Global financial integration, stability and business cycles: exploring the links

The aim of the workshop is to investigate the nature and the implications that the worldwide process of financial integration has on financial stability, financial sector development, economic growth and business cycle comovements. The organisers will bring together central bankers, policy makers, and academics interested in the field. The following research areas will be covered: 1. Financial integration: global and regional evidence and implications for financial stability 2. Financial integration, financial development and economic growth 3. Changing real and financial linkages: Implications for transmission of shocks and for policy