The conference calls for papers especially covering topics on financial intermediation and regulation, including (but not limited to)

• Integration vs. fragmentation of banking systems
• Multinational banks and firmsFinancial intermediation, innovation and FinTech
• Trade finance and shadow banking activities
• Maturity transformation and liquidity creation
• Risk-taking and asset/liability management
• Micro- and macro-prudential regulation
• Bank supervision and resolution
• Evaluation of regulatory policies for banks
• Systemic risk, spillovers and economic stability