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Competition and Efficiency in Payment and Security Settlement Systems

Co-sponsored by the Bank of Finland and CEPR

Bank of Finland, Helsinki, October 13-14 2005

 

Programme

 

Thursday, 13 October

 

Session 1: Retail Payments

 

Chair: Juha Tarkka (Bank of Finland)

 

09.00-10.00 Skewed Pricing in Two Sided Markets

Wilko Bolt (De Nederlandsche Bank)
Alexander Tieman (International Monetary Fund)

 

Discussant: Tuomas Takalo (Bank of Finland)

 

10.00-11.00 Competition and Efficiency Implications of Credit and Debit Card Interchange Fees: A Cross-Country Analysis

Fumiko Hayashi (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
Stuart Weiner (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)

 

Discussant: Jean-Charles Rochet (Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse and CEPR)

 

11.00-12.00 Payments Are No Free Lunch

Hans Brits (De Nederlandsche Bank)
Carlo Winder (De Nederlandsche Bank)

 

Discussant: Ricardo Fernandes Paixão (Universidade de São Paulo)

 

12.00-13.00 Lunch

 

Session 2: Wholesale Payments

 

Chair: Harry Leinonen (Bank of Finland)

 

13.00-14.00 Central Counterparties

Thorsten Koeppl (Queen's University) Cyril Monnet (European Central Bank)

 

Discussant: Kei Imakubo (Bank of Japan)

 

14.00-15.00 Horizontal and vertical integration in securities trading and settlement

Jens Tapking (European Central Bank)
Jing Yang (Bank of England)

 

Discussant: Wouter Elsenburg (De Nederlandsche Bank)

 

15.00-15.30 Coffee Break

 

15.30-16.30 Liquidity risk in securities settlement

Johan Devriese (National Bank of Belgium)

 

Discussant: Esa Jokivuolle (Bank of Finland)

 

16.30-17.30 The Welfare Effects of Vertical Integration in the Securities Clearing and Settlement Industry

Jean-Charles Rochet (Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse and CEPR)

 

Discussant: Mats Bergman (Swedish Competition Authority)

 

19.00 Dinner
Wellamo
Vyökatu 9

 

Friday, 14 October

 

Session 3: Securities Settlement - Theory

 

Chair: Jean Charles Rochet (Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse and CEPR)

 

09.00-10.00 The Mixed Duopoly of Cross-Border Payment Systems

Karlo Kauko (Bank of Finland)

 

Discussant: Cornelia Holthausen (European Central Bank and CEPR)

 

10.00-11.00 Illiquidity in the Interbank Payment System Following Wide-Scale Disruption

Morten Linnemann Bech (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Rod Garratt (University of California, Santa Barbara)

 

Discussant: Sujit Chakravorti (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)

 

11.00-12.00 Lunch

 

Session 4: Securities Settlement - Empirical

 

Chair: Cornelia Holthausen (European Central Bank and CEPR)

 

12.00-13.00 Economies of Scale and Technological Development in Securities Depository and Settlement Systems

Markku Malkamäki (Pohjola Group)
Heiko Schmiedel (European Central Bank)
Juha Tarkka (Bank of Finland)

 

Discussant: Alistair Milne

 

13.00-14.00 Cost Efficiency in the European Securities Settlement and Safekeeping Industry

Patrick Van Cayseele (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Gunther Wuyts (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

 

Discussant: Juha Tarkka (Bank of Finland)

 

Speakers have 30 minutes to present their paper, with 15 minutes for discussants and 15 minutes for general discussion.

 

Organizers: Dr Cornelia Holthausen (European Central Bank and CEPR) Professor Jean Charles Rochet (Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse and CEPR) Dr Juha Tarkka (Bank of Finland)

 

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