New Developments in Payments and Settlement

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"The Demand for Liquid Assets with Uncertain Lumpy Expenditures"

Authors: Fernando Alvarez and Francesco Lippi
Discussants: David Andolfatto and Brian Peterson

"How Do You Pay? The Role of Incentives at the Point of Sale"

Authors: Carlos Arango, Kim Huynh and Leonard Sabetti
Discussants: Joanna Stavins and Victor Aguirregabiria

"On the Welfare Effects of Credit Arrangements"

Authors: Jonathan Chiu, Mei Dong and Enchuan Shao
Discussants: Charles M. Kahn and William Roberds

"Why do Banks Reward their Customers to Use their Credit Cards?"

Discussant: Ben Tomlin
Presentation: Sumit Agarwal, Sujit Chakravorti and Anna Lunn

"Settlement Liquidity and Monetary Policy Implementation – Lessons from the Financial Crisis"

Authors: Morten Bech, Antoine Martin and James McAndrews
Discussants: Julio Rotemberg and David Longworth

"Information Asymmetries and Spillover Risk in Settlement Systems"

Discussant: Stephen Williamson

"Emergence and Fragility of Repo Markets"

Author: Hajime Tomura
Discussants: Christine Parlour and David Skeie