Conference "Achieving Sustainable Financial Stability": Call for Papers Extended

Achieving Sustainable Financial Stability: Conference organised by the Deutsche Bundesbank, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) and the Center for Financial Studies, 1-2 October 2014, Berlin, Germany

While still struggling with the financial and sovereign debt crisis, the financial markets, the real economy and governments seem to be experiencing slightly less tension. The discussion can now be shifted from imminent crisis management to longer-term financial stability considerations. Banks and other financial intermediaries have to make adjustments to their business models which allow them to be sustainably profitable without taking too much risk and irrespective of the economic environment. The regulatory requirements need to be in line with proper incentives, and macroprudential tools have to be implemented sensibly.

This conference is designed to provide a forum for debate on how to achieve sustainable financial stability. The discussion will focus on the long-term effects of changing economic conditions, additional regulatory requirements and new macroprudential policies on the financial system. Please see the conference page

The dinner speech will be held by Andreas Dombret (Deutsche Bundesbank). The keynote speaker will be Jan Pieter Krahnen (Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt). The conference will also feature a high-ranking policy panel.

We would like to invite you to participate in the conference and submit theoretical and empirical papers on topics including:

• Competition and financial stability
• Risk-adjusted profitability of banks and insurance companies
• Banks' market entrance and exit
• Low-interest-rate environment and profitability
• Cross-country financial intermediation and capital flows

• Too-big-to-fail problem
• Implementation of macroprudential policies
• Effects of higher capital and liquidity requirements in banking and insurance on the real economy
• Indirect effects on less regulated or unregulated financial intermediaries (shadow banks)

The deadline for submission is 20 June 2014. Papers should be submitted by e-mail to conferences@bundesbank.de together with your affiliations and e-mail address.

Acceptance decisions will be made by 31 July 2014.

• Christopher F. Baum (Boston College and DIW Berlin)
• Marcel Fratzscher (DIW Berlin and Humboldt University)
• Hans-Helmut Kotz (Center for Financial Studies and Harvard University)
• Jan Pieter Krahnen (Center for Financial Studies and University of Frankfurt)
• Thilo Liebig (Deutsche Bundesbank)
• Christoph Memmel (Deutsche Bundesbank)
• Jörg Rocholl (European School of Management and Technology)
• Dorothea Schäfer (DIW Berlin and Jönköping International Business School)
• Isabell Schnabel (University of Mainz)
• Andreas Stephan (Jönköping International Business School and DIW)

This Call for Papers is also available for download (PDF, 60.49 KB)