Posted 5/8/09
CALL FOR PAPERS
(Submission Deadline: June 6, 2009)
THE CHANGING GEOGRAPHY OF MONEY, BANKING
AND FINANCE IN A POST-CRISIS WORLD
Ancona, October 8-9, 2009
A conference organized by:
The Money and Finance Research Group (MoFiR),
Department of Economics of the University of Ancona
http://www.mofir.univpm.it
and sponsored by:
The Italian Ministry of Education, University
and Research Open Economies Review, and
Rivista Italiana degli Economisti
Keynote Speaker: Arnoud Boot, University of Amsterdam
Distinguished Speaker: Ron Martin, Cambridge University
The present dramatic financial crisis, like many others
before, finds its roots in a long credit boom and easy
money that has fueled rising asset prices. However, it
differs from the past episodes of worldwide crises for the
unprecedented close linkages between banking and finance of
the "originate and distribute" model, for the size and
global character of the financial institutions involved and
for the fragility of the international monetary system
incapable of delivering external balances and facilitating
smooth adjustments. Following this crisis, the entire
international and domestic order of money, banking and
finance seems to be under discussion. A new geography of
finance will probably emerge. The resurrection of the
dollar standard system or its substitution with a new
monetary order of the world economy is a critical question.
What is still unclear is whether the crisis will impart a
speeding-up of globalization of banking and finance or will
impart a steering to this process in the direction of a
more traditional "originate and hold" bank model and of a
more spatially segmented financial system.
TOPICS:
The aim of this conference is to investigate:
(1) the effects of the spatial organization of money,
banking and finance on the geography of the credit
crisis at the international and national levels
(2) how the credit crisis could shape the future geography
of money, banking and finance
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the
following:
- International monetary system: shaping the post-financial
crisis
- Hegemonic national moneys: same play new actors?
- The economics of international currencies: costs and
benefits
- The case for supranational money: gradualism,
compatibility, limits
- Transactional and relationship lending
- Distance and competition
- Delegation of authority and monitoring of loan officers
- Banking and regional development
- Organisational structure of banking systems
- Internal capital markets
- The geography of "credit crunch"
- Securitization and capital requirements
- New regulatory objectives
- Prudential regulation and lender of last resort in the
presence of multinational banks
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Pietro Alessandrini (chair), Arnoud Boot, Hans Degryse,
Alfredo Del Monte, Michele Fratianni, Giorgio Gobbi, Ron
Martin, Massimo Massa, Steven Ongena, George Tavlas,
Gregory Udell, and Alberto Zazzaro.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Submission are free of charge. Papers should be written in
English and not have been already accepted for publication.
Authors can submit either theoretical or empirical papers
on the subject. Submission will be reviewed by the program
committee. The conference organizers will provide
accommodations, conference lunches and gala dinner for
those who present papers, discuss them or chair sessions.
REVIEW PROCESS FOR POSSIBLE PUBLICATION IN THE OPEN
ECONOMIES REVIEW AND RIVISTA ITALIANA DEGLI ECONOMISTI:
Contributions accepted for presentation at the conference
will be evaluated for publication in the Open Economies
Review and Rivista Italiana degli Economisti. Authors
should indicate clearly if they do not want their work
submitted to these journals. There will be a standard
refereeing process for the journals that will be separate
from the conference screening process.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Papers, with a separate title page and abstract, should be
submitted by June 6, 2009. Acceptance decisions will be
communicated by July 6, 2009. Papers and related
correspondence should be sent to:
CONTACT: Alessandro Gambini
Email: MAILTO:a.gambini@univpm.it
Tel: 39 071 2207230
CONTACT: Emanuela D'Angelo
Email: MAILTO:e.dangelo@univpm.it
Tel: 39 071 2207230
LOCATION:
The conference will be held at the Faculty of Economics
'Giorgio Fua' of the Universita Politecnica delle Marche,
Piazzale Martelli 8, 60121 Ancona, Italy.