The purpose of the Forum is to promote the discussion of frontier research on empirical and theoretical issues in International Finance, Banking, and Open Economy Macroeconomics, with a special eye on relevance for monetary policy.

Topics: - recent and future developments in retail payments and retail payment economics; - impact of the economic crisis on retail banking and retail payments; - payment habits and the use of different payment instruments; - integration of retail payment markets; - consolidation, economies of...

The organisers particularly encourage submissions of papers in the following areas: - Organisation and governance of the risk management and portfolio management functions at central banks and sovereign wealth funds. - General equilibrium considerations for public investors in the design and...