5th ECB macroprudential policy and research conference
Joint European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund conference
Tuesday, 17 and Wednesday, 18 October 2023
    European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main
Hybrid event
The aim of the conference is to bring together academics, central bankers and interested market participants to discuss topical issues and new frontiers in macroprudential policy. It aims to foster and strengthen a dialogue between researchers, policy makers and practitioners, with a view to enhance our collective understanding of the role and functioning of macroprudential policy. This year’s edition of the conference will focus on the themes of i) mainstreaming macroprudential policy, ii) evidence on the effectiveness of macroprudential policy, and iii) new challenges for macroprudential policy.
Photos
High-quality images of the conference are available via Flickr.
Programme
Times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
- 13:30
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          Registration and coffee 
- 14:00
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          Welcome addressLivio Stracca, European Central Bank 
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          Session 1
 Mainstreaming macroprudential policySession chair: Livio Stracca, European Central Bank 
- 14:15
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          A stocktake of progress in developing the macroprudential policy frameworkDavid Aikman, King’s College London Discussant: Ozge Akinci, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
- 15:00
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          Policy panel
 Macroprudential policy: taking stock and approaching new frontiersChair: Tobias Adrian, International Monetary Fund Panellists: - Klaas Knot, De Nederlandsche Bank
- Nellie Liang, U.S. Treasury
- Vasileios Madouros, Central Bank of Ireland
 
- 16:45
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          Coffee break 
- 17:15
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          Risk-to-Buffer: Setting cyclical and structural capital buffers through banks stress testsCyril Couaillier and Valerio Scalone*, both European Central Bank Discussant: Marco Gross, International Monetary Fund 
- 18:00
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          Should macroprudential policy target corporate lending? Evidence from credit standards and defaultsLuis Férnandez Lafuerza* and Jorge E. Galán, both Banco de España Discussant: Marco Lo Duca, European Central Bank 
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          Dinner – by invitation only 
- 19:00
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          Dinner speechLuis de Guindos, European Central Bank 
- End of day 1
- 8:30
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          Registration and coffee 
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          Session 2
 Effectiveness of macroprudential policySession chair: Cornelia Holthausen, European Central Bank 
- 9:00
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          Keynote speech Hyun Song Shin, Bank for International Settlements 
- 10:00
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          The state-dependent impact of changes in bank capital requirementsJan Hannes Lang*, European Central Bank, and Dominik Menno, Deutsche Bundesbank Discussant: Anatoli Segura, Banca d’Italia 
- 10:45
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          Coffee break 
- 11:15
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          Evaluating heterogeneous effects of housing-sector-specific macroprudential policy tools on Belgian house price growthLara Coulier and Selien De Schryder*, both Ghent University Discussant: Soner Baskaya, University of Glasgow 
- 12:00
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          Role of government policies in smoothing borrowers’ spending during stress: Evidence from UK mortgage moratoriaBruno Albuquerque, International Monetary Fund, and Alexandra Varadi*, Bank of England and University of Oxford Discussant: Christoph Basten, University of Zurich 
- 12:45
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          Lunch break 
- 14:00
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          Lightning Session: real estate and borrower-based measuresThe effectiveness of borrower-based macroprudential policies: a cross-country analysis using an integrated micro-macro simulation model- Stelios Giannoulakis*, Athens University of Economics and Business
- Marco Forletta, European Central Bank
- Marco Gross, International Monetary Fund
- Eugen Tereanu, European Central Bank
 
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          Micro-assessment of macroprudential borrower-based measures in Lithuania- Mantas Dirma, Bank of Lithuania
- Jaunius Karmelavičius*, International Monetary Fund
 
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          Mortgage design, repayment schedules and household borrowing- Claes Bäckman*, Aarhus University
- Patrick Moran, Federal Reserve Board
- Peter van Santen, University of Groningen
 
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          Session 3 
 New challenges for macroprudential policySession chair: Erlend Nier, International Monetary Fund 
- 14:45
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          Banking on uninsured deposits- Itamar Drechsler, University of Pennsylvania
- Alexi Savov*, New York University
- Philipp Schnabl, New York University
- Olivier Wang, New York University
 Discussant: Agnese Leonello, European Central Bank 
- 15:30
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          Coffee break 
- 16:00
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          Climate stress tests, bank lending, and the transition to the carbon-neutral economy- Larissa Fuchs, University of Cologne
- Huyen Nguyen*, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
- Trang Nguyen, University of Bristol
- Klaus Schaeck, University of Bristol
 Discussant: Zacharias Sautner, University of Zurich 
- 16:45
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          Macroprudential policy leakage through firms- Björn Imbierowicz*, Deutsche Bundesbank
- Axel Loeffler, Deutsche Bundesbank
- Steven Ongena, University of Zurich
- Ursula Vogel, European Central Bank
 Discussant: Francesco Saverio Stentella Lopes, Università Roma Tre 
- 17:30
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          End of conference 
This programme may be subject to change without notice.
A photographer will be present at the event taking photographs for our internet/intranet webpage. If you prefer not to have your photograph taken, please inform us in advance of the 5th ECB macroprudential policy and research conference. The event may be filmed and the video recording (or parts of it) may be published on the internet / intranet.
General information
European Central Bank
Room C2.01, 2nd floor, Eurotower
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main
English
Participants are requested to arrange their own transfers, unless indicated otherwise.
- Erlend Nier, International Monetary Fund
- Livio Stracca, European Central Bank
- Angela Maddaloni, European Central Bank
- Markus Behn, European Central Bank
- Stephan Fahr, European Central Bank
Nikolina Mihilli
    +49 69 1344 21319
    nikolina.mihilli@ecb.europa.eu  
Christine Wehrheim
    +49 162 406 16 38
    christine.wehrheim@ecb.europa.eu