This list includes a selection of the latest research on Central Banks posted to SSRN in 2026. 

• The Global State of Open Banking and Open Finance Report by Sanya Juneja (University of Cambridge – Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance), Bill Roberts (University of Cambridge – Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance), Dana Salman (University of Cambridge – Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance), Pavle Avramovic (University of Cambridge – Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance), Alan Ainsworth (Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF)) and Bryan Zheng Zhang Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge; University of Cambridge – Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance) 

• The Moneyness of Stablecoins by Christopher K. Odinet (Texas A&M University School of Law), Andrea Tosato (Southern Methodist University – Dedman School of Law) and Yesha Yadav (Vanderbilt University – Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)) 

• Crypto-Asset and Stablecoin Regulation: A Comparative Analysis of MiCAR, the United States GENIUS Act, and the UK Regulatory Framework by Filippo Annunziata (Bocconi University – Department of Law) 

• The Paradox of Gold Reserves: How Foreign Central Banks’ Gold Holdings Create Indirect Exposure to U.S. Treasuries by Joao Paulo Mayall (QR Capital) 

• Bank Governance: Lessons Still Not Learned by Marco Becht (Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)), Patrick Bolton (Imperial College London; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)) and Ailsa Roell (Imperial College Business School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)) 
  
• Climate Change, Bank Liquidity and Systemic Risk by Margherita Giuzio (European Central Bank (ECB)), Bige Kahraman (University of Oxford – Said Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)) and Jasper Knyphausen (University of Oxford – Said Business School)  

• The Contest Between Central Bank Digital Currencies, Stablecoins and Tokenised Deposits: Which Will Likely Win, and Why?  by Ross P. Buckley (University of New South Wales (UNSW) – UNSW Law & Justice) 

• Beyond Words: Predicting Market Volatility from Multimodal Central Bank Communication by Tiancheng Wang (Stanford University – Hoover Institution), Brandon Yee (Yee Collins Research Group), Tanazzah Rehman (Georgia Institute of Technology – College of Computing) and Eric Lee (Yee Collins Research Group)  

• Bank Runs With and Without Bank Failure by  Sergio Correia (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Stephan Luck (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) and Emil Verner (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Sloan School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)  

• How Do Central Bank Governor Turnovers Affect Uncertainty and Lending Globally? By Kristle Romero Cortés (UNSW Australia Business School, School of Banking and Finance) and Mandeep Singh (The University of Sydney – Discipline of Finance)  

Discover more research on Central Banks in SSRN’s Banking & Insurance alerts here.