30Nov2026

Call for Papers - Conference on Macro-Finance and Financial Stability Policies

When 30 November 2026 9:00 AM
Where Dublin

Call for Papers leaflet (PDF 225.84KB)

Central Bank of Ireland, University College Dublin and CEPR are pleased to announce a call for papers for the 2026 Conference on Macro-Finance and Financial Stability Policies. The conference will take place in Dublin on Monday 30 November and Tuesday 1 December 2026, and will offer a venue for researchers in the field to present and discuss their research. 

Macroprudential policymaking continues to adapt to an increasingly complex and uncertain economic and financial landscape. The sharp and uneven shifts in interest rates in recent years, coupled with increasing geopolitical and trade tensions,  pose new threats to financial stability. At the same time, the rapid expansion of non-bank financial intermediaries over the past decades has added complexity to the macroprudential policymaking environment. These changes in the financial system come at a time when policymakers are increasingly focused on how deeper capital markets can sustain long-term productive investment, finance innovation, and support firm growth and dynamism. 

Building on previous editions in 2023 (PDF 170.36KB), 2024 (PDF 176.82KB) and 2025 (PDF 220.92KB), the organising committee invites submissions from researchers working on topics that can contribute to the evolution of the macroprudential and financial stability policy agenda. Empirical and theoretical studies in the following sub-areas are particularly welcome:

  • The implications for financial stability of geopolitical risk and fragmentation, trade tensions, rapid digital innovation, high levels of government debt, and armed conflict.
  • The role of non-bank financial intermediaries in financial markets and implications for macroprudential regulation.
  • The calibration of macroprudential policies for lenders or borrowers and their interaction with monetary policy.
  • The financing ecosystem for firms, and its role in firm dynamics, innovation and productivity growth.

The programme will feature a keynote speech by Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan (Brown University, NBER and CEPR).

Submission Details

For consideration in the programme, papers must be submitted by 23 June 2026. Authors of accepted work will be contacted by mid-August. There is no registration fee for the conference. A discussant will be assigned to every accepted paper. To contact the organising committee, please email [email protected].

Authors who already have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:

  1. Going to https://hub.cepr.org/ and logging in
  2. After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/5240/step1
  3. Under "Would you like to apply to attend this event?" click "Yes"
  4. Under "Would you like to submit a paper?" click "Yes" to upload your paper and supply the requested information
  5. Select the buttons that apply to you
  6. Click "Submit Application" to complete your submission

Authors who do not have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:

  1. Creating a new profile here https://hub.cepr.org/user/register
  2. After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/5240/step1
  3. Under "Would you like to apply to attend this event?" click "Yes"
  4. Under "Would you like to submit a paper?" click "Yes" to upload your paper and supply the requested information
  5. Select the buttons that apply to you
  6. Click "Submit Application" to complete your submission 

If you have any difficulties registering for this meeting, please contact Mandy Chan, Head of Events at [email protected].

Organising Committee

Fergal McCann (Central Bank of Ireland), Luca Riva (Central Bank of Ireland, University College Dublin), Laura Moretti (Central Bank of Ireland), Oana Peia (University College Dublin), Yota Deli (University College Dublin), Diana Bonfim (ECB and CEPR), Vasso Ioannidou (Bayes Business School and CEPR).

Scientific Committee

Iñaki Aldasoro (BIS), Jin Cao (Norges Bank), Peter Dunne (Central Bank of Ireland), Roman Goncharenko (Central Bank of Ireland), John Kandrac (Federal Reserve Board), Natalya Martynova (Deutsche Bundesbank), Caterina Mendicino (ECB and CEPR), Camelia Minoiu (FRB Atlanta), Klaas Mulier (KU Leuven), Ciaran Rogers (HEC Paris), Enrico Sette (ECB and CEPR), Klaus Schaeck (University of Bristol Business School), Rhiannon Sowerbutts (Bank of England).