Call For Papers: Foreign Currency Related Risk Taking by Financial Institutions, Firms and Households

                           CALL FOR PAPERS

                    Deadline: Tuesday, 15 April 2008

                        SNB-CEPR Conference on:

                 "FOREIGN CURRENCY RELATED RISK TAKING
            BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FIRMS AND HOUSEHOLDS"

                     Zurich, September 22-23, 2008

             Sponsored by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and
             the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)


      The Swiss National Bank will host the conference on Monday
      September 22nd and Tuesday 23rd, 2008 in Zurich (the
      conference will be scheduled during the whole day on Monday
      and on Tuesday morning).


      TOPICS:

      The conference seeks to bring together first-rate current
      research. Up to nine papers will be selected and suitable
      topics may include, but are not limited to:

      - Corporate and small business debt in foreign currency
      - Currency structure of household liabilities (e.g.
        mortgages) and assets
      - Modeling of currency risk
      - Regulation and supervision of currency risk (banks versus
        non bank institutions)


      PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:

      The programme committee is composed of Martin Brown (Swiss
      National Bank), Andreas Fischer (Swiss National Bank and
      CEPR), Luigi Guiso (European University Institute and
      CEPR), Olivier Jeanne (International Monetary Fund and
      CEPR), and Steven Ongena (CentER - Tilburg University and
      CEPR).


      FEES/SUBMISSIONS/REGISTRATION:

      Financial support for economy class air travel and lodging
      expenses will be available for university-based authors,
      discussants and chairpersons. Central bankers may be asked
      to cover their own expenses.

      To respond, please visit:

                     http://www.cepr.org/yourprofile

      and indicate whether or not you wish to present a paper or
      would be willing to act as a discussant. The deadline for
      replies is 18:00 GMT on Tuesday, 15 April 2008. You may
      also like to read our Guidelines on how to register online
      for CEPR Meetings at:

      http://www.cepr.org/meets/emo/Guideliens.htm

      Presenters will be notified by 15 May 2008.


      FURTHER INFORMATION:

      If you have any difficulties registering for this meeting,
      please contact:

      CONTACT:       Nadine Clarke
                     CEPR Meetings Manager
      Email:         MAILTO:nclarke@cepr.org
               or
      Tel:           +44 20 7183 8808
Posted 4/7/08