The conference is intended to discuss ongoing research on survey and micro data and its role and usage in macroeconomics. Papers (theoretical, empirical and/or policy-oriented) are actively solicted on issues such as:

• usage of micro-data to address macroeconomic questions
• beliefs, (mis)perceptions, expectations (of households/firms) and their role for the macroeconomy
• distributional effects of macroeconomic shocks
• heterogeneity and evaluation of policies
• methodology of business surveys and forecasting performance of survey/micro data in business-cycle research