18th BIS Annual Conference
Friday 28 June 2019, Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich, Switzerland
Overview
| Welcome |
Hyun Song Shin, Bank for International Settlements |
| Session 1: Technological advances and the financial system | |
| Chair: | Veerathai Santiprabhob, Bank of Thailand |
| Author: | Susan Athey, Stanford Graduate School of Business |
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Paper: |
"Technology and the financial system" (Presentation) |
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Discussants: |
Franklin Allen, Imperial College Business School (Presentation) |
| Session 2: Machine learning and central banking | |
| Chair: | Mario Marcel, Central Bank of Chile |
| Author: | Hélène Rey, London Business School |
| Paper: | "Answering the Queen: Machine learning and financial crises" (Presentation) |
| Discussants: | Francis X Diebold, University of Pennsylvania (Presentation) Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva, Bank for International Settlements (Presentation) |
| Session 3: Financial innovation and changes in financial intermediation | |
| Chair: | Pablo Hernández de Cos, Bank of Spain |
| Author: | Thomas Philippon, New York University, Stern School of Business |
| Paper: | "On Fintech and financial inclusion" (Presentation) |
| Discussants: | Manju Puri, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business (Presentation) David Dorn, University of Zurich (Presentation) |
| Session 4: The real effects of financial innovation | |
| Chair: | Olli Rehn, Bank of Finland |
| Author: | Antoinette Schoar, MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Paper: | "The real effects of financial innovation" (Presentation) |
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Discussants: |
Thorsten Beck, Cass Business School (Presentation) |
| Wrap-up panel: Financial innovation in the digital age: implications for central banks | |
| 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) |