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...

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...

Topics for the conference include but are not limited to: - incentive theory in finance - applications of incomplete contracts - closely held and family firms - entrepreneurial finance - venture capital contracting - executive compensation - corporate control - bankruptcy - loan contracting -...

The aim of this conference is to encourage research in the area of sound policies and design of banking sector regulation, particularly the applications of new corporate finance ideas to issues in bank governance and regulation. Topics would include but are not limited to: the impact of bank...

Topics at the workshop will be: 1. Relationship between different types of risk and their management 2. Implications of linkages between different types of risks 3. Incentives, risk transfers and systemic risk

The ownership structure of corporations has attracted much attention in the wake of the corporate governance scandals. Much attention has been focused on publicly-listed firms in the wake of the legislative responses in the US (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) and in Europe (the EU Commission’s...

Rising international competition and integration of financial markets have affected the banking industry and could result in significant effects on the macroeconomy as well, because of the importance of the banking industry in credit extension. This conference seeks research on topics related to...