Retrospective on Twenty Years of the FDIC-JFSR Bank Research Conference

The first annual Bank Research Conference was held at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 2000. The conference has served to disseminate policy-relevant research on issues affecting the banking sector and the stability of the financial system. We evaluate the impact of the conference on policy and research communities, financial regulation, and the banking and finance literature. We examine the topics discussed since the conference’s inception and we provide qualitative evidence that the conference has contributed to policy implementation and evaluation. We also examine publication status and citation counts and show that the conference has made an important contribution to research in banking and finance.