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Financial intermediation and macroeconomic stability

14 March 2016 | Basel, Switzerland

About the conference

Fourth BIS Research Network meeting

On 14 March 2016, the BIS held the fourth BIS Research Network meeting, bringing together researchers from academia and central banks exploring long-range research issues related to banking, monetary policy, regulation and financial stability. With financial intermediation and macroeconomic stability as the main theme, participants discussed the international transmission of credit bubbles, the effectiveness of monetary policy at the zero lower bound, the debt-equity mix, monetary policy and volatility of international capital flows, bank capital and lending behaviour.

Agenda

Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva, Bank for International Settlements

Chair   
Hyun Song Shin, Bank for International Settlements

The international transmission of credit bubbles: theory and policy
paper
presentation
discussion

Alberto Martin and Jaume Ventura

Discussant

Enrique Mendoza

The "Reversal Rate": The effective lower bound on monetary policy"
paper
presentation
discussion

Markus K Brunnermeier and Yann Koby

Discussant

Loriana Pelizzon

 

Chair   
Dimitri Vayanos

Capital structure and taxes: what happens when you (also) subsidize equity?
paper
presentation
discussion

Frédéric Panier, Francisco Pérez-González and Pablo Villanueva

Discussant

Elena Carletti

The effects of tax on bank liability structure
paper
presentation
discussion

Leonardo Gambacorta, Suresh M Sundaresan, Giacomo Ricotti and Zhenyu Wang

Discussant

Darrell Duffie

 

Chair   
Claudio Borio, Bank for International Settlements

Self-oriented monetary policy, global financial markets and excess volatility of international capital flows
paper
presentation
discussion

Ryan Banerjee, Giovanni Lombardo and Michael B Devereux

Discussant

Charles Engel 

Aggregate bank capital and credit dynamics
paper
presentation
discussion

Nataliya Klimenko, Sebastian Pfeil, Gianni De Nicolò and Jean-Charles Rochet

Discussant

Dimitri Vayanos

 

Hyun Song Shin, Bank for International Settlements