National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia
8th Research Conference
Organized Јointly with European Investment Bank
30 - 31 March 2020, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Call for Papers
The National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia (NBRNM) announces a call for papers for the 8th Research Conference. This Conference is traditionally organized to mark the anniversary of the country's monetary independence. Next year, the Conference will be organized jointly with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and will take place in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, on 30 - 31 March 2020. It aims to bring together researchers from central banks, academia and policy-making institutions, with the sole purpose of enabling a ground for a debate on relevant economic issues.
In light of the prolonged global recovery and lingering monetary policy accommodation in the advanced economies, next year's Conference will mainly focus on discussing the impact on emerging markets and the appropriate policy mix to address the changing environment. The Conference will highlight the issue of access to finance for the private sector, given its importance for emerging economies, in an uncertain context in particular. The Conference will encompass two high-level policy-oriented panel discussions by distinguished guest speakers from international institutions, central banks and academic institutions. In addition, there will be several sessions booked for presentations of research papers. The papers submitted for the Conference should be related (but not restricted) to the following topics:
- Prolonged monetary expansion: what is beyond?
- Effective coordination and interaction of macro-prudential and other policies
- Monetary accommodation when inflation is “missing” – do we elevate risk-taking?
- Tackling financial vulnerabilities – devising proper tools and policies
- Economic recovery in the post crisis period: main drivers and hurdles
- The impact of the uncertain global context on capital flows
- Financial stability challenges in uncertain surrounding and low interest rate environment
- Fintech industry: opportunities and challenges
- Economic growth and income convergence – challenges and prospects
- Financial and economic inclusion
- Fiscal consolidation, growth and income inequality – how to get it right?
- Innovation and access to finance for small and medium size enterprises as prerequisite for sustainable growth
- Financing the energy transition
The organizing team would like to invite all researchers from academic and policy-making institutions to submit paper proposals. We solicit high-quality submissions, both empirical and discussion papers related to the non-exclusive list of broad topics suggested above. Interested researchers should submit their papers or extended proposals (min 500 words), together with a short CV, by e-mail at [email protected] no later than 1 February 2020. Authors of the accepted papers will be notified no later than 21 February 2020. The conference version of the paper and the presentation are expected by 13 March and 25 March 2020 for the paper and the presentation, respectively.
Please note that the NBRNM will cover accommodation expenses for the selected speakers. The selected papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings Volume on the web site, subject to author/institution permission.
Sincerely,
Governor’s Office