The aim of the conference is to foster the discussion about the interaction between the financial sector and the real economy and their implications for the conduct of monetary policy and financial regulation. The recent financial crisis has stimulated both theoretical and empirical research on...

We invite both empirical and theoretical papers. Topics would include, but are not limited to: - the impact of new regulatory and supervisory structures on bank returns, risk, and stability, including the effects of Basel III and the Dodd-Frank Act, - the changing structure of the financial...