"... 12th annual Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago International Banking Conference, co-sponsored by the World Bank, was held in Chicago on September 24-25, 2009"--Pref

Includes bibliographical references and index

The international financial crisis : asset price exuberance and macroprudential regulation / Charles L. Evans -- Back from the Brink / Christina D. Romer -- Getting the new regulatory framework just right : six questions for policymakers / José Viñals -- Longer days, fewer weekends / Kevin M. Warsh -- Banking regulation : changing the rules of the game / Philipp M. Hildebrand -- The causes of the financial crisis and the impact of raising capital requirements / Martin Neil Baily and Douglas J. Elliott -- Origins of the subprime crisis / Charles W. Calomiris -- The role of the financial sector in the great recession / Michael Mussa -- What broke? : The root causes of the crisis / Edwin M. Truman -- Regulating systemic risk / Masahiro Kawai and Michale Pomerleano -- Dealing with the crises in a globalized world : challenges and solutions / Vincent R. Reinhart -- Systemic risk : is there a playbook? / Robert K. Steel -- Banking and the state / Piergiorgio Alessandri and Andrew G. Haldane -- Liquidity risk and central bank actions during the 2007-2009 crisis / Francesco Papadia and Tuomas Välimäki -- The role of the state in a crisis / Phillip L. Swagel -- Comments : panel on the role of the state / Peter J. Wallison -- Financial instability and the macroeconomics : bridging the gulf / Claudio Borio and Mathias Drehmann -- Is a less procyclical financial system an achievable goal? / Charles A.E. Goodhart -- Bubbles? / Allan H. Meltzer -- What to do about bubbles : monetary policy and macroprudential regulation / Marvin Goodfriend -- Dealing with crises in a globalized world : challenges and solutions / Athanasios Orphanides -- Global financial reform : diagnosis and prognosis, a network approach / Andrew L.T. Sheng -- Dealing with cross-border bank distress : some specific options for reform / Stijn Claessens -- Making safety-net managers accountable for safety-net subsidies / Edward J. Kane -- Regulatory governance and agency design : an old topic, made extra relevant by the financial crisis / Michael Klein -- The sentinal : improving the governance of financial policies / Ross Levine -- Holding regulators and government more accountable : comments / R. Christopher Whalen -- Status quo? : I hardly think so / Wayne A. Abernathy -- Where do we go from here? / Anil K Kashyap -- Suggested financial structure for developing countries / Justin Yifu Lin -- Comments on Where do we go from here? / Deborah J. Lucas -- Where to from here? : Have the rules of finance changed? / John Silvia