AI, Digitization, and Financial Markets
This grant supports research on how AI and digital technologies are transforming financial markets and services, with a focus on India and South Asia.
Funder: National Bureau of Economic Research
Due Dates: June 17, 2026: Completed paper upload deadline (must be uploaded by 11:59pm EDT)
Funding Amounts: Travel and lodging for selected presenters: business-class airfare for one non-India-based author per paper, economy-class travel for all India-based co-authors, plus lodging and meals for all presenters.
Summary: Conference seeks research on how AI and digital technologies are transforming financial markets and services, with emphasis on India and South Asia.
Description
The fifth annual ISB–NBER Conference on Economic Policy and the Indian Economy focuses on the transformative effects of artificial intelligence (AI), digitization, and digital platforms on financial services and markets. The event will examine how these technologies are changing household finance, financial inclusion, credit allocation, portfolio management, asset pricing, risk assessment, productivity, firm-level technological adoption, labor markets, organizational change, and competition. While the conference emphasizes research relevant to India and South Asia, it also welcomes studies from other regions that offer broad insights into the intersection of AI, digitization, and finance. Early-career scholars and both NBER affiliates and non-affiliates are encouraged to submit.
