Research Seminars of Latvijas Banka in 2025

Several times a year, Latvijas Banka holds research seminars. They are mostly intended for enhancing the professional skills of our employees, but other interested parties are also welcome. If you would like to receive information about the latest research seminars of Latvijas Banka, please write to: redaktors@makroekonomika.lv.

Upcoming seminars

• November 26 – "Nowcasting the Italian Consumer Price Index using Online Prices and Machine Learning", Luigi Palumbo (Banca d’Italia)
• November 27 – "Dynamics of Financial Aid Tournaments", Arkādijs Zvaigzne (PhD Candidate in Education, Harvard University)

Previous seminars

• January 22 – "The Effects of Energy Efficiency Renovation of Residential Buildings on the Housing Market: A Study from Lithuania", Eglė Jakučionytė (Bank of Lithuania, VU) and Swapnil Singh (Bank of Lithuania, KTU) 
• March 25 – "Household Inequality and the Transmission of QE in Euro Area Countries", Johanna Krenz (University of Hamburg)
• April 3 – "America First? The Macroeconomic Implications of Punitive Tariffs", Natascha Hinterlang (Deutsche Bundesbank, Economics Directorate)
• May 8 – "CANVAS: A Canadian behavioral agent-based model for monetary policy", Dr. Sebastian Poledna (The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis)
• May 13 – "On the recent inflation surge in the euro area: Monetary policy when the Phillips curves ... are curves", Alex Grimaud (Oesterreichische Nationalbank)
• June 11 – "Optimal Fiscal Policy under Endogenous Disaster Risk: How to Avoid Wars?", Vytautas Valaitis (University of Surrey)
• July 17 – "Housing and Fertility", Jānis Skrastiņš (Washington University in St. Louis | Olin Business School)
• October 23 – "AI Adoption, Productivity and Labor Composition: Evidence from Denmark", Frederic Warzynski (Princeton University and FIND, Aarhus University)
• October 28 – "Global Shocks, Institutional Development, and Trade Restrictions: What Can We Learn from Crises and Recoveries Between 1990 and 2022?", Jamel Saadaoui (University Paris 8)