Joint NBU-EABCN 2022 Annual Research Conference

Rapid innovation in public and private blockchains is relentlessly pushing the boundaries of traditional payments markets. Digital transformation of the broader financial industry requires not only new technical solutions but also updated regulatory practices and business models.
 
CBDCs are an open area of investigation with substantial potential in many segments of the economy. How will monetary policy frameworks and implementation evolve in a CBDC economy? Will investment in digital private assets bring about new sources of financial stability risks? Will complementary technologies such as Artificial Intelligence alter supervision, payments, asset issuance and management?
 
The 7th annual research conference jointly organized by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and the Euro Area Business Cycle Network (EABCN) will focus on the emerging challenges of public and private competition in payments and decentralized finance along with their legal and regulatory challenges.
 
The two-day event will feature keynotes, policy panels and presentations of research papers in a blended on-line/on-site format.
Confirmed keynote speakers are Prof. Markus Brunnermeier (Princeton University) and Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli (International Monetary Fund).
 
The organizing committee invites submissions in the following areas (non-exhaustive)

• Monetary Policy effectiveness with public private currency competition
• Trade, FX volatility with cross-border CBDC
• Macroprudential policy for the digital age
• The microstructure of digital financial markets
• New avenues with algorithmic financial products
• Pricing Digital Assets
• The industrial organization of payment platforms: national competition for global players?
• Leapfrogging in emerging economies’ payment infrastructure and instruments

Academic committee:
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley (chair)
Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Bank of Canada
Barbara Rossi, EABCN
Solomiya Shpak, National Bank of Ukraine
Mihnea Constantinescu, National Bank of Ukraine

Paper Submission:
Submit your paper by email to [email protected], using as email subject ARC2022 NameOfPaper NameFirstAuthor. No submission fee is charged. The deadline for submission is March 6th, 2022 (12 pm EET). Authors of accepted papers will be notified by 9 March 2022.