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• Call for
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• Dates and deadlines
• Committee
• Author
  guidelines
• Submission guidelines
• Where and
  how to submit

The BCRP calls for the XLIV Annual Research Conference to be held in person on Monday, July 20 and Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at the Universidad del Pacífico. The objective of the event is to advance the dissemination of high quality research in the fields of central banking and economic policy. The meeting will bring together a distinguished group of scholars, researchers, and policymakers from Peru and abroad, creating a rigorous academic forum for the exchange of theoretical insights, empirical evidence, and policy relevant analysis.

Therefore, the BCRP invites interested parties to submit theoretical and applied research papers preferably in the following thematic areas:

Monetary policy

• Transmission mechanisms of monetary policy.
• Communication and effectiveness of monetary policy.
• Non-conventional monetary policies.
• Behavior of the interbank market.
• Open market operations.
• Monetary and exchange rate instruments.
• Inflation, inflation expectations, and their determinants.

Macro‑financial policies

• Macro‑prudential policies.
• Financial stability.
• Foreign exchange intervention.
• Economic and financial cycles.
• Interdependencies and financial contagion.
• Transmission channels of U.S. monetary policy to emerging market economies and to international commodity prices.
• Studies on balance sheet effects.

Forecasting and estimation of unobservable variables

• Projection models. Nowcasting and backcasting.
• Forecast evaluation.
• Real exchange rate and terms of trade.
• Natural real interest rate.
• Potential GDP.

Fiscal policy

• Fiscal policy sustainability.
• Interaction between monetary and fiscal policy.
• Public debt.
• Tax collection.
• Fiscal impulse.

Uncertainty

• News shocks, expectation fluctuations, and macroeconomic effects.
• Construction of regional economic indicators (coincident and leading).
• Macroeconomic risks and uncertainty.
• Expectations and yield curve analysis.

General macroeconomics

• Economic growth.
• Productivity.
• Structural reforms.
• Employment and labor economics.
• Economic informality.
• Macroeconomics and demography.
• Economic effects of climate change.
• Global value chains and de‑globalization.
• Relative prices.
• High‑frequency prices.
• Other macroeconomic or financial topics.

In addition, the BCRP and The Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures (JFMI) invite submissions in the form of technical papers and policy-oriented papers on the following themes:

Payment systems and financial inclusion

• Payment and settlement systems.
• Digital money and central bank operations.
• Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits.
• Network analysis of FMIs in a digital era.
• Non-bank payment service providers and access to central bank payment rails.
• New technologies for FMIs, including distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).

• Adrián Armas, Chief Economist Central Bank of Peru
• Carlos Montoro, Manager Monetary Policy Department
• Marco Vega de la Cruz, Deputy Manager Research Division
• Fabrizio Orrego, Research Division
• Zenón Quispe, Research Division
• Nikita Céspedes, Research Division
• Christian Velásquez, Research Division
• Luis Llosa, Research Division
• Angel Fernández, Research Division

1. General Guidelines
• Authors are encouraged to submit well structured, clearly written manuscripts that make a meaningful contribution to the themes and objectives of the conference.
• Any standard academic citation style may be used, provided it is applied consistently throughout the manuscript.
• Manuscripts should be prepared in a clear, readable format and compiled into a PDF file for submission.
2. Confidentiality
• Reviewers will treat submitted manuscripts as confidential.
• Authors should also respect confidentiality rules for any supplementary materials or data involving third-party information.
3. Presentation Requirements
• At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present at the conference.
• Presentations should clearly communicate the contribution, methodology, and findings.

1. Submission Categories

The conference will only accept full papers.

2. Peer Review Process

All submissions will undergo peer review based on originality, methodological rigor, clarity, significance, and relevance.

3. Publication

Accepted papers will be made available through the conference webpage. Selected papers submitted under the “Payment Systems and Financial Inclusion” category will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures (JFMI). Click here for more information.

All submissions must be made through the Microsoft Conference Management Toolkit (CMT): https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/EEBCRP2026

1. Access the Conference Page
• Use the submission link provided https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/YourConferenceName
2. Log In or Create an Account
• Existing users may log in directly.
• New users must create an account through the registration link provided on the login page.
3. Open the Author Console
• After accessing the conference page, authors are taken to the Author Console, where all submissions will be listed.
4. Create a New Submission
• Click “+ Create new submission” to start a submission.
5. Complete the Submission Form

Authors must fill out all required sections, which typically include:

• Title and Abstract (entered directly into the form, not uploaded)
• Author Information (correct emails; adding an unregistered email creates a placeholder only)
• Subject Areas (to help assign reviewers)
• File Upload (uploaded files are not saved unless the Submit button is clicked)
6. Submit and Confirm
• Click Submit to finalize the submission.
• A confirmation email is automatically sent to all authors, including placeholder co authors (who must later register their email to stay in the system).
7. Edit or Revise
• Conference chairs will enable the Edit Submission phase, authors will be required to submit an updated version of their manuscript, including revised metadata or newly uploaded files, should their paper be accepted.
• CMT will send a new confirmation email after the modification.