Month: May 2023

BIS Working Papers – Dampening global financial shocks: can macroprudential regulation help (more than capital controls)?

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Author(s):Katharina Bergant, Francesco Grigoli, Niels-Jakob Hansen and Damiano Sandri Date:May 2023 Abstract: We show that macroprudential regulation significantly dampens the impact of global financial shocks on emerging markets. Specifically, a tighter level of regulation reduces the sensitivity of GDP growth to capital flow shocks and movements in the VIX. A broad set of macroprudential tools[…]

May 2023: Financial Stability Report

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This report summarizes the Federal Reserve Board’s framework for assessing the resilience of the U.S. financial system and presents the Board’s current assessment. By publishing this report, the Board intends to promote public understanding and increase transparency and accountability for the Federal Reserve’s views on this topic. Link: Financial Stability Report

Macroeconomic Risks, Uncertainty and Sustainability

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CfP Deadline Date:May 21, 2023 Conference Event:October 12-13, 2023 Event Location:Copenhagen, Denmark Organizer(s):Norges BankDeutsche BundesbankDanmarks Nationalbank Keynote speaker(s):Olivier Coibion (University of Texas, Austin)Isabelle Mejean (Sciences Po)Rick van der Ploeg (Oxford University) Gianluca Violante (Princeton University Description: The tenth event of the conference series “New Development in Business Cycle Research” jointlyorganized by Norges Bank, Bundesbank and[…]

Workshop on Financial Technology and Development

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CfP Deadline Date:June 15, 2023 Conference Event:September 8-9, 2023 Event Location:Stellenbosch, South Africa Organizer(s):Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) Keynote speaker(s):Prof. Sean Higgins (Kellogg School of Management) Description: Submission: Deadline for submissions: 15th June 2023Decision on submissions: 15th July 2023Email for submissions: lmariani@econrsa.org Expenses and Funding: No workshop fee will be charged. Economic Research South Africa[…]

Conference on Climate and Energy Finance

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CfP Deadline Date:July 31, 2023 Conference Event:November 3-4, 2023 Event Location:Hannover, Germany Organizer(s):School of Economics and Management of Leibniz University HannoverHannover Center of Finance and Insurance Keynote speaker(s):Jennifer Castle (Oxford University)Michael Goldstein (Babson College) Description: Submission: The deadline for paper submissions is midnight EST July 31, 2023. Papers must be in pdf format. Please submit[…]

2023 GSU-RFS Fintech Conference

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CfP Deadline Date:June 15, 2023 Conference Event:September 22-23, 2023 Event Location:Atlanta, United States Organizer(s):Department of Finance, Robinson College of Business at Georgia State UniversityGeorgia FinTech AcademyReview of Financial Studies Keynote speaker(s):William Cong (Cornell University) Description: In recent years, FinTech, or financial technologies, have been rapidly developing and reshapingbusiness practices and the financial services industry. In[…]

2023 New Zealand Finance Meeting

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CfP Deadline Date:August 21, 2023 Conference Event:December 7-8, 2023 Event Location:Auckland, New Zealand Organizer(s):Auckland Centre for Financial Research Keynote speaker(s):Randall Morck (University of Alberta, Canada) Description: The Auckland Centre for Financial Research at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology, hosts its 12th annual meeting on 7th & 8th December 2023.[…]

International Conference on Household Finance

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CfP Deadline Date:May 26, 2023 Conference Event:September 19-20, 2023 Event Location:Frankfurt am Main, Germany Organizer(s):Research Centre of the Bundesbank Keynote speaker(s): Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln (Goethe University Frankfurt) Atif Mian (Princeton University) Description: The Research Centre of the Deutsche Bundesbank organizes the International Conference onHousehold Finance with the objective to present state-of-the-art research in the field.In particular,[…]

NBER Working Paper – From Carry Trades to Trade Credit: Financial Intermediation by Non-Financial Corporations

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Author(s):Bryan Hardy and Felipe Saffie Date:April 2023 Abstract: We use unique firm-level data from Mexico to document that non-financial corporations engage in carry trades by borrowing in foreign currency (FX) and lending in domestic currency, largely in the form of trade credit, accumulating currency risk in the process. We show at a quarterly frequency that[…]