7th Bordeaux Workshop in International Economics and Finance: “Banking Regulation, Risk and Governance”

CfP Deadline Date: September 15, 2019 Conference Event: 15 November 2019 Event Location: University of Bordeaux, France Keynote Speaker(s): Hans Degryse (University of Leuven) Steven Ongena (University of Zurich) Organizer(s): LAREFI – University of Bordeaux The most striking feature of the financial environment since the 80’s is the increasing number of banking crises around the[…]

The 8th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications

CfP Deadline Date: September 3, 2019 Conference Event: December 10-12, 2019 Event Location: Lisbon, Portugal Keynote Speaker(s): Lada Adamic (Facebook Inc.), Reka Albert (Pennsylvania State University, USA), Ulrik Brandes (ETH Zürich, Switzerland), Jari Saramäki (Aalto University, Finland), Stefan Thurner (Medical University of Vienna, Austria), Michalis Vazirgiannis (LIX, École Polytechnique, France) The International Conference on Complex[…]

Conference on Financial Development and Stability

CfP Deadline Date: August 15, 2019 Conference Event: November 22, 2019 Event Location: Santiago, Chile Keynote Speaker(s): Dr. John Laker, Chair, Banking and Finance Oath. Professor Charles Calomiris, Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School, Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions. Organizer(s): The Financial Market Commission (CMF), the World Bank Group – Research & Development Center[…]

Conference on Financial Development and Stability

CfP Deadline Date: August 15, 2019 Conference Event: November 22, 2019 Event Location: Santiago, Chile Keynote Speaker(s): Dr. John Laker, Chair, Banking and Finance Oath. Professor Charles Calomiris, Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School, Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions. Organizer(s): The Financial Market Commission (CMF), the World Bank Group – Research & Development Center[…]

NBER Working Paper: Boom-Bust Capital Flow Cycles

Authors:Graciela L. Kaminsky Date:May 2019 Abstract: This paper examines the new trends in research on capital flows fueled by the 2007-2009 Global Crisis. Previous studies on capital flows focused on current-account imbalances and net capital flows. The Global Crisis changed that. The onset of this crisis was preceded by a dramatic increase in gross financial[…]

NBER Working Paper: Interbank Connections, Contagion and Bank Distress in the Great Depression

Authors: Charles W. Calomiris, Matthew S. Jaremski, David C. Wheelock Date: May 2019 Abstract: Liquidity shocks transmitted through interbank connections contributed to bank distress during the Great Depression. New data on interbank connections reveal that banks were much more likely to close when their correspondents closed. Further, after the Federal Reserve was established, banks’ management[…]

NBER Working Paper: The Currency Composition of International Reserves, Demand for International Reserves, and Global Safe Assets

Authors: Joshua Aizenman, Yin-Wong Cheung, Xingwang Qian Date: June 2019 Abstract: This paper examines determinants of the international reserves (IR) currency composition before and after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Applying the annual data of 58 countries, we confirm that countries that trade more with the US, euro zone, UK, and Japan, and issue more[…]

CEPR Discussion Paper: Welfare State, Inequality, and Globalization: Role of International-capital-flow Direction

Authors: Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka Date: April 2019 Abstract: Globalization, in the form of financial flows, which is always advantageous on an aggregative level, typically creates winners and losers, if left exclusively to market forces. The effects of financial globalization on income inequality depends on whether the country exports its capital to the rest of[…]

SHOWCASING WOMEN IN FINANCE – EU

CfP Deadline Date: Conference Event: December 17-18, 2019 Event Location: The Swedish House of Finance, Stockholm, Sweden Organizer(s): The Swedish House of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics,  AFFECT, Miami University and VINNOVA This Showcase is a continuation of the series of Showcase events hosted by the University of Miami and AFFECT. AFFECT is[…]

The Finance of Climate Change

CfP Deadline Date: from July 1 to August 31, 2019 Conference Event: 16-17 December 2019 Event Location: Institut Louis Bachelier, Paris, France Organizer(s): Journal of Corporate Finance The financial implications of climatic change risks – in a context of evolving climate policies – are still understudied. Specific research areas to be covered include the use[…]