Banca d’Italia, Collegio Carlo Alberto-Università di Torino and Norges Bank will host a joint conference on new modeling approaches and novel empirical evidence on heterogeneity in the behaviour of firms, households, and financial intermediaries. The meeting will bring together economists from academia and central banks focused on using microdata in empirical work and model estimation to understand how banking activities, firm investment choices and labor market dynamics shape the economy. Special attention will be paid to papers with relevance to current policy questions.
Keynote speakers:
- Diana Bonfim (Banco de Portugal)
- Marianna Kudlyak (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
- Tarun Ramadorai (Imperial College London)
Papers for submission should be sent to conference_microdata@bancaditalia.it by May 2nd, 2025. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by May 12th, 2025.