This Event is no longer receiving submissions.

The conference covers a broad range of themes related to challenges and advancements in understanding business cycle behavior. It seeks to bring together recent contributions in this area of research, including studies with strong theoretical basis and empirical papers.

A non-exclusive list of examples of relevant topics include:

- Alternative sources for demand-like and supply-like aggregate disturbances
- The role of uncertainty, asymmetries, country characteristics, and asset markets for the behavior of business cycles
- New empirical facts characterizing business cycle fluctuations
- The role of medium or long-run trends (globalization, digitalization, automation, etc.) in shaping business cycle outcomes
- The role of firm and consumer heterogeneity for business cycles behavior

George-Marios Angeletos (MIT and NBER), Nir Jaimovich (University of Zurich and CEPR) and Franck Portier (University College London and CEPR) are confirmed invited speakers, and we welcome further relevant submissions.

The conference is organized by:
Klaus Adam(University of Oxford & Nuffield College, EABCN and CEPR)
Elisa Faraglia (University of Cambridge, EABCN and CEPR), and
Isabel Schnabel (University of Bonn and CEPR).

The deadline for submissions is 5pm GMT on Friday, March 15, 2019. For CEPR members and those registered with the CEPR website, please submit your paper via the CEPR online system by visiting the call for papers webpage. If you do not have a personal profile to use this area of the CEPR website as yet, you can create one here.

If you have any difficulty in applying, please contact Mariolina Ciccone in the CEPR events team ([email protected]) mentioning in the subject line "40037 - Mannheim Conference 2019".

Please indicate in your submission whether you would also be willing to present in a poster session and if you will be able to cover your own travel and accommodation costs, or whether you will require funding. Authors of successful submissions and accepted participants will be notified by early April 2019.

The event is hosted by the University of Mannheim and sponsored by the EABCN and the Collaborative Research Centre TR 224 at the University of Mannheim. Funding is available for travel expenses for academic participants presenting their research. Expenses will be reimbursed according to the standard CEPR travel guidelines. Costs will not be covered for central bank participants.