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Financial System and Macroeconomy in Emerging Economies
Call For Papers

Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (promoted by the Reserve Bank of India)

December 7 and December 8, 2017, Mumbai, India

The Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL), a leading research organization promoted by the Reserve Bank of India, invites submissions for its flagship conference on the Financial System and Macroeconomy in Emerging Economies. The conference will be held in Mumbai, India on December 7 and December 8, 2017.

CAFRAL aims to conduct high quality research in areas of macroeconomics, banking and finance - particularly in areas of policy interest. Please visit our web site http://www.cafral.org.in for more details.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: The keynote speakers will be Professor John Leahy, Allen Sinai Professor of Macroeconomics and Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, and Professor Martin Uribe, Professor of Economics at Columbia University.

TOPICS OF INTEREST: We invite completed working papers on the financial system and macroeconomics in emerging economies. We especially welcome papers that examine national and global issues surrounding macroeconomic, financial and policy linkages between emerging and developed economies. Papers addressing the theme of the conference in the context of specific countries, especially India, would also be very welcome.

Doctoral students on the job market are encouraged to submit papers.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: We aim to have between 6-8 papers in the program. The deadline for submission of papers is September 15, 2017. We hope to have the decisions finalized by October 15, 2017. Please submit your papers to conf2017.cafral@rbi.org.in. Please do note that your paper needs to be needs to be smaller than 7 MB in size. Please compress your submission file if it is larger than 7 MB.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE: The papers will be reviewed by a Program Committee chaired by Professor Amartya Lahiri, Royal Bank Faculty Research Professor, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia and Director (CAFRAL) (starting September 1, 2017).

FUNDING: For presenters and discussants, we will provide a travel grant that should be adequate to cover air fare, cover local airport transfers, conference stay, and meals. Participants who receive funding are expected to stay for the full duration of the conference, and may be requested to act as discussants for other papers.

ATTENDANCE: We warmly welcome researchers from policy institutions, faculty members and doctoral students from research intensive universities in India and abroad to attend the conference (including meals) without any charge. However, participants who do not have a paper or discussion in the program will not be provided any financial support. Please do email us in advance if you are interested in attending with your CV to the above email address by November 1, 2017. Please mention "Participant Request" in the subject line of the email if you do not have a paper or discussion, and want to attend.

All conference presenters can expect quality discussants, an active audience, and many informal interactions with participants. Participants can also expect to interact with officials of the Reserve Bank of India, other financial and regulatory bodies in Mumbai, as well as faculty from premier research institutions in economics, finance and management in India.

Posted: 11 Aug 2017