14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
C R E D I T 2015
*Societal Fault Lines and Credit Risk:
The Impact of Current Economic, Institutional and Political Developments
on Credit and Risk*
Venice, Italy
1 - 2 October 2015
*GRETA Associati *(Venice, Italy), *Center on Sustainable Architecture
for Finance (SAFE) at Goethe University Frankfurt* (Frankfurt, Germany),
the *University of Zurich* (Zurich, Switzerland) and *Intesa Sanpaolo
*(Milan, Italy) are co-sponsors of a Conference to be held in Venice on
October 1-2, 2015. The objective of the Conference is to bring together
academics, practitioners and PhD students working in the area of risk
management. The conference will provide an opportunity for participants
engaged in research at the forefront of this area to discuss both the
causes and implications of recent events in financial markets and may,
in turn, suggest fruitful directions for future research. The
Conference, organised under the auspices of the *Department of Economics
of the University Ca Foscari of Venice*, *ABI - Italian Banking
Association *and *European Investment Bank*, is the *fourteenth* of a
series dedicated to various aspects of credit risk.
The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the
overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular:
* *Wealth inequality, firm financing and credit risk*
o Is local wealth inequality affecting the quality of institutions
and the choice over market versus bank finance, and thereby
determining corporate finance and credit risk outcomes?
* *Home ownership and credit risk*
o Are measures promoting home ownership or financial innovations
responding to an increase in ownership demand, for example,
resulting in more credit risk?
* *Collateral availability, credit and risk*
o Is the availability of collateral determining credit granting
and credit risk?
* *Banking supervision and credit risk*
o Is the level and quality of bank supervision leading to an
optimal level of credit risk?
o What is the impact of the institutional organization of banking
supervision on credit risk?
* *Central bank policies and credit risk*
o Are monetary conditions drivers of bank credit risk taking?
Under all circumstances?
The Scientific Committee for the Conference consists of:
*Steven Ongena*, University of Zurich, Programme Chair
*Mark Carey, *Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
*Hans Degryse*, KU Leuven
*Jan Krahnen*, Goethe University
*André Lucas*, VU University Amsterdam
*Loriana Pelizzon*, Ca Foscari University of Venice and Goethe University
*Stephen Schaefer*, London Business School
The final program will include both submitted and invited papers.
Acceptances received from invited speakers include *Viral Acharya* (New
York University), *Mark Carey* (Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System), *Hayne Leland* (University of California, Berkeley),
*Jean Charles Rochet* (University of Zurich) and *Vikrant Vig* (London
Business School). The Conference will also feature a panel discussion on
researchers' and practitioners' views of the major outstanding problems.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Those wishing to present a paper at the Conference should submit by *May
15, 2015 *to the address given below (preferably in electronic format).
Please indicate to whom correspondence should be addressed. Decisions
regarding acceptance will be made by *July 10, 2015*. The final version
of accepted papers must be received by August 31, 2015.
Please send papers to:
GRETA Associati
San Polo, 2605 - 30125 Venice, ITALY
Phone : +39 041 5238178 - Fax : +39 041 5286166
e-mail: credit(a)greta.it <mailto:credit@greta.it>