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Information
in bank asset prices:
theory and empirics
7-8 September 2007
Ghent University , Belgium
The
Department of Financial Economics, Ghent
University and the Interuniversity Attraction
Poles Programme financed by the Belgian
Science Policy (IAP-PAI-UAP) are pleased
to announce a conference on 'Information
in bank asset prices: theory and empirics'.
Mark
Flannery (University of Florida, USA) will
deliver the keynote speech on the conference
theme.
Research related to the following topics will be considered:
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Banking and the macroeconomy
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Are banks shock absorbers or sources
of shocks? Do macro-shocks affect
bank soundness?
- Real
estate prices and bank stock volatility
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The interaction between bank stock
and bond prices
- Bank
asset prices as predictors of financial
distress
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Banking
and financial stability
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The competition-risk trade-off, market
structure and risk-taking
incentives
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Pricing of deposit insurance schemes
in Europe
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Using market information for banking
system risk assessment
- Bank
asset prices and their role for market
discipline
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Shock spillovers and contagion risk
in the European banking industry
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Bank performance
- Value
and risk effects of mergers and acquisitions
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Bank ownership structure, agency cost
and long-run performance
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Geographical versus functional diversification:
benefits and risks
Submission
deadline
Full papers (in word or pdf) should be sent
via e-mail to
bankassetprices@ugent.be
no later than 1 May 2007. The e-mail should
additionally contain an abstract not exceeding
300 words and personal contact
information of all the authors (name, title,
affiliation, e-mail). Authors will
be notified of the decision by end-May 2007.
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