CALL FOR PAPERS
2015 KDI Conference and Emerging Markets Finance and Trade Special Issue on
The Role of Global Financial Safety Net and Regional Financial Arrangements
Seoul, Republic of Korea, June 22, 2015,

OVERVIEW
Korea Development Institute (KDI) and the Society for the Study of Emerging Markets (SSEM) invite the submission of papers for 2015 KDI international conference: The Role of Global Financial Safety Net and Regional Financial Arrangements(RFAs). Empirical and theoretical papers related to the theme of the conference as well as papers dealing with institutions and policy issues are welcome. Our intention is to publish the material of the conference on KDI's website as working papers to disseminate conference papers and presentations to wider audience. Papers presented at the conference will also be considered for publication in a special issue of Emerging Markets Finance and Trade.

Korea Development Institute (KDI) is a leading economic think tank of Korea that has played a pivotal role in the successful economic and social progress of Korea. KDI was established in 1971 as Korea's first public think tank in the field of economics, finance, and social sciences with the mandate to support sustained development of Korea with the requisite policy analysis and recommendations. KDI has been ranked as the top Asian Think-tank by 2013 Global Go-To Think Tank Index Report from University of Pennsylvania.

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (EMFT) is sponsored by the Society for the Study of Emerging Markets and publishes research papers on topics concerning finance and economics of emerging economies. The journal features articles that are policy-oriented and interdisciplinary, utilizing data that spans macro, micro, financial, institutional, and political economy, supported by sound econometric methods. The editor is Ali M. Kutan and associate editors include Heitor Almeida, Stijn Claessens, Barry Eichengreen, Andrew Karolyi, Kose John, Frederic S. Mishkin, Carmen M. Reinhart, Dani Rodrik and Sergio Schmukler. EMFT is published by Taylor and Francis and included in the Social Science Index Citation.

TOPICS
Economic resilience requires an effective global financial safety net that takes in global, regional, bilateral and national arrangements in the context of global stability. It also brings to the fore the desirability of enhancing the interaction between different institutions within the safety net, particularly regional financial arrangements (RFAs). Discussions on RFAs will focus on how to further develop and progress IMF-RFA cooperation and dialogue among RFAs. The purpose of this conference and the publication of the special issue are to promote high-quality research that helps better understand the role of global financial safety net and RFAs. The research topics include the following:. Financial markets and their regional and global linkages
. Institutional and regulatory innovations for global financial stability
. Successful convergence of global financial safety net and RFAs mechanism
. Strengthening dialogue and cooperation between RFAs
. RFAs as tools for policy coordination
. Policy cooperation and challenges between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and RFAs
. Threats to global financial safety
. Re-establishing the role of the G20 in facilitating stability of global financial markets
. Surveillance processes for monitoring the spillover effects of monetary policies
. Macro-prudential measures for capital flow management

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Papers submitted to the conference should be submitted to:jeongae@kdi.re.kr

with the subject heading: "KDI Conference on the role of GFSN and RFAs".The deadline of submission is March 31, 2015.

Authors of selected papers will be notified by April 30, 2015and a presenter may be asked to act as a discussant or panelist. In your submission, please also indicate whether your paper should be considered for the EMFT special issue.

TRAVEL SUPPORT
There is no registration fee for the conference. The conference organizer will cover two nights of accommodation in the conference hotel, a round trip economy class air fare, and pay some honorarium for the presenting authors.

CONFERENCE VENUE

The Conference will be held at Westin Chosun Hotel, which is at the center of Seoul.