SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS


                            CONFERENCE


       HETEROGENEOUS NATIONS AND GLOBALIZED FINANCIAL MARKETS:
                  NEW CHALLENGES FOR CENTRAL BANKS


               National Bank of Poland, Warsaw, Poland
           Chair of Monetary Economics, and Institute for
                      International Economics
         Westfalische-Wilhelms University, Munster, Germany
                Viessmann European Research Centre,
            Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada


                          10-11 June 2010



     Central banks are facing renewed challenges on several
     fronts. There are pressures to reverse the dominance of
     globalized financial markets which appear in conflict with
     the individual macroeconomic needs of a heterogeneous group
     of countries. These developments are likely to have a
     profound effect not only on how monetary policy is
     delivered but also pose challenges, for example, to the
     existing canonical New Keynesian model to more formally
     incorporate a role for the financial sector. Above all, a
     new regulatory environment may replace the existing
     financial architecture and this too will represent new
     challenges for central banks.



     TOPICS:


     1. Challenges for monetary policy strategies and
        operations
     2. The future of financial globalization
     3. Financial reform and prospects for a renewed
        international financial architecture
     4. Are there limits to the relative size of the financial
        sector?
     5. What future for the New Keynesian canonical macro model?


     Extended abstracts will be considered but preference will
     be given to completed papers. One session will be devoted
     to presentations of PhD students. Academics, as well as
     policy makers are encouraged to submit papers.



     KEYNOTE SPEAKER:


     Geert Bekaert, Leon G. Cooperman Professor of Finance and
     Economics, Columbia Business School



     LOCATION:


     National Bank of Poland, Warsaw, Poland



     EXPENSES:


     Expenses for travel (economy class airfare round-trip) and
     accommodation will be partially covered for speakers and
     discussants.



     PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:


     Proposals should be sent to:


     CONTACT:       Martin T. Bohl
     Email:         MAILTO:martin.bohl@wiwi.uni-muenster.de


     by 31 January 2010. Only completed papers, however, will be
     accepted for the final program. Notifications of acceptance
     will be sent by 15 March 2010. Authors should confirm their
     participation by 31 March 2010. Drafts will be due by 30
     April 2010.



     WEBSITES:


     More information on the conference will be available at:


            http://www.nbp.pl/conference2010


            http://www.wlu.ca/viessmann


            http://www.wiwi.uni-muenster.de/me/workshops/index.html


            http://www.wiwi.uni-muenster.de/iif/

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Posted 9/3/09