Call for Papers (link)
ECB Conference on Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy 2026
2-3 December 2026, Frankfurt am Main
The conference aims to bring together academics, central bankers, supervisors and market participants to present and discuss new research on financial stability and macroprudential policy. This year’s conference is expected to focus on three core topics: regulatory complexity, banking sector competitiveness and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the banking and financial sector. The event seeks to foster a constructive dialogue among participants in order to deepen our collective understanding of these issues.
Submission
Papers should be submitted in PDF format to MacropruConference@ecb.europa.eu by 15 June 2026.
Keynote speaker
Anil Kashyap (Chicago Booth)
Panel discussion
The panel discussion will be moderated by Isabel Schnabel (ECB) , with panellists including:
- Anat Admati (Stanford)
- Lorenzo Bini Smaghi (Société Générale)
- Claudio Borio (formerly Bank for International Settlements)
- Vicky Saporta (Bank of England)
Topics
We welcome empirical and theoretical contributions addressing, but not limited to, the following topics:
- How can we measure the complexity of bank regulation, and which aspects of the regulatory framework appear to be particularly complex?
- How can we measure bank competitiveness and what are the key factors affecting it?
- How does the regulatory framework affect bank behaviour, including with respect to cross-border banking, financial integration, and the provision of key services?
- How can the regulatory framework for banks be simplified without undermining resilience?
- What are the trade-offs between simplicity, risk sensitivity, and robustness in the design of capital and liquidity requirements?
- What role can stress testing play in the design of capital and liquidity requirements, including with respect to the calibration of micro- and macroprudential capital requirements?
- How does AI technology affect the banking sector, including with respect to its competitiveness, the provision of key services and the level of (systemic) risk?
- What are relevant interlinkages and interactions between banks and non-banks, and what is the role of regulation in this respect?
Expenses
The ECB will cover reasonable travel expenses for those presenting papers and the discussants. Participants from central banks, other EU or international institutions, and financial institutions are expected to cover their own expenses.
Organising committee
- Katrin Assenmacher
- Markus Behn
- Madalen Castells Jauregui
- Angela Maddaloni
- Alessio Reghezza
- Livio Stracca
