- This event has passed.
Crypto and Blockchain Economics Research (CBER) Conference Day 1
April 16, 2021 @ 6:00 am - 10:15 am EDT
Crypto and Blockchain Economics Research (CBER) Conference Day 1
In collaboration with Management Science, FinTech at Cornell – an Initiative of the SC Johnson College of Business, and the Rotman School of Management’s FinHub.
YouTube Live Stream for April 16th
Friday April 16th, 2021
Host: Andreas Park (University of Toronto)
Introduction (10:00 AM EST – 10:05 AM EST)
Remarks by Joanne Oxley (Vice-Dean Research, Strategy and Resources, and Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management)
Session 1: Cryptocurrency Forensics (10:05 AM EST – 11:35 AM EST)
Session Chair: Kose John (New York University)
Crypto Wash Trading by Lin William Cong (Cornell University), Xi Li (University of Newcastle), Ke Tang (Tsinghua University) and Yang Yang (Tsinghua University)
Discussant: Deeksha Gupta (Carnegie Mellon University)
Increased Transparency of the Global Financial System: Evidence from Terrorist Attacks Financing Detection in Blockchain-based Currencies by Dan Amiram (Tel Aviv University), Bjorn Jorgensen (Copenhagen Business School) and Daniel Rabetti (Tel Aviv University) Discussant: Andrew Wu (University of Michigan)
Break (11:35 AM EST – 11:40 AM EST)
Keynote Speech (11:40 AM EST – 12:40 PM EST)
Introduction by Maureen O’Hara (Cornell University) Moderator: David Yermack (New York University) Campbell Harvey (Duke University) presents “DeFi and the Future of Finance” Break (12:40 PM EST – 12:45 PM EST)
Session 2: Blockchain and Money (12:45 PM EST – 2:15 PM EST)
Session Chair: Christine Parlour (UC Berkeley)
Permissioned Distributed Ledgers and the Governance of Money by Raphael Auer (Bank for International Settlements), Cyril Monnet (University of Bern) and Hyun Song Shin (Bank for International Settlements)
Discussant: Aleksander Berentsen (University of Basel)
Central Bank Digital Currency: When Price and Bank Stability Collide by Linda Schilling (Ecole Polytechnique), Jes´us Fern´andez-Villaverde (University of Pennsylvania) and ´ Harald Uhlig (University of Chicago) Discussant: Katrin Tinn (McGill University)