Franklin Allen is the Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics at The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania. Professor Allen (Ph.D. University of Oxford) is one of the most prominent scholars in the field of Finance. Highly respected for his influential research in corporate finance, asset pricing and economics of information, Professor Allen is President-elect of American Finance Association. The topic of Professor Allen’s keynote address at the 2000 meetings of Global Finance Conference will be Financial Crisis


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Michael H. Moskow is President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Dr. Moskow (Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania) took office September 1, 1994, as the eighth chief executive of the Seventh District Federal Reserve Bank, at Chicago. Dr. Moskow began his career teaching economics, labor relations and management. From 1969-1977, he held a number of senior positions with the U.S. government. Subsequently, he joined the Executive ranks of a number of firms including, Estronics, Velsicol Chemical Corporation, Dart and Kraft, Inc., and Premark, Inc. In 1991, President Bush appointed Dr. Moskow Deputy United States Trade Representative with the rank of Ambassador. In 1993, Dr. Moskow accepted a professorship of Strategy and International Management at Northwestern University. He is the author of seven books and more than twenty articles. The topic of Dr. Moskow's keynote address at the 2000 meetings of Global Finance Conference will be Currency Crisis.