Sovereign currencies are being undermined by digital tokens, local currencies and exchange systems, while cashless payment systems are flourishing in emerging countries. Is it to say that the state is losing its monetary authority on the economy? Or shall we say that these new developments are just means to finance projects? The workshop will introduce theoretical points of view on multiple-currency economics, review innovative solutions and regulatory initiative.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

Thursday 26th and Friday 27th April

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Thursday 26th – Time: 2 pm – Venue: 407 Low Library

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1. Intro & statement of problems (2-3 pm)
a. General intro (PCP)
b. Banking, money and credit: A systemic perspective (YB)

2. Digital currencies – a challenge to public authority? (3-4:30 pm)
a. Would complementary currencies eventually submerge cash (Jérôme Blanc)?
b. When local currencies go global (Arthur Breitman)?
c. The end of privacy? (Brett Scott)
d. Legal challenges of virtual currencies (Anastasia Sotiropoulou)

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Friday 27th  – Time: 8:30 am – Faculty House, Garden Room 1.

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3. Alt currencies implemented

a. Panel 1 – New payment systems in the emerging world (8:30-10)
i. Prepaid payment systems in Africa (Akil Amiraly)
ii. Payment Systems Role in Financial Inclusion, Government Policy and Effect on Developing Nations: Evidence from Kenya and Rwanda (Frank Cotae)
iii. Governmental strategies in the Southern theatre of the global “war on cash” (Sally Brooks, Daniela Gabor, Philipp Mader)

Coffee break

b. Panel 2 – News from the Old World (10:30-12)
i. Preferences for non-cash payments in EZ (Mechtild Schrooten, Armin Varmaz)
ii. Non-cash remittances rely on blockchain (Fred Marcusa)
iii. What are Crypto worth? – an empirical survey (Pc Pradier)

Lunch

4. Payments systems of the future towards the future of payment systems (2-4 pm)
a. Financial education and the future of payment systems (Georges Ugeux, Columbia)
b. Do central banks favour competitive market solutions or centralization (Antoine Martin, Fed New York)
c. A cost-benefit analysis of generalizing intant payments (Rémi Steiner, CGE, France)
d. Digital base money in Europe (Andrea Pinna, DG market infrastructure and payment services, European Central Bank)

REGISTRATION

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