Banks and Beyond

The Hoover Program on the Foundations of Economic Prosperity hosted the Banks and Beyond conference on April 3–4, 2025, convening scholars and industry leaders from across the country.

Scholars (from left to right) Elena Carletti (Bocconi University), Annamaria Lusardi (Stanford University), and Anusha Chari (Hoover Institution) converse in between sessions.

Peter DeMarzo (Stanford University) (left) presents on interest rate risk in banking. Luc Laeven (European Central Bank) (right) provided comments to DeMarzo's paper.

Amit Seru, Hoover senior fellow and codirector of the Financial Regulation Working Group, presents work on the role of examiner discretion in bank regulation.

Matthew Baron (Cornell University) comments on research on bank solvency.

Paola Sapienza, Hoover senior fellow and member of the Hoover Program on the Foundations of Economic Prosperity, comments on a paper.

Hoover senior fellows Ross Levine, codirector of the Financial Regulation Working Group, and Stephen Haber, director of the Hoover Program on the Foundations of Economic Prosperity, provide closing comments.