Fourth Macroprudential Policy and Research Conference
Monday, 16 and Tuesday, 17 December 2019
 ECB main building, Room C3.08/09, Frankfurt am Main
The ECB’s Fourth Macroprudential Policy and Research Conference will bring together 100 or so key players in this field, including central bankers, academics and financial market practitioners. This flagship conference represents a unique opportunity to showcase macroprudential research and its policy applications.
Programme
* indicates the presenter
- 12:30
- Registration and light lunch
- 14:00
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   Opening remarksLuis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB 
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   Session 1: Interaction between macroprudential policy and monetary policyChair: Massimo Rostagno, ECB 
- 14:30
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   The costs of macroprudential deleveraging in a low interest rate environment- Jack Chen, IMF
- Daria Finocchiaro, Sveriges Riksbank
- Jesper Lindé, IMF
- Karl Walentin*, Sveriges Riksbank
 Discussant: Anton Korinek, University of Virginia Interview with Karl Walentin 
- 15:30
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   Monetary and financial policies for emerging markets- Kosuke Aoki, University of Tokyo
- Gianluca Benigno, LSE
- Nobuhiro Kiyotaki*, Princeton University
 Discussant: Alejandro Van der Ghote, ECB Interview with Nobuhiro Kiyotaki 
- 16:30
- Coffee break
- 17:00
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   Competition, stability and efficiency in the banking industry- Dean Corbae*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Ross Levine, UC Berkeley
 Discussant: David Martinez-Miera, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Interview with Dean Corbae 
- 18:00
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   Prudential monetary policy- Ricardo Caballero, MIT
- Alp Simsek*, MIT
 Discussant: Alberto Martin, ECB Interview with Alp Simsek 
- 19:15
- Dinner with speech by Sir Paul Tucker, Harvard Kennedy School
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   Session 2: Bank capitalChair: Fatima Pires, ECB 
- 9:00
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   The impact of bank regulation on the cost of credit: Evidence from a discontinuity in capital requirements- Emilia Bonaccorsi di Patti, Banca d’Italia
- Mirko Moscatelli, Banca d’Italia
- Stefano Pietrosanti*, University of Pennsylvania
 Discussant: Diane Pierret, Luxembourg School of Finance Interview with Stefano Pietrosanti 
- 10:00
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   Bank capital redux: Solvency, liquidity and crisis?- Òscar Jordà, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Björn Richter, University of Bonn
- Moritz Schularick, University of Bonn
- Alan Taylor*, UC Davis
 Discussant: Kilian Rieder, Oesterreichische Nationalbank Interview with Alan Taylor 
- 11:00
- Coffee
- 11:30
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   The interdependence of bank capital and liquidity- Elena Carletti, Bocconi University
- Itay Goldstein, University of Pennsylvania
- Agnese Leonello*, ECB
 Discussant: Nicolas Inostroza, University of Toronto Interview with Agnese Leonello 
- 12:30
- Lunch
- 13:30
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   Keynote speechCan policy tame the credit cycle?Jeremy Stein, Harvard University 
- 14:30
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   Policy panel- Elga Bartsch, BlackRock
- Vítor Constâncio, former ECB Vice-President
- Anil Kashyap, University of Chicago
- Hyun Song Shin, BIS
 Chair: Philip Lane, ECB 
- 15:30
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   Coffee break 
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   Session 3: Beliefs, politics and macroprudential regulationChair: Enrico Perotti, University of Amsterdam 
- 16:00
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   Financial policy in an exuberant worldAnsgar Walther*, Imperial College Discussant: Lin Shen, INSEAD Interview with Ansgar Walther 
- 17:00
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   Electoral cycles in macroprudential regulationKarsten Müller*, Princeton University Discussant: Emilia Bonaccorsi di Patti, Banca d’Italia Interview with Karsten Müller 
- 18:00
- End of Conference
This programme may be subject to change without notice.
Audiovisual notice: Please note that media will be attending and photography and filming activities will take place during the event.
General information
 European Central Bank 
 Main building
 Room C3.08/09
 Sonnemannstrasse 20 
 60314 Frankfurt am Main
 +49 69 1344 0 
 Fax: +49 69 1344 6000 
 info@ecb.europa.eu 
Participants are requested to arrange their own transfers, unless indicated otherwise.
English
Angela Maddaloni
 Florian Heider 
 Thomas Vlassopoulos
 Christoffer Kok
Julia Harms 
 Directorate General Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability
  +49 69 1344 9864
 julia.harms@ecb.europa.eu
Ana Maria Borlescu
 Directorate General Research
  +49 69 1344 95894
 Ana_Maria.Borlescu@ecb.europa.eu