The organising committee invites submissions of high-quality theoretical or empirical research papers on financial intermediation. In particular, the conference calls for papers covering topics on financial intermediation and credit risk, including (but not limited to) - COVID-19, zombie...

On top of the uncertainty around Covid-19, the current environment is challenging for the financial industry in many countries, with historically low interest rates, inflated asset values and increased competition among banks and other financial institutions. Are there any unintended regulatory...

The organising committee of this small, informal conference invites submissions of high quality theoretical or empirical research papers on financial intermediation. The conference is committed to promoting high-quality diversity in the covered topics (e.g., green, Islamic, shadow and/or...

Topics: - Firms adjustment margins in the face of large adverse shocks; - Trading firms’ behavior in an increasingly uncertain environment with rising protectionism, bilateralism, sanctions and global re-shuffling; - The role of financial, institutional, informational, and other frictions in...

Topics: - The impact of machine learning and AI on economic growth, productivity and employment; - How machine learning and AI has or will influence inflation and price stability; - Implications for financial stability and systemic risk from AI and machine learning; - Empirical assessments of...