Research Projects in Money, Banking and Finance

Deadline: 6 December 2013
Open to: All private and public research institutions
Grant: Four grants are awarded for a total amount of EUR 120,000

Description

The Foundation Banque de France for Economic Research is pleased to announce its new call for proposals of research projects. The objective is to solicit academic research projects conducive to topical papers in the field of Money, Finance and Banking. The total amount earmarked for the call is EUR 120,000.

Topics of interest include — but are not limited to — policy-relevant work on Money, Finance and Banking such as:

• Monetary Policy & Prices: Monetary Policy Strategy under uncertainty ; integration of financial variables ; micro data and nominal rigidities ; interaction with fiscal policies ; exchange rate policies ; unconventional monetary policies and exiting
• Potential Growth: productivity, rigidities, structural reforms
• Financial Stability: competition, liquidity, pro-cyclicality ; macro-prudential regulation; risk assessment (systemic; individual institutions) ; financial crisis and resolution ; financial regulation
• International Macro: global imbalances ; international coordination ; globalisation and growth, globalisation
• Financial institutions and financial markets: risk assessment; investment banking ; corporate finance; capital structures, financial innovation

Eligibility

All private and public research institutions are eligible to receive grants from the Foundation.

Grant

Four grants will be awarded for proposals that may take twelve to eighteen months.

Projects should aim to produce a single paper suitable for submission to a major journal. The selected researchers will be required to present their work at an internal seminar at the Banque de France and/or at a conference organised by the latter, and to acknowledge the Foundation Banque de France’s financial support at any subsequent publication of their research. In addition, the head of the research team or, upon approval by the Foundation, any other member of the research team (if the former or the latter is not affiliated to a French University) should commit to visit the Banque de France or any other Research Center (University, administration) located in France, for a minimum of one week, during the research period or on the occasion of the above seminar or conference presentation.

Application

Proposals should be submitted electronically to fondation-rech@banque-france.fr by December 6, 2013 using the submission form HERE. The submission form should contain at least the following information:

• Name of lead researcher and associated research fellows;
• Name of the institutions committed to the project and their Program Directors;
• Short description of the project (outline, state of the art, methodology, references)
• Summary financial information
• Appendix (individual members’ resumes, annual report of institution, …)

Further details about the procedure can be found HERE and in the official call for applications AVAILABLE HERE.

Visit the official website HERE.