9th Annual Conference 2021 – Digital payments and currencies

DAY 1  September 22, 2021

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WORKSHOP 1: Growth at risk

• Evaluating growth-at-risk as a tool for monitoring macro-financial risks in the Peruvian economy

Diego Chicana, Rafael Nivín, Central Reserve Bank of Peru

• The growth-at-risk (gar) framework: implication for Ukraine

Anastasiya Ivanova, Alona Shmygel, Ihor Lubchuk, National Bank of Ukraine

• DISCUSSANT: Cédric Tille, BCC & the Graduate Institute, Geneva

WORKSHOP 2: Payment cards and the tourist test

• An application of the tourist test to Colombian merchants

Carlos A. Arango-Arango, Rocío Betancourt, Manuela Restrepo-Bernal, Central Bank of Colombia

• Card acceptance by small merchants: An application of the tourist test to Peru

José Aurazo, Milton Vega, Central Reserve Bank of Peru

• DISCUSSANT: Cyril Monnet, University of Bern

DAY 2  September 23, 2021

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Setting the stage: An overview of recent research

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Raphael Auer, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) POLICY PRESENTATION: Tommaso Mancini Griffoli, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

DAY 3 September 24, 2021

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POLICY PANEL 1: Digital currencies impact on domestic and international payments

• Chair: Aleksander Berentsen, University of Basel
• Belma Colakovic, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Oleksii Shaban, National Bank of Ukraine
• Khayala Mammadova, Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
• Thomas Argente, Bank of France
• Henry Holden, Bank for International Settlements

POLICY PANEL 2: Digital currencies impact on financial cycle, and financial stability

• Chair: Alexandre Swoboda, the Graduate Institute, Geneva
• Governor, Leonardo Villar, Central Bank of Colombia
• Governor, Signe Krogstrup, National Bank of Denmark
• Natasha Ahmetaj, Bank of Albania
• Paul Castillo, Central Reserve Bank of Peru
• Linda Schilling, Washington University in St Louis

POLICY PANEL 3: Digital currencies impact on the transmission channel of monetary policy, and its effectiveness

• Chair: Beatrice Weder di Mauro, the Graduate Institute, Geneva
• Governor, Marouane El Abassi, Central Bank of Tunisia
• Carlos Montoro, Central Reserve Bank of Peru
• Andréa Maechler, Swiss National Bank
• Dirk Niepelt, Study Center Gerzensee & University of Bern
• Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University