Advances in Economic Research Using Bank Transactions Data

The aim of the BSE Summer Forum Workshop on Advances in Economic Research Using Bank Transactions Data is to bring together researchers working on empirical economic research using bank transactions data.

Recent years have seen a boost in empirical research taking advantage of a new class of data based on financial transactions from bank accounts. Researchers are using these data to answer questions about many economic issues since these large and detailed datasets can inform about the effect of heterogeneity in income, balance sheets, and household decisions.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Consumption, saving and borrowing behavior
• Household balance sheets
• Monetary policy
• Public policy evaluation
• Real time economic indicators
• New approaches to National Accounts
• Granular analysis of disaggregated economic activity