---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:13:40 +0100 From: GRETA Associati credit@greta.it Subject: International Conference in Venice - CALL FOR PAPERS

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

C. R. E. D. I. T. 2009 Credit Risk, Financial Crises, and the Macroeconomy Venice, Italy 24 - 25 September 2009

GRETA Associati (Venice, Italy) and Intesa Sanpaolo (Milan, Italy) are co-sponsors of a Conference to be held in Venice on September 24-25, 2009. The objective of the Conference is to bring together academics, practitioners and PhD students working in the area of credit risk modeling to discuss credit risk at a time of financial crisis and the impact of macroeconomic factors on pricing risky debt, financial distress, recovery rates, and banking stability. The conference will provide an opportunity for participants engaged in research at the forefront of this area to discuss both the causes and implications of recent events in financial markets and may, in turn, suggest fruitful directions for future research. The Conference, organised under the auspices of the Department of Economics of the University Ca' Foscari of Venice and ABI - Italian Banking Association, is the eighth of a series dedicated to various aspects of credit risk.

The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular: * Impact of the financial crisis and banking instability on credit markets; * Credit risk and business cycles; * The interplay between the real and financial sides of the macroeconomy; * Modeling the economics of financial crises.

The Scientific Committee for the Conference consists of: Ilya Strebulaev, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Programme Chair Viral Acharya, New York University, London Business School & CEPR Monica Billio, University of Venice and GRETA Darrell Duffie, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Robert Goldstein, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota David Lando, Copenhagen Business School Stephen Schaefer, London Business School Allan Timmermann, Rady School of Management, University of California San Diego

The final program will include both submitted and invited papers. Acceptances received from invited speakers include Martin Hellwig (Max Planck Institute), Francesco Garzarelli (Goldman Sachs), Christopher Mayer (Columbia Business School), and Ken Singleton (Graduate School of Business, Stanford University). The Conference will also feature a panel discussion on researchers' and practitioners' views of the major outstanding problems.

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS Those wishing to present a paper at the Conference should submit completed versions or extended abstracts by May 15, 2009 to the address given below (preferably in electronic format). Please indicate to whom correspondence should be addressed. Decisions regarding acceptance will be made by June 15, 2009. The final version of accepted papers must be received by July 31, 2009.

Please send papers or extended abstracts to: GRETA Associati San Polo, 2605 - 30125 Venice, ITALY Phone : +39 041 5238178 - Fax : +39 041 5286166 e-mail: mailto:credit@greta.itcredit@greta.it More detailed information on the Conference will be available shortly at the following website: http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2009/credit2009.htm

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