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The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Business Schoolpresents the 2001 Journal of Financial Intermediation Symposium

BANKING IN EMERGING MARKETS
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,MI
June 15-17, 2001
   
  Friday, June 15
  6:00 PM Keynote Address: Dr. Michael Moskow, President and CEO
  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
 
  6:45 PM Welcome Reception and Dinner
   
  Saturday, June 16
    SESSION I:  ISSUES IN BANK REGULATION
  Chair:  Patrick Bolton, Princeton University
 
  8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
 
  8:30 AM Viral V. Acharya (New York University)
    "A Theory of Systemic Risk and Design of Prudential Bank Regulation"
    Discussant: Richard Rosen, Indiana University
     
  9:30 AM Haizhou Huang (International Monetary Fund)
    Chenggang Xu (London School of Economics)
    "Financial Institutions, Financial Contagion, and Financial Crises"
    Discussant: George Pennacchi, University of Illinois
 
  10:30 AM Break
     
  11:00 AM Jun Qian (Boston College)
  George Alessandria (Ohio State University)
    "The Development of Financial Intermediation and Real Effects of Capital Account Liberalization"
    Discussant: Loretta J. Mester, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
     
  Noon Lunch
   
    SESSION II:  FINANCIAL SYSTEM DESIGN
  Chair:  Anjan V. Thakor, University of Michigan
     
  1:00 PM Ross Levine (University of Minnesota)
    "Bank-Based or Market-Based Financial Systems: Which is Better?"
    Discussant: Artyom Durnev, University of Michigan
     
  2:00 PM Break
     
  2:15 PM Solomon Tadesse (University of South Carolina)
    "Financial Architecture and Economic Performance: International Evidence"
    Discussant: Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, Harvard University
     
  3:15 PM Break
     
  3:30 PM Thomas F. Hellman (Stanford University)
  Marco Da Rin (University of Torino)
    "Banks as Catalysts for Industrialization"
    Discussant: Sugato Bhattacharyya, University of Michigan
     
  4:30 PM Adjourn
 
  6:00 PM Conference Dinner
   
  Sunday, June 17
    SESSION III:  ISSUES IN EMERGING MARKETS
  Chair:  Jan Svejnar, William Davidson Institute, UMBS
     
  8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
     
  8:30 AM Roundtable Discussion: Emerging Research and Policy Issues in Emerging Markets
    Patrick Bolton (Princeton University)
  Stuart Greenbaum (Washington University)
  Anna Meyendorff (William Davidson Institute)
  Jan Svejnar (WDI and University of Michigan)
 
  9:30 AM Darius P. Miller (Indiana University)
    John Puthenpurackal (Texas A&M University)
    "The Costs, Wealth Effects, and Determinants of International Capital Raising: Evidence from Public Yankee Bonds"
    Discussant: Josh Coval University of Michigan
     
  10:30 AM Break
     
  11:00 AM James E. McNulty (Florida Atlantic University)
    "Legal Systems, Financial Intermediation and the Development of Loan Relationships in the Transitional Economies of Central and Eastern Europe"
    Discussant: Serdar Dinc, University of Michigan
   
  Noon Adjourn