Name of the Event: Conference on Banking, Corporate Finance and Intermediation
Venue: Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Date: 5th June - 8th June 2008
Principal areas of discussion: Issues relating to banking, securitization, market microstructure, insurance, corporate finance and related intermediation topics.
Objectives: To receive both theoretical research papers and quantitative analytical research papers on various intermediation topics
International and local partners of the Event: The Financial Intermediation Research Society
About the Conference on Banking, Corporate Finance and Intermediation
The Conference on Banking, Corporate Finance and Intermediation will be held at Millenium Hotel
Anchorage, Alaska from 5th June 2008 to 8th June 2008. The deadline for submission of research papers has expired on 1st October 2007. The papers were to be submitted in PDF file format. The submission fee stood at $40. Participants to the conference are required to bear their own expenses.
The Program Chair is Professor Anjan Thakor. The members of Program Advisory Council of the 2008 conference include:
- Franklin Allen from University of Pennsylvania
- Raghuram Rajan of University of Chicago
- Mark Flannery of University of Florida.
- Maureen O'Hara of Cornell University and
- Kose John of New York University
Guofu Zhou is the Associate Program Chair. The program committee comprises top-notch researchers.
Program Advisory Council acts as an advisory body to Professor Anjan Thakor and Guofu Zhou regarding paper selection. The first round of selection is done by the program committee members. The procedure followed for the process of selection negates any chance of preferential treatment due to subjective influences.
The Financial Intermediation Research Society expects that the participants of the conference will mostly come from international bodies, various universities and from different central banks.
The conference venue is easily accessible from most of the big US cities. The hotel booked for the conference is quite near the airport. It is just a short drive. Participants can also plan a family vacation with the conference.
More on Banking, Corporate Finance and Intermediation
Financial Intermediation is at present a hot research topic allover the world. It is highly relevant for policy formulation. Europe has seen a considerable integration of financial markets. This has raised several concerns. The banks are apprehensive of facing stiff competition. The need of the hour hence is proper regulatory structures meant for the banking sector as well as for the financial intermediaries and a host of other factors. Issues like the selection of the proper financial system and relevant reform package are important here.
The banking sector is facing increased competition in recent years. According to a study by Anjan Thakor of Indiana University, this phenomenon has made borrowers worse off. They are at the receiving end. Riskier loans seem to have become more attractive.
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