46th Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition

Call for Papers and Save the Date

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago invites the submission of research and policy oriented papers for the 46th annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition to be held May 5–7, 2010, at the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago. Since its inception, the conference has fostered a dialogue on current public policy issues affecting the financial services industry. As in past years, the program will highlight a conference theme (to be announced), but will also feature sessions on other topical financial issues. We welcome submissions of high-quality research on all topics related to financial services, their regulation, and industry structure. A list of possible session topics includes, but is not limited to:

• Regulatory reform in the financial sector;
• Lessons from the recent credit market crisis;
• Failure resolution for large complex financial institutions;
• Mortgage loan modification programs;
• Systemic risk regulation;
• Asset bubbles;
• The future role of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other government-sponsored enterprises;
• The future of the originate-and-distribute model (securitization);
• The financial safety net;
• Thie Basel Capital Accord;
• The shadow banking sector;
• Fair lending and the Community Reinvestment Act;
• The future of low-income homeownership programs;
• Market value accounting issues;
• Deposit insurance reform;
• The mixing of banking and commerce;
• Financial industry consolidation;
• Small business finance;
• Competitive strategies of financial institutions;
• Derivative markets;
• Consumer financial protection/education;
• The burden of bank regulation; and
• Retirement finance.

If you would like to present a paper at the conference, please submit your completed paper or a detailed abstract (the more complete the paper, the better), along with your name, address, affiliation, telephone number and email address, and those of any co-authors, by December 19, 2009.

Manuscripts should be submitted via e-mail.

Information will be updated on this site as it becomes available. For additional information, contact the conference chairman: Douglas Evanoff at 312-322-5814 or via e-mail.