The Initiative on Global Markets (IGM) and the Stigler Center are organizing a conference on the causes, as well as the key players and mechanisms, of the 2008 financial crisis.
On September 14-15, 2018, the Initiative on Global Markets (IGM) and the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business will mark the tenth anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis by holding a conference on the causes of the crisis, as well as the key players and mechanisms that played a part in it. Ahead of the conference, which will take place in Chicago, we are soliciting proposals for papers to be presented at the conference.
Suitable topics include (but are not limited to):
- Fraud in Mortgages
- Credit Agencies’ Mistakes
- Regulatory and Supervisory Failures
- Accounting, Disclosure, and Audit Failures
- Flawed Expectations about House Prices
- Global Savings
- Glut/Global Imbalances/Demand for Safe Assets
- Excessively Loose Monetary Policy
The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2017. Selected participants will be notified by November 30, 2017. More details can be found here.
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