The conference will provide a forum for discussing current issues and future challenges in risk transfer markets and for presenting state-of-the-art research in this field. Authors are particularly encouraged to submit empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented papers that are relevant in the...

The submission of research papers in the following fields is especially encouraged: - The Evolution of Retail Finance - Financial Retail Services Integration and Regulation - The Real Effects of Retail Financial Services

The organizers are particularly interested in papers related to: - Distinguishing between individual problems and systemic crises. - Theory and evidence on the resolution of financial firms - Identifying policies that lead to contagion or correlated risk - Contingency planning for crises