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We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the
SUERF-Banca d’Italia-ECB-EIB Conference:
The use of surveys
for monetary and economic policy
Motivation
Over the past years, surveys have gained importance to supplement information from “hard” economic data on various aspects of the economy, and
to provide timely insights on the impact of sudden and unexpected events, such as the health and the energy crises. Available surveys cover a broad range of economic actors and sectors: households, firms, financial institutions, and economic and financial
forecasters. Central banks, policy institutions and academia are using insights from such surveys increasingly to inform policy decisions. That said, existing surveys also have many limitations, and their interpretations are often subject to caveats; moreover,
survey methods and research are currently developing very rapidly, given a changing economic environment, with new pressing policy and research questions emerging at a rapid pace.
SUERF-Banca d’Italia-ECB-EIB Conference • 26-27 April 2023 in Rome, Italy
The conference will be held in person at the Banca d’ Italia, in Rome, Italy, with the option to participate online, on April 26-27, 2023. The event is scheduled for 1 ½ days starting from 26 April afternoon.
Confirmed speakers include a keynote lecture by
Professor Stefanie Stantcheva (Harvard University) on the use of surveys for economic policy and a high-ranking policy panel discussing policy perspectives with senior representatives from key institutions. Research papers in the sessions will be commented
by expert discussants followed by Q&A. A detailed program will be released once submissions from the call for papers have been evaluated and selected.
Call for Papers
This call for papers invites
original research – theoretical or empirical, academic or policy-oriented – on
“The use of surveys for monetary and economic policy”.
Submissions should preferably take the form of full draft papers written in English.
Papers may relate to surveys among households, firms, financial institutions including banks, and other relevant parties, such as market analysists, forecasters etc.
Papers may, inter alia, focus on the role of surveys on topics related to:
- monetary and economic policy issues; firms’ investment decisions and financing constraints;
- unique and unexpected events (e.g. COVID-19, the energy crisis);
- inflation expectations and perceptions; household consumption and savings decisions;
- the effectiveness of central bank communication; as well as methodological questions related to survey design, biases, etc.
The deadline for paper submission is January 27, 2023.
Completed papers in PDF format should be submitted through
Conference
Maker.
Papers will be selected by a Scientific Committee comprising experts from SUERF, the Banca d’Italia, the ECB and the EIB.
Authors will be notified by end-February/early-March 2023.
Authors of selected papers will be invited to present their work at the workshop and to publish a short policy-oriented version as a SUERF Policy Brief. Authors should
preferably present their papers in person; in exceptional cases, online participation may be possible. Authors affiliated with central banks and other institutions are requested to cover their own travel costs. Authors from academic institutions are eligible
for a reimbursement of their travel costs.
Scientific committee: David Loschiavo and Concetta Rondinelli (Banca d’Italia, local organizers), Ernest Gnan (SUERF),
Geoff Kenny and Dimitris Georgarakos (ECB), Matteo Gatti and Peter Harasztosi (EIB).
Further information about the content and application can be found at:
www.suerf.org/econsurveys
We would appreciate it if you could circulate this call for papers among your colleagues and other interested parties.
Kind regards,
SUERF Secretariat
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