Calendar

Bernhard Haslhofer (Austrian Institute of Technology) – O Bitcoin, Where Art Thou? Insight into Large-Scale Transaction Graphs January 12, 2018
11:00 a.m., OeNB, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Veranstaltungssaal, ground floor

Luisa Pires (Bank of England) – A Journey into Data Science at the Data Statistics Division of the Bank of England January 16, 2018
11:00 a.m., OeNB, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Veranstaltungssaal, ground floor

Katharina Bergant (ECB) – The Anatomy of the Transmission of Macroprudential Policy January 26, 2018
11:00 a.m., Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Veranstaltungssaal, Ground floor

We provide a comprehensive analysis of the transmission of macroprudential policies aimed at limiting bank risk-taking in residential real estate.

Rupert Sausgruber (University of Economics and Business) – Work motivation and team production March 9, 2018
11.00 a.m., Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Veranstaltungssaal, Ground floor

What type of workers respond to team incentives and peer pressure? To address this question, we develop a novel technique to measure a worker’s motivation to work hard as a deviation from optimal behavior in a real effort experiment.

Dimitrios Tsomocos (University of Oxford) – Liquidity and default in an exchange economy March 23, 2018
11.00 a.m., Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Veranstaltungssaal, Ground floor

This paper analyzes various channels of shock transmission in an economy subject to financial frictions, by incorporating liquidity and default effects on asset prices.