On Friday, September 18, 2020, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Princeton University’s Bendheim Center for Finance organized a conference on racial justice and finance to explore many aspects of finance where outcomes may vary by race.
The all-day conference included four paper presentations, keynote remarks by Atlanta Fed President & CEO Raphael Bostic, and a panel on advancing racial justice through finance moderated by Bloomberg’s Michael McKee.
Watch video from the event below. All videos are also available on the Princeton BCF YouTube Channel.
Friday | |
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10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. EST | Welcome Remarks Markus Brunnermeier, Director, Princeton’s Bendheim Center for Finance |
10:40 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. EST | Mortgage Prepayment, Race and Monetary Policy Authors: Kristopher Gerardi, Paul Willen (presenter), and David Zhang https://youtu.be/Ph4XV6odJ8s |
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. EST | Debt and the Underdevelopment of Black America Lecture: Destin Jenkins, University of Chicago https://youtu.be/37WcCW0g_nM |
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST | Keynote Address: Using Finance to Create Racial Equity: A Call for Change Keynote Speaker: Atlanta Fed President & CEO, Raphael Bostic https://youtu.be/jL7tSZxbsa4 |
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST | Racial Discrimination in the Auto Loan Market Authors: Alexander Butler, Erik Mayer (presenter) and James Weston https://youtu.be/_TYeKmRl2PY |
2:05 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. EST | Minority Depository Institutions: Evolving Financial Technologies and the Challenge of Governance Authors: Jesus Hernandez (presenter), Gary Dymski and Melody Chiong https://youtu.be/ROno1mPhFsc |
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EST | Panel: Advancing racial justice through innovations in finance Moderator: Panelists: https://youtu.be/OMHrKAwL08Q |