In response to the financial crisis of 2007-2009, a number of countries are currently reconsidering and changing the setup of their financial supervisory system. In a large number of countries, central banks will be given a more prominent role, in micro- and especially in macro-prudential...

We welcome especially contributions that analyze the interaction between microeconomic financial structures and macroeconomic policies and stability objectives. We seek to attract high quality theoretical and empirical work around five main themes: 1. Contagion 2. Stability effects of...