ZEW at ASSA: Many Positive Talks and Productive Scientific Exchanges

ZEW's participation in the annual conference of the Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) in the US at the beginning of 2016 was an enormous success. High-quality sessions enabled the participating ZEW researchers to partake in top-level scientific exchanges. The presentations given by Professor Sascha Steffen in particular were met with great approval. Steffen, the new head of the "International Finance" Research Department at ZEW, presented his research papers on "The Effects of the ECB Policy on Deposit and Lending Rates" and "Systematic Risks for Banks". In addition, Steffen discussed a paper on "The Transmission of Monetary Policy in the German Banking Market".

Aside from benefiting research work, the ASSA job market also gave ZEW the opportunity to meet and talk to numerous potential research staff members. As in previous years, ZEW had its own information stand at the conference. The stand served as a contact point for researchers of all career levels who wanted to find out about  ZEW,  its research areas and potential cooperation opportunities. ASSA participants who visited the ZEW stand showed particular interest in the two research areas of financial and labour markets, and in the topic of migration.

The ASSA Conference, organised by the American Economic Association, is the most important conference for economists worldwide.