Interested researchers are invited to submit theoretical or empirical research papers related to security market regulation and financial market reform.

Topics: - The connection between funding liquidity, market liquidity and arbitrage trading during the recent financial crisis; - What is the role of arbitrage trading? Is it stabilizing or de-stabilizing financial markets? - Which are the causes and consequences of asset prices distortions and...

One outcome of the recent crisis has been further consolidation of the global banking system. There are economic reasons for anticipating economies of scale in banking. Size and scope can be used to diversify risks. Aside from diversification, there may be technical and relationship lending...

Topics: Local interaction games on financial networks; Risk-sharing and contagion within financial networks; Analysis of banking networks; Implications of network theory for financial markets and banking regulation; Strategic financial network formation; Social networks in finance.

Submissions in other areas of risk management, banking supervision and financial stability are also welcome. 1. Causes of and lessons from the financial crisis 2. Crisis resolution and implications for the design and stability of the financial system and regulation

Financial stability is emerging as a distinct policy function of central banks, requiring its own scholarship separate from, but related to, monetary policy or bank supervision. One element of financial stability is to understand the benefits of and potential risks posed by new financial...