Call for Papers: Recent Developments in Consumer Credit and Payments

                    ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

          RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CONSUMER CREDIT AND PAYMENTS

                         September 24-25, 2009

         A Conference Co-sponsored by the Research Department
           and Payment Cards Center of the Federal Reserve
                         Bank of Philadelphia


      This is the fifth edition of our joint research conference
      focusing on important issues in consumer credit and
      payments. The dramatic deterioration in the markets for
      consumer credit and mortgages highlights the pressing need
      for original research in these areas and for a continuing
      dialogue among researchers and policymakers.


      TOPICS:

      Theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Areas of
      interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

      - Personal bankruptcy and consumer default
      - Mortgage lending and default
      - Regulation of consumer credit and mortgage markets
      - Contractual and informational issues in consumer credit
        markets
      - Credit scoring and credit reporting agencies
      - Securitization of consumer debt
      - Pricing and efficiency of retail payment services
      - Consumer payments networks and their regulation

      The conference will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of
      Philadelphia on September 24-25, 2009.

      Conference organizers will provide accommodations and
      partial financial support for travel expenses to one author
      of each paper accepted for the program.


      PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

      Please e-mail an electronic copy (PDF or MS Word) of your
      paper by June 15, 2009 to:

      Email:       MAILTO:phil_pcc09@phil.frb.org


      SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  June 15, 2009

      For additional information and a pdf copy of the call for
      papers, please visit our conference website at:

http://www.philadelphiafed.org/research-and-data/events/2009/consumer-credit-and-payments/index.cfm


      CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS:

      Ronel Elul
      Tel:  215-574-3965

      Mitchell Berlin
      Tel:  215-574-3822

      Robert M. Hunt
      Tel:  215-574-3806

      Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
      Ten Independence Mall
      Philadelphia, PA 19106
      Fax:  215-574-7101
Posted 1/29/09