SGER: Political Economy of Financial Markets

政治构建了界定金融市场运作的监管和法律机构。政治结果对金融市场的开放、投资者保护和管理特权的平衡、债权和债务人权利的权衡等重要问题都有重大影响。对这一领域的研究议程的需求导致在欧洲组织了一个研究网络“理解金融架构：法律和政治框架与经济效率”。该网络由欧盟资助。这笔拨款支持在普林斯顿大学举办一个关于金融市场政治经济学的小型会议。会议的目的是探讨在这一领域建立一个国际和跨学科的社区。潜在的主题包括金融发展、公司治理、破产、债务减免和穷人的信贷市场。邀请参加会议的学者，特别是年轻的学者，从广泛的跨领域的大学在美国。这次会议将潜在的美国合作伙伴聚集到欧洲金融机构政治经济网络中。

Politics structures the regulatory and legal institutions that delimit the operation of financial markets. The political outcomes have major impacts on such important matters as the openness of financial markets, the balance between investor protection and managerial prerogatives, and the tradeoff between creditor and debtor rights. The need for a research agenda in this area led to the organization of a research network in Europe "Understanding Financial Architecture: Legal and Political Frameworks and Economic Efficiency." The network was funded by the European Union. This grant supports a small conference on the Political Economy of Financial Markets at Princeton University. The purpose of the conference is to explore the development of an international and interdisciplinary community in this area. The potential topics include financial development, corporate governance, bankruptcy, debt forgiveness, and credit markets for the poor. Invitations to participate in the conference are extended to scholars, particularly junior scholars, from a broad cross-section of Universities in the United States. The conference brings together potential American partners to the European network on the political economy of financial institutions.