The Next Financial Crisis? | Tenth ECB Annual Research Conference 2025 | Day 2

The video presents a rigorous academic paper with a clear identification strategy and robust findings. The speaker effectively communicates the key messages and the empirical methodology, making the research accessible to a knowledgeable audience. The use of difference-in-differences with a natural experiment (CSPP) provides credible causal estimates. The paper’s contribution is significant, as it challenges the conventional wisdom that QE benefits all firms by showing that in credit-saturated markets, additional liquidity can be diverted into real estate speculation, potentially increasing financial fragility. The discussion by Amir Sufi and Jose Luis Pedro adds valuable context, questioning the external validity and policy implications. The Q&A session allows for deeper exploration of mechanisms and alternative explanations. The sources cited are primarily the conference programme and the paper itself, which is appropriate for a research presentation. The title accurately reflects the conference theme, though the specific session is narrow. Overall, the content is of high quality, with strong empirical evidence and thoughtful analysis, though it is technical and assumes familiarity with econometrics and monetary policy.

The title accurately reflects the conference theme, though the specific session focuses on central banks and regulation.

8/10

High-level academic conference with presentations by established researchers, rigorous empirical methods (difference-in-differences), and institutional backing (ECB, Hoover Institution).

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• 00:00Introduction by Marie Horova, session on central banks and regulation.
• 02:00Tobias Burke presents key messages: CSPP increased real estate prices and impaired financial stability in Germany.
• 10:00Explanation of CSPP and credit supply frictions in Germany.
• 20:00Data and methodology: difference-in-differences using German credit registry.
• 30:00Results: CSPP led to increased lending to real estate asset managers, not construction or development.
• 40:00County-level analysis shows 5% increase in real estate prices in treated counties.
• 50:00Robustness checks: no pre-trends, no effect on single-family houses, no impact on non-real estate firms.
• 1:00:00Discussion by Amir Sufi and Jose Luis Pedro.
• 1:10:00Q&A session with audience questions.

• Conference programme — Official programme of the ECB Annual Research Conference, providing details on the event and papers.

• ECB conference programme — Official programme confirming the event and the paper's inclusion.