Conférence Banque de France « The Financial Crisis:Lessons for International Macroeconomics » Paris, 28-29 octobre 2011

The Paris School of Economics, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, the Banque de France, ECARES and CEPR will host a conference on 'The Financial Crisis: Lessons for International Macroeconomics.' The conference will be held in Paris on October 28-29, 2011.

The organizers welcome submissions of a theoretical or empirical nature related to the theme of the conference. Suitable topics include:

1. The Euro Debt crisis

• Sovereign default, bailouts and moral hazard in a monetary union
• Real and nominal convergence in a monetary union
• Fiscal dimensions of regional and global financial crises
• The political economy of debt crises and policy responses

2. The global economy during and after the crisis

• Liquidity contractions
• Global imbalances
• Fiscal spillovers in a global crisis
• Shock propagation via financial linkages

3. Policy after the crisis

• International policy cooperation
• Currency wars or cooperation in exchange rate policies
• Global aspects of policy responses to the crisis
• Macro-prudential policies after the global crisis
• Financial regulation, stability and growth

Conference papers will be considered for publication in the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics under an expedited review schedule and subject to the Journal’s usual standards for quality and insight. Accepted papers will be published as part of a symposium in the October 2012 issue of the Journal. Additional information about the Journal is available at "www.aeaweb.org/aej/mac/index.php".

The deadline for applying is 18:00 GMT on July 15, 2011. Authors will be notified of the final program by August 15, 2011. Authors who are not CEPR members can email their submission to "meets@cepr.org". Authors who are CEPR members can upload their submission on "www.cepr.org/yourprofile". There you can indicate whether you will be able to cover your own travel costs, or whether you will require funding from CEPR. Guidelines on how to register online for CEPR Meetings can be found at" www.cepr.org/meets/emo/Guidelines.htm". Travel and accommodation expenses will be covered for all academic presenters and discussants according to CEPR travel guidelines "http://www.cepr.org/meets/WKCN/misc/trp.pdf". If you have any difficulties registering for this meeting, please contact CEPR’s meetings department, at "meets@cepr.org" or +44 20 7878 2900.

The conference organizers are Matthieu Bussière (Banque de France), Steven Davis (Chicago Booth), Jean Imbs (Paris School of Economics and CEPR), Robert Kollmann (ECARES and CEPR) and Romain Rancière (Paris School of Economics and CEPR).