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: - Macro models & complex-systems: Path dependencies, endogenous cycles, emergent properties - Minskian analyses of financial fragility & implications for financial policy - Fiscal policy in the 21st century: Deficits & global bond markets - Stresses and strains in the international...

Theme: The New World of Global Finance, Markets, Investments, and Risk Management The conference seeks high-quality papers from scholars and practitioners that: • Are relevant to financial practice. • Address issues relevant to global finance, markets, investments, and/or risk management....

Possible sessions could include, but are not limited to, the following: - International capital flows - International portfolio allocation - International portfolio diversification - Global flight to quality - Liquidity and capital flows - Investing in emerging economies - Capital market...

CONFERENCE PROGRAM Session 1: - “Default and the Maturity Structure in Sovereign Bonds” - “Default Risk of Advanced Economies: An Empirical Analysis of Credit Default Swaps during the Financial Crisis” Session 2: - “Sovereign Default, Domestic Banks, and Financial Institutions” Lunch...

Members and friends of the Midwest Finance Association are invited to submit papers to be considered for presentation at our 60th Annual Meeting. Papers on any topic related to finance will be considered.