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Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics

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Digital transformation is central to enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of economies and driving their sustainable development. Digital finance and trade play an important role in these dynamics. In this context, sound and efficient domestic and cross-border digital payments systems are increasingly crucial for reducing inequality and enhancing economic integration. Moreover, a new strand of research on sustainable digital finance and green financial technology (fintech) has emerged in recent years, the implications of which have the potential to deliver new environmental sustainability breakthroughs. Given accelerating digitalization and innovation in digital finance after the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative that policy makers strike the right balance between financial regulation and enabling financial innovation. More broadly, the link between digital finance and sustainable economic and environmental outcomes is currently not very well understood, while many economies lie at different stages of financial development and digital finance adoption.

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at SMU (SKBI), and the journal, Sustainability, are seeking original research papers on digital finance and its implications for sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Selected papers will be featured during a related virtual conference at the end of 2022. They will also be considered for open access publication in a special issue of Sustainability, an SSCI-listed peer-reviewed journal with an impact factor of 3.889, and the ADBI Working Paper Series.

 

About the Call for Papers

While papers can have a global dimension, papers with a focus on Asia and the Pacific are desirable. Paper topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Fintech and sectoral productivity
  • Fintech and inclusive growth
  • Digital finance and resilience to macroeconomic shocks
  • Digital payment systems and economic efficiency
  • Digital finance and monetary policy effectiveness
  • Digital credit intermediation and financial stability
  • Central bank digital currencies, cross-border digital financial flows, and economic integration
  • Trade finance and competitiveness
  • Digital financial inclusion and long-term growth
  • Digital finance and environmental sustainability
  • Sustainable digital finance and green fintech

Arrangements for Selected Papers

Authors of selected papers will be notified by 31 October and invited to present during the virtual conference at the end of 2022. Papers to be considered for the special issue of Sustainability will be announced after the conference.

Guest Editors

  • John Beirne, ADBI Vice-Chair of Research and ADBI Senior Research Fellow
  • Dave Fernandez, SMU Professor and SKBI Director

 

Submission Details

  1. Authors should submit full manuscripts of around 8,000 words, including an abstract of 100 words.

  2. All paper submissions must be original and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

  3. Please submit your paper at https://www.adb.org/adbi/forms/call-for-papers/digital-finance-and-sustainability

  4. The deadline for submission is 17 October 2022.

 

You are invited to submit papers to be presented at the Asia Pacific Financial Education Institute, held virtually and in person from 17-18 November 2022. The Institute is a forum for the presentation and discussion of financial education research. Its purpose is to promote excellent work in this field, foster research that can inform policy, and identify effective financial education programs.

Submission Details

  • The Institute seeks papers assessing the effectiveness of financial education and its effects on financial behaviour and other outcomes.

  • Research on financial education in all venues are welcome - primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, workplaces, and other locations.

  • Academic faculty, researchers and advanced PhD students in economics, finance, and related fields studying financial education are encouraged to submit papers.

  • To submit, please send a copy of your paper to skbi_enquiries [at] smu.edu.sg. 

  • The deadline for submission is 15 August 2022.

About APFEI

The Asia Pacific Financial Education Institute will be co-hosted by the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) at the Singapore Management University, directed by Dave Fernandez, and the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC) at the George Washington University, directed by Annamaria Lusardi. The Institute is modelled after GFLEC’s Cherry Blossom Financial Education Institute held in Washington, D.C. every April. The research committee for the Asia Pacific Institute consists of Dave Fernandez, Annamaria Lusardi, Alberto Rossi (Georgetown University), and Michael Staten (University of Arizona). Catch up on last year's Asia Pacific Financial Education Institute here.

The Asian Financial Leaders Programme (AFLP) is an MAS-initiative that was jointly developed by SMU and Human Capital Leadership Institute (the leadership development arm of Temasek Management Services) to prepare senior-level talent to assume leadership positions and handle the growing complexity of Asia’s financial institutions. The programme is part of SKBI's role in the training and development of finance professionals.

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