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18th BIS Annual Conference

28 June 2019 | Zurich, Switzerland
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About the conference

The eighteenth BIS Annual Conference focused on "The digital economy and financial innovation" was held in Zurich, Switzerland, 28 June 2019. The conference proceedings were published in the BIS Papers No 109 in February 2020.

Conference materials

Hyun Song Shin, Bank for International Settlements

Chair 

Veerathai Santiprabhob, Bank of Thailand

Speaker 

Susan Athey, Stanford Graduate School of Business | presentation

Paper 

Technology and the financial system

Discussants

Chair 

Mario Marcel, Central Bank of Chile

Speaker 

Hélène Rey, London Business School | presentation

Paper 

Answering the Queen: Machine learning and financial crises

Discussants

  • Francis X Diebold, University of Pennsylvania | presentation
  • Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva, Bank for International Settlements | presentation

Chair 

Pablo Hernández de Cos, Bank of Spain

Speaker 

Thomas Philippon, New York University, Stern School of Business | presentation

Paper 

On Fintech and financial inclusion

Discussants

Chair 

Olli Rehn, Bank of Finland

Speaker 

Antoinette Schoar, MIT Sloan School of Management | presentation

Paper 

The real effects of financial innovation

Discussants

  • Thorsten Beck, Cass Business School | presentation
  • Janice Eberly, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management | presentation

Chair 

Agustín Carstens, Bank for International Settlements

Panellists

  • Claudia Buch, Deutsche Bundesbank
  • Norman Chan, Hong Kong Monetary Authority | presentation
  • Jon Cunliffe, Bank of England | presentation