Posted 5/15/09
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