The 2023 Sydney Banking and Financial Stability Conference

Organized by the University of Sydney Business School

Sydney, Australia

December 8-9, 2023, In-Person Only

 Submission deadline extended to 20 September 2023

Aim of SBFC

Our primary objective in organising this conference is to foster a platform where international academics can gather, interact, and exchange their latest insights in the fields of banking, financial system stability, and other pertinent subjects within financial studies. By facilitating this forum, we aim to prioritise collaborative endeavours in addressing the most pressing and contemporary issues concerning banking and financial stability. Furthermore, we aspire to contribute to public policy discussions on how to enhance our collective framework and fortify the resilience of the financial system for the future.

Keynote Speakers

• Ms. Andrea Brischetto, Head of Financial Stability Department in the Financial System Group, The Reserve Bank of Australia

• Professor Anthony Saunders, John M. Schiff Professor of Finance, NYU Stern

Journal Sponsorship

• Papers selected for presentation in the 2023 SBFC may be considered for publication in the following sponsoring journals:
• Finance Research Letters
• International Review of Economics and Finance
• Pacific Basin Finance Journal

• Authors whose papers are accepted for presentation at the conference are encouraged, but not obligated, to submit their papers to one of these sponsoring journals for publication in either a special issue or regular issues. The conference committee members will act as guest/handling editors.
• Papers submitted to each journal will be reviewed following these journals’ standard review process.
• Details regarding the journal submission processes will be provided after the conference.

Conference Convenor

• Suk-Joong Kim (University of Sydney, Australia) 

Founding Conference Chairs

• Suk-Joong Kim (University of Sydney, Australia) 
• Eliza Wu (University of Sydney, Australia) 
• Iftekhar Hasan (Fordham University, USA & University of Sydney, Australia) 

Scientific Committee

• Thorsten Beck (Cass business school, UK)
• Charles Calomiris (Columbia University, USA)
• Manthos Delis (Montpellier Business School, France)
• Bill Francis (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
• Vasso Ioannidou (Lancaster University, UK)
• Kose John (New York University, USA)
• Michael Koetter (Halle Institute for Economic Research, Germany)
• Iikka Korhonen (Bank of Finland, Finland)
• Ross Levine (University of California Berkeley, USA)
• Ronald Masulis (University of New South Wales, Australia)
• Nadia Massoud (University of Melbourne, Australia)
• Camelia Minoiu (Federal Reserve Board, USA)
• KwangWoo Park (KAIST, Korea)
• Steven Ongena (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
• Christine Parlour (University of California Berkeley, USA)
• Anthony Saunders (New York University, USA)
• Xian Sun (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
• Amine Tarazi (Université de Limoges, France)
• David Tripe (Massey University, New Zealand)
• James Vickery (Federal Reserve Bank of New York, USA)
• Gaiyan Zhang (University of Missouri, USA)