David K.A. Mordecai was a discussant at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta/IAFE Modern Financial Institutions, Financial Markets, and Systemic Risk Conference. David K.A. Mordecai was a discussant on Models of Financial System Risk and also provided opening remarks for a session on Models of Strategic Liquidity Provision. The conference took place on April 17-18, 2006 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in Atlanta, GA.
In addition to David Mordecai, the other speakers included representatives from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Bank of England and various academic institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Northwestern University, Carnegie-Mellon University, Princeton University, New York University (NYU) and London School of Economics.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is part of the central bank of the United States. The Federal Reserve System consists of twelve Reserve Banks located around the country and the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. The Atlanta Fed territory covers the Sixth Federal Reserve District, which includes Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, and portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.