The goal of this two-day conference is to enhance the interaction among researchers interested in financial intermediation. Submissions in all areas of financial intermediation will be considered.

The 2007-09 financial crisis has demonstrated that systemic risk spreads globally across markets and institutions. Funding difficulties in one country can spill over to other countries via internationally active institutions, and the tail risk in financial markets can be transmitted across the...

Topics: - risk management and corporate governance in financial institutions - transparency of risk models, within and outside the organization - compensation, risk-taking and risk management - endogenous risk, liquidity risk and systemic risk - benefits and pitfalls of reduced-form models in...

ESSET 2011 will be devoted to theoretical perspectives on financial crises. Focus sessions in the first week (4-8 July) will be organised around the theme of "Asset Pricing, Financial Stability, and the Crisis" . Focus sessions in the second week (11-15 July) will be organised around the theme...

The conference will focus on the implications of the new EU supervisory architecture and of the ongoing EU crisis management initiative. - Official presentation of two new reports: (The fifth European Central Bank Report on Financial Integration in Europe and The European Financial Stability and...

Topics: 1) Sources of financial frictions: - Sources of liquidity - Reasons of market incompleteness and dysfunctions - Role of banks 2) Financial frictions in macromodels - Financial sector and real economy - Sources and consequences of financial crises - ‘Sudden stops’, financial contagion...

Topics: a. Mark to market accounting b. Opacity of banks’ assets c. The role of credit rating agencies d. Corporate governance, risk taking and disclosure e. Disclosure regulation f. Market discipline and its role during the banking crisis

Topics: - Financial liberalisation and the finance-growth nexus; - Financial linkages and propagation channels of shocks; - Asset price co-movements, bubbles and contagion phenomena; - Financial stability implications of international financial integration and global imbalances; - Global policy...

Topics may include, but are not limited to: • Business cycles and bank credit standards • Macroeconomic conditions, risk taking by banks and procyclicality • Procyclicality of capital requirements and implications for monetary policy • Procyclicality of financial regulation •...

The goal of this one-day conference is to enhance the interaction among researchers interested in financial intermediation. The conference will consist of five to seven papers. Submissions on all areas of financial intermediation will be considered.