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
- Franklin Allen, Imperial College Business School | presentation
- Cecilia Skingsley, Sveriges Riksbank | presentation
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
- Manju Puri, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business | presentation
- David Dorn, University of Zurich | presentation
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