CEPR ECB RoF Conference

September 25 - Day 1

9.00 : 11.00 - Session 1

Session Chair:

• "CBDC and Payment Platform Competition",

Youming Liu (Bank of Canada), Edona Reshidi (Bank of Canada), and Francisco Rivadeneyra (RPN and Bank of Canada)

Presented by: Edona Reshidi (Bank of Canada)

Discussant: Remo Taudien (Study Center Gerzensee, University of Bern)

• The Demand for Programmable Payments.

Charles M. Kahn (University of Illinois), and Maarten van Oordt (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Presented by: Maarten van Oordt (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Discussant: Niklas Haeusle (University of St. Gallen)

11.30 : 13.30 - Session 2

Session Chair:

• "Central Bank Digital Currencies : a Blessing or a Curse for Crypto Shadow Banking?"

Jonathan Chiu (Bank of Canada, RPN), and Cyril Monnet (University of Bern, Study Center Gerzensee, RPN)

Presented by: Cyril Monnet (University of Bern, Study Center Gerzensee, RPN)

Discussant: Martina Fraschini (University of Luxembourg)

• "Bank Competition and Household Privacy in a Digital Payment Monopoly"

Itai Agur (IMF), Anil Ari (IMF), and Giovanni Dell'Ariccia (IMF, CEPR, RPN)

Presented by: Giovanni Dell'Ariccia (IMF, CEPR, RPN)

Discussant: Yuteng Cheng (Bank of Canada)

14.30 : 16.30 - Session 3

Session Chair:

•      Strategic Complementarities in a Dynamic Model of Technology Adoption: P2P Digital Payments

Francesco Lippi (LUISS, EIEF, CEPR), Fernando Alvarez (University of Chicago), David Argente (Pennsylvania State University), Esteban Mendez (Central Bank of Costa Rica), and Diana Van Patten (Yale University)

Presented by: Francesco Lippi (LUISS, EIEF, CEPR)

Discussant: Nicolas Serrano Velarde (Bocconi University)

• Mobile Money, Interoperability and Financial Inclusion

Markus K. Brunnermeier (Princeton University, CEPR, RPN), Nicola Limodio (Bocconi University, CEPR), and Lorenzo Spadavecchia (Bocconi University)

Presented by: Nicola Limodio (Bocconi University and CEPR)

Discussant: Rocco Macchiavello (LSE and CEPR)

17.00 : 19.00 - Session 4

Session Chair:

• "Central Bank Digital Currency Adoption: A Two-Sided Model", Brandon Tan (IMF)

Presented by: Brandon Tan (IMF)

Discussant: Edona Reshidi (Bank of Canada)

• Batching trades on automated market makers.

Andrea Canidio (CoW Protocol), and Robin Fritsch (ETH Zurich, CoW Protocol)

Presented by: Andrea Canidio (CoW Protocol), Robin Fritsch (ETH Zurich, CoW Protocol)

Discussant: Andrea Barbon (University of St.Gallen)

September 26 - Day 2

9.00 : 11.00 - ECB Policy Session

Introduces: Francesco Billari Rector of Università Bocconi

Keynote Speech: Piero Cipollone

=== Policy Panel

Rhys Bidder (KBS, QCGBF), Timothy Jackson (University of Liverpool), and Matthias Rottner (Deutsche Bundesbank)

Presented by: Timothy Jackson (University of Liverpool)

Discussant: Massimiliano Croce (Bocconi University and CEPR)

• CBDC: Banking and Anonymity

Yuteng Cheng (Bank of Canada), Ryuichiro Izumi (Wesleyan University)

Presented by: Yuteng Cheng (Bank of Canada)

Discussant: Giovanni Dell'Ariccia (IMF, CEPR)

• The digital economy, privacy, and CBDC

Toni Ahnert (ECB, CEPR), Peter Hoffmann (ECB), and Cyril Monnet (University of Bern, Study Center Gerzensee)

Presented by: Cyril Monnet (University of Bern, Study Center Gerzensee)

Discussant: Maarten Van Oordt (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

14.30 : 16.30 Session 6

Session Chair:

• "Contracts and External Financing" by Katrin Tinn (McGill University, CEPR)

Presented by: Katrin Tinn (McGill University, CEPR)

Discussant: Andrea Canidio (CoW Protocol)

• "Collusion-Proof Oracles for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations"

Alexander Braun (Institute of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen), Niklas Haeusle (University of St. Gallen), and Stephan Karpischek (Decentralized Insurance Foundation)

Presented by: Niklas Haeusle (University of St. Gallen)

Discussant: Co-Pierre Georg (EDHEC Business School)