Political Economy of Systemic Risk Date: Thursday 17th November 2016 Organiser: Jeffrey Chwieroth (SRC and Department of International Relations, LSE) Venue: Conference Suite, 9th Floor, Tower 2, Clement’s Inn, LSE
Programme 9:30 - 9:50
Registration
9:50 - 10:00
Opening Remarks Jon Danielsson (SRC, LSE)
10:00 – 11:20
Session 1 - Financial Market Dynamics and Stability Stephen Bell (Queensland) and Andrew Hindmoor (Sheffield) Competition, Systemic Risk and Financial Stability Anastasia Nesvetailova (City University London) The Inherent Paradox of Securitisation: Assets, Market and Liquidity in the Wake of 2009 Chair and Discussant: Meredith Wilf (Pittsburgh)
11:20 – 11:40
Coffee Break
11:40 – 13:00
Session 2 - Financial Crises: Responses and Resolution Jeffrey Chwieroth (LSE) and Andrew Walter (Melbourne) Policy Responses to Banking Crises over the Longer Run Christopher Gandrud (City University London and Hertie School of Governance) and Mark Hallerberg (Hertie School of Governance) Can You Stop the Fire Before it Burns Down the Block? Central banks and the fiscal costs of financial crises Chair and Discussant: Abraham Newman (Georgetown)
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:20
Session 3 - The Eurozone Architecture Bob Hancké (LSE) & Christian Ruiz-Palmero (Lausanne) Macroeconomic Stabilization in the Euro-zone: A Simple Model and An Application
Waltraud Schelkle (LSE) The Political Economy of Financial Solidarity: Cross-border Payments Systems as Universal Insurance Chair and Discussant: Mark Hallerberg (Hertie School of Governance) 15:20 – 15:40
Coffee break
15:40 – 17:00
Session 4 - Financial Regulation Stephen Chaudoin (Illinois) and Meredith Wilf (Pittsburgh) International Implications of National Financial Rules: Do Citizens Care? Abraham Newman (Georgetown) and Elliot Posner (Case Western Reserve University) Voluntary Disruptions: International Soft Law, Finance and Power Chair and Discussant: Andrew Walter (Melbourne)
17:00 – 18:00
Reception Twitter hashtag: #LSEPoliticalEconomy
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