Participation in this event is by invitation only.

The Hoover Institution at Stanford University will host the Inaugural Conference of the Working Group on Financial Regulation on February 15–16, 2024.

Thursday, February 15th
Time Content Presenters/Panelists Discussant/Chair

8:30 AM

Breakfast

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9:00 AM

Welcome

Ross Levine, Hoover Institution & Stanford University

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9:15 AM

Keynote Address 

Doug Diamond, Marton H. Miller Professor at U Chicago

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10:30 AM

Break

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11:00 AM

Competition, Stability, and Efficiency in the Banking Industry” by Dean Corbae and Ross Levine

Presenter: Dean Corbae, University of Wisconsin - Madison 

Discussant:  Beverly Hirtle, New York Federal Reserve

Discussant:  Juliane Begenau, Stanford University

12:15 PM

Lunch

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1:30 PM

Empirical Foundations of the Iron Law of Financial Regulation” by Roberta Romano

Presenter: Roberta Romano, Yale University 

Discussant: Francesco Trebbi UC Berkeley

Discussant: Vikrant Vig, Stanford University

Chair: Chenzi Xu, Stanford University

2:45 PM

Break

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3:15 PM

Survival of the Biggest: Large Banks and Financial Crises” by Matthew Baron, Moritz Schularick, & Kaspar Zimmermann

Presenter: Matthew Baron, Cornell University

Discussant: Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago

Discussant: Naomi Lamoreaux, Yale University

4:30 PM

Conclusion

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6:00 PM

Dinner

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Friday, February 16th
Time Content Presenters/panelists Discussant/CHAIR

8:30 AM

Breakfast

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9:00 AM

The Risks of Digital Banking” by Naz Koont

Presenter: Naz Koont, Columbia University

Discussant: Allen Berger, University of South Carolina 

Discussant: Philip Strahan, Boston College

10:15 AM    

Break

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10:30 AM

“Title TBD” by Amit Seru

Presenter: Amit Seru, Hoover Institution & Stanford University

Discussant:  Raghu Rajan, University of Chicago
Discussant:  Luc Laeven, European Central Bank
Chair: Daniel Kessler, Hoover Institution & Stanford University
 

11:45 AM        

Break

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12:00 PM        

Lunch and round table

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1:15 PM        

Conclusion of conference

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