor analytical approach in near unit root interactive effects panels. Journal of Econometrics, 221(2), 569-590, April 2021.
Norkutė, M., Sarafidis, V., Yamagata, T., & Cui, G. (2021). Instrumental variable estimation of dynamic linear panel data models with defactored regressors and a multifactor error structure. Journal of Econometrics, 220(2), 416-446, February 2021.
Jakučionytė, E., & van Wijnbergen, S. (2021). The macroeconomics of carry trade gone wrong: Corporate and consumer losses in Emerging Europe. Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, December 2021.
Donadelli, M., & Grüning, P. (2021). Innovation dynamics and fiscal policy: Implications for growth, asset prices, and welfare. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 57, July 2021.
2020:
Grüning, P., Curatola, G., & Donadelli, M. (2020). Technology trade with asymmetric tax regimes and heterogeneous labour markets: Implications for macro quantities and asset prices. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 2020.
Lastauskas, P., & Stakėnas, J. (2020). Labor market reforms and the monetary policy environment. European Economic Review, 128, 103509, September 2020.
Lastauskas, P., & Stakėnas, J. (2020). Labour market institutions in open economy: Sectoral reallocations, aggregate adjustments and spillovers. Review of International Economics, 28(3), 814-845, August 2020.
Singh, S., & Stoltenberg, C. (2020). Consumption insurance with advance information. Quantitative Economics, 11(2), 671-711, May 2020.
2019:
Lastauskas, P. (2019). Whether and how does convergence between EU and Lithuania take place?. In Lietuvos narystė Europos Sąjungoje: atskaitos taškai ir judėjimo kryptys (pp. 156). ISBN: 9786098163179, 2019.
2018:
Constantinescu, M., & Lastauskas, P. (2018). The knotty interplay between credit and housing. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 70, 241-266, November 2018.
Lastauskas, P., & Stakėnas, J. (2018). Openness and structural labour market reforms: Ex-ante counterfactuals. Contemporary Economic Policy, 36(4), 723-757, October 2018.
Grüning, P. (2018). Heterogeneity in the internationalization of R&D: Implications for anomalies in finance and macroeconomics. Finance Research Letters, 26, 132-138, September 2018.
Singh, S., & Beetsma, R. (2018). Optimal monetary policy under sectoral interconnections. Netherlands Economic Review (De Economist).
Lastauskas, P., & Stakėnas, J. (2018). Structural labour market reforms in the EU-15: Single-country vs. coordinated counterfactuals. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 44, 88-99, March 2018.
CEFER Insights
CEFER insights provides a glimpse of the type of work we are doing at CEFER, how we are developing international research networks, and engaging Lithuanian universities in educational and research activities.
CEFER Challenge
The CEFER Challenge, inspired by the Federal Reserve Challenge in the US, is an annual thematic team competition for undergraduate and/or master level students from various academic disciplines. Students are encouraged to learn and think outside the box about the issues related to the euro area macroeconomy, the financial system, and the implementation of monetary policy. To learn more about CEFER Challenge click here
Jeronimas Stroinovskis Lectures Series
The Jeronimas Stroinovskis Lectures was established by the Bank of Lithuania in 2022 in memory of Jeronimas Stroinovskis, rector of Vilnius University of 1799–1806. He is the pioneer of political economy, a science that was then just emerging in the world. The establishment of these lectures institutionalised the practice of inviting a distinguished economist, generally from outside Lithuania, to give guest lectures during the school year. The Stroinovskis Lectures have twin aims: to present and elucidate research developments in Economics to a broad audience, while simultaneously educating and inspiring students to study Economics.
Past speakers:
2024: Cecilia García Peñalosa (Aix Marseille School of Economics, CESifo & CEPR) gave lecture on „The Dynamics of Lifetime Earnings“ (825.9 KB download icon)
2023: Julien Martin (University of Quebec at Montreal and CEPR) gave a lecture on "Large Firms in the Global Economy" (751.4 KB download icon). Media summary.
2022: Andrei Zlate (Federal Reserve Board) gave a lecture on "Macroeconomic Implications of Offshoring, Labor Migration, Remittances, and Training" (2.6 MB download icon). Media summary.
CEFER/KTU/VU Workshop
CEFER/KTU/VU workshop serves as a forum for researchers from Kaunas Technology University, Vilnius University and Bank of Lithuania CEFER department to present their work and receive feedback from their peers. It also provides an opportunity for networking among the institutions and contributes to fostering a positive research culture in Lithuania.
Past workshops:
2023: Program can be found here
2022: Program can be found here
2021: Program can be found here
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