Organized by the Center for Financial Innovation and Stability at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk at Georgia State University.
There is no fee for attending the conference, but registration by September 25 is required. Register at https://frbatlantaresearch.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bJyrrC9k13B1IKW.
Agenda
Individual papers linked below or download all papers zipped.
| Thursday, October 6 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:25 | Welcoming remarks |
| 8:30 |
Financial Innovation: Developments and risk Chair: Baozhong Yang, Georgia State University Financial Innovation in the 21st Century: Evidence from U.S. Patents Presenter: Josh Lerner, Harvard University Amit Seru, Stanford University Nicholas Short, Harvard University Yuan Sun, Harvard University Cyberattacks and Financial Stability: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Presenter: Antonis Kotidis, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Stacey L. Schreft, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| 9:50 | Break |
| 10:05 |
Fragility in Cryptocurrency Markets |
| 11:25 | Lunch |
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Blockchain Consensus and Stablecoins Chair: Charles Kahn, University of Illinois Equilibrium Staking Levels in a Proof-of-Stake Blockchain Presenter: Thomas J. Rivera, McGill University Kose John, New York University Fahad Saleh, Wake Forest University Stablecoins: Adoption and Fragility Presenter: Christoph Bertsch, Sveriges Riksbank While Stability Lasts: A Stochastic Model of Stablecoins Presenter: Andreea Minca, Cornell University Ariah Klages-Mundt, Cornell University |
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| 2:10 | Break |
| 2:25 |
Stablecoin Panel Russell Wong, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Jonathan Chiu, Bank of Canada John Levin, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
| 4:00 | Reception and dinner (invitation only) |
| Friday, October 7 | |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Risks from Mortgage Market Innovation Chair: Vincent Yao, Georgia State University Black Box, Greenleaf: Lender Behavior Under Uncertain Collateral Enforcement Presenter: Taha Ahsin, Duke University Discussant: Manasa Gopal, Georgia Institute of Technology Competition, Innovation and Crises: Evidence from 20 million securitized loans Presenter: Kandarp Srinivasan, Northeastern University Peter Haslag, Vanderbilt University Anjan Thakor, Washington University in St. Louis Discussant: Vincent Yao, Georgia State University |
| 10:20 | Break |
| 10:40 |
Expanding inclusion of small businesses Chair: Camelia Minoiu, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Fintech Entry, Firm Financial Inclusion, and Macroeconomic Dynamics in Emerging Economies Presenter: Federico S. Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Alan Finkelstein Shapiro, Tufts University Victoria Nuguer, Inter-American Development Bank Fintech and Racial Barriers in Small Business Lending Presenter: Celine Yue Fei, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Does IT Help? Information Technology in Banking and Entrepreneurship Presenter: Nicola Pierri, International Monetary Fund Toni Ahnert, European Central Bank Sebastian Doerr, Bank for International Settlements Yannick Timmer, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| 12:40 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:40 | Innovative measures of retail lending risk Chair: John Driscoll, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Easy Screening: Inattention and Household Financial Distress Presenter: Sjoerd van Bekkum, Erasmus University Rotterdam Haikun Zhu, Erasmus University Rotterdam Invisible Primes: Fintech Lending with Alternative Data Presenter: Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara, Louisiana State University Marco Di Maggio, Harvard University Don Carmichael, Upstart Inc |
| 3:00 | Adjournment |