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Conference on "Economics of Payments IX"

15–16 November 2018 | Basel, Switzerland

About the conference

Hosted by the Bank for International Settlements and Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures in Basel, Switzerland, on 15-16 November 2018.

Payments and financial market infrastructures stand at a crossroads. Digital innovation, regulation and ever-evolving market structure have fundamental impacts on payments, clearing and settlement. Economics of Payments IX conference continues the tradition of bringing together academic researchers, central bank economists, and representatives of authorities to look at recent developments in these areas and to think creatively about the future of payments.

Programme

Day 1 - 15 November

13:15 - 13:30
Benoît Cœuré (Chair of CPMI) | speech

13:30 - 14:00 Central bank digital currency (CBDC)
Hyun Song Shin (Bank for International Settlements) | speech

14:00 - 15:30
Moderated by Morten Bech, Bank for International Settlements

Should central banks issue digital currency?

Presentation

Todd Keister (Rutgers) and Daniel Sanches (Philadelphia Fed)

Discussant: Martin Diehl (Bundesbank)

The economics of cryptocurrencies - bitcoin and beyond

Presentation 

Jonathan Chiu (Bank of Canada) and Thorsten V Koeppl (Queen's Uni)

Discussant: Egemen Eren (BIS) | presentation

16:00 - 17:30
Moderated by Leonardo Gambacorta, Bank for International Settlements

The demand for central clearing: to clear or not to clear, that is the question

Presentation

Mario Bellia (Goethe Uni), Giulio Girardi (US SEC), Roberto Panzica (Goethe Uni), Loriana Pelizzon (Goethe Uni), Tuomas Peltonen (ECB)

Discussant: Vincent Bignon (Banque de France) / presentation

Central counterparty resolution: the right move at the right time

Presentation 

Umar Faruqui (BIS), Wenqian Huang (BIS), Takeshi Shirakami (BIS)

Discussant: Florian Heider (ECB) / presentation

Day 2 - 16 November

09:00 - 09:30
Gerardo Licandro (Central Bank of Uruguay) | presentation

09:30 - 11:00 
Moderated by Stijn Claessens, Bank for International Settlements

Credit cards and consumption

Presentation

Scott L Fulford (CFPB) and Scott Schuh (West Virginia Uni)

Discussant:  Fumiko Hayashi (KC Fed) / presentation

Timing is everything: how a U.S. payment regulation helped overcome a network barrier without a mandate

Presentation 

Paul Bauer (State Uni of New York) and Geoffrey Gerdes (Fed Board)

Discussant: Ben Craig (Cleveland Fed) / presentation

11:30 - 13:00
Moderated by William Roberds, Atlanta Fed
The economics of platforms in a walrasian framework

Anil K Jain (Fed Board) and Robert Townsend (MIT)

Discussant: Jamie McAndrews (Wharton Financial Institutions Center) / presentation

Explaining the interplay between acceptance and usage of payment methods in two-sided markets

Kim P Huynh (Bank of Canada), Gradon Nicholls (Bank of Canada), and Alex Shcherbakov (Bank of Canada)

Discussant: Dilyara Salakhova (Banque de France) / presentation

14:00 - 15:30
Moderated by Antoine Martin (NY Fed)

Settlement liquidity in SIC

Presentation

Thomas Nellen (Swiss National Bank), Silvio Schumacher (Swiss National Bank) and Flurina Strasser (Swiss National Bank)

Discussant: Geoffrey Gerdes (Fed board)

High-frequency analysis of financial stability

Presentation 

Michael Gofman (Uni of Rochester), Sajjad Jafri (Payment Canada), and James Chapman (Bank of Canada)

Discussant: Evangelos Benos (Bank of England) / presentation

16:00 - 17:30
Moderated by Martin Diehl (Bundesbank)
Multiplex network analysis of the UK OTC derivatives market

Marco Bardoscia (Bank of England), Ginestra Bianconi (Queen Mary University of London) and Gerardo Ferrara (Bank of England)

Discussant: Inaki Aldasoro (BIS) / presentation

Endogenous liquidity and interdealer trading in over-the-counter markets

Presentation 

Rodney Garratt (UC Santa Barbara), Antoine Martin (NY Fed), Michael Junho Lee (NY Fed) and Robert Townsend (MIT)

Discussant: Thorsten Koeppl (Queen's Uni) / presentation

17:30 - 17:40
Morten Bech (Bank for International Settlements)