Deutsche Bundesbank, House of Finance, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE and Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle (IWH) organized the First Frankfurt Summer School
The first Frankfurt Summer School took place from July 21 to 26 at the Deutsche Bundesbank's conference center in Eltville, supported by the network "Challenges of the European Monetary and Financial Order" and the Frankfurt Center for Financial Studies (CFS). Covering a broad range of topics in the context of monetary policy, financial stability and banking it focused in particular on the role and implications of digital technologies for the banking and payments system and for bank liquidity. Lectures were given by Jean-Charles Rochet of the Toulouse School of Economics, Xavier Vives of IESE Business School, Viral Acharya, C.V. Starr Professor of Economics in the Department of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business, and Michael Weber of the University of Chicago Booth School of Economics, with students having the opportunity to present their research during each of the daily sessions. Head of the Research Center of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Falko Fecht, and the Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, Florian Heider, joined the Eltville team, experiencing the very successful format of this first Frankfurt Summer School. Presentations by the hosting research institutions and a final poster session concluded the inspiring exchange between the finance experts and students.
