“Banking and Finance Post-Crisis”

Conference Announcement

17 June 2011

University of Leicester

Institute of Finance, University of Leicester

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Money, Macro and Finance Research Group

The University of Leicester, in association with the Money, Macro and Finance Research Group, is delighted to announce a one-day conference to inaugurate the Institute of Finance at the University.  Invited speakers include: Charles Calomiris (Columbia University (USA)), Charles Goodhart (LSE), Alan Morrison (Oxford University) and Peter Rousseau (Vanderbilt University (USA)).

All welcome.  Travel expenses for UK-based academics and PhD students for travel within the UK for the conference on 17^th June will be reimbursed in accordance with the MMFRG travel policy.

See: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/mmf/membership.htm

Prior to the start of the conference, on the afternoon of Thursday 16^th June the Institute of Finance is holding a research workshop.  All are welcome to attend, although MMFRG does not reimburse overnight accommodation expenses for participants wishing to take part at both events.     

 Preliminary Conference Programme

LOCATION: Fielding Johnson South Wing Basement  - Peter Williams Lecture Theatre

9.15-9.45:            Registration and coffee

9.45-10.00:          Opening remarks (Professors Murphy and Jackson (University of Leicester))

10.00-11.00:        Charles Calomiris (Columbia University (USA)) “Why and How to Design a Contingent Convertible Reserve Requirement?”

                                Discussant: Maria Boutchkova (University of Leicester)

11.00-11.45:        Svetlana Andrianova (University of Leicester) “Loan Defaults” (with B. Baltagi and P. Demetriades)

Discussant:  Alex Trew (St. Andrews University)  

11.45-12.00:        Refreshments

12.00-13.00:        Charles Goodhart (LSE) “Default in Macroeconomics”

Discussant: James Rockey (University of Leicester)

13.00-13.30:        Lunch

13.30-14.30:        The future of banks and financial regulation (Panel discussion)

14.30-15.30:        Alan Morrison (Oxford) “Reputational incentives in investment banking”

                                Discussant:  Dan Ladley (University of Leicester)

15.30-16.00:        Coffee break

16.00-17.00:        Peter L. Rousseau (Vanderbilt University (USA))  “Historical Evidence on the Finance-Growth Nexus” (with M. Bordo)

Discussant: Gregory James (Loughborough University)

 17.30-18.30:       Drinks at the Marquis of Wellington (London Road)

Institute of Finance Workshop on 16^th June

Workshop programme (preliminary)

LOCATION: Fielding Johnson South Wing Basement - Peter Williams Lecture Theatre

2.00-2.45: Maria Boutchkova (University of Leicester) “Precarious politics and return volatility” (with A. Durnev, S. Molchanov and H. Doshi).

2.45-3.30: Dan Ladley tbc

3.30-4.00: Coffee break

4.00-4.45: Stephen Hall “The Greek financial crisis: growing imbalances and sovereign spreads” (with H.D. Gibson and G.S. Tavlas).

4.45-5.30: Dimitrios P. Tsomokos (Oxford University) “Minsky’s financial instability hypothesis and the leverage cycle” (with S. Bhattacharya, C.A.E. Goodhart and A.P. Vardoulakis)