Call for Papers: C.R.E.D.I.T. 2008 - Liquidity and Credit Risk

                       INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

                       C. R. E. D. I. T.  2008

                      LIQUIDITY AND CREDIT RISK

                            Venice, Italy
                        22 - 23 September 2008


      GRETA Associati (Venice, Italy) and Intesa Sanpaolo (Milan,
      Italy) are co-sponsors of a Conference to be held in Venice
      on September 22-23, 2008. The objective of the Conference
      is to bring together academics, practitioners and PhD
      students working in the area of credit risk modeling. The
      Conference will provide an opportunity for participants
      engaged at the forefront of this area to discuss open
      problems and challenges and may, in turn, suggest fruitful
      directions for future research. The Conference, organised
      under the auspices of the Department of Economics of the
      University Ca' Foscari of Venice and ABI - Italian Banking
      Association, is the seventh of a series dedicated to
      various aspects of credit risk.


      TOPICS:

      The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic
      within the overall theme of the conference and in the
      following areas in particular:

      - Liquidity effects in the pricing of corporate bonds and
        credit derivatives
      - Funding liquidity and financial crises
      - Contagion in credit markets
      - Credit and liquidity effects in interbank markets


      SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:

      The Scientific Committee for the Conference consists of:

      - David Lando, Copenhagen Business School, Programme Chair
      - Viral Acharya, London Business School & CEPR
      - Edie Hotchkiss, Boston College, Massachusetts
      - Loriana Pelizzon, University of Venice and GRETA
      - Stephen Schaefer, London Business School
      - Til Schuermann, Federal Reserve Bank of New York


      CALL FOR PAPERS:

      The final program will include both submitted and invited
      papers. Acceptances received so far from invited speakers
      include Carlo Acerbi (Abaxbank), Tobias Adrian (Federal
      Reserve Bank of New York), Edie Hotchkiss (Boston College,
      Massachusetts) and Hayne Leland (Hass School of Business,
      University of California, Berkeley). Each of the papers
      will have a discussant, chosen from the public or private
      sectors. The Conference will end with a panel discussion on
      the practical applicability of existing theoretical
      approaches and practitioners' views of the major
      outstanding problems.


      PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

      Those wishing to present a paper at the Conference should
      submit completed versions or extended abstracts by May 15,
      2008 to the address given below (preferably in electronic
      format). Please indicate to whom correspondence should be
      addressed. Decisions regarding acceptance will be made by
      June 15, 2008. The final version of accepted papers must be
      received by July 31, 2008.

      Please send papers or extended abstracts to:

      CONTACT:       GRETA Associati
                     San Marco, 3870
                     30124 Venice, ITALY
      Tel:           +39 041 5238178
      Fax:           +39 041 5286166
      Email:         MAILTO:credit@greta.it

      For more detailed information (registration, accommodation,
      Conference venue), please refer to the Conference website:

         http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2008/credit2008.htm
Posted 4/21/08