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Crypto and Blockchain Economics Research (CBER) Conference

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

To register for Day 2 of the conference visit: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eg4ksl1hTwCF-L6icPgy1Q

Agenda for Day 1 - Friday, April 16, 2021

Host: Andreas Park (University of Toronto)

Introductory Remarks (10:00 AM EST - 10:05 AM EST)

Session 1: Cryptocurrency Forensics TBA (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)
Campbell Harvey (Duke University) presents "DeFi and the Future of Finance"
Moderator: David Yermack (New York University)

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), Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde (University of Pennsylvania) and Harald Uhlig (University of Chicago)
Discussant: Katrin Tinn (McGill University)

Apr 16, 2021 10:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)