Workshop is organized by LaRGE Research Center (University of Strasbourg), Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT), and Center for Research in Contemporary Finance (Gabelli School, Fordham University). We are happy to organize already the 10th edition of this banking workshop.
PROGRAM
Times in Finnish local time (UTC+3 EEST)
Monday (August 19, 2024)
8:30 Registration
9:00 Opening remarks
Tuomas Välimäki (Member of the Board of the Bank of Finland)
Session 1: POLITICS AND FINANCE
Chair: Laurent Weill (University of Strasbourg)
9:00 – 9:45 The Political Economy of Banking Regulation
Pranav Garg (Yale University)
Discussant: Denis Davydov (Hanken School of Economics)
9:45 – 10:30 Political Network and Muted Insider Trading
Wei Chen (Citi Bank), Xian Gu (Durham University), Iftekhar Hasan (Fordham University), Hao Zhao (Durham University), Yun Zhu (St John’s University)
Discussant: Jin Cao (Norges Bank)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
Session 2: LATIN AMERICA
Chair: Zuzana Fungáčová (Bank of Finland)
11:00 – 11:45 The Disciplining Effect of Bank Supervision: Evidence from SupTech
Hans Degryse (KU Leuven), Cédric Huylebroek (KU Leuven), Bernardus Van Doornik (Banco Central do Brasil)
Discussant: Thomas Krause (Danmark Nationalbank)
11:45 – 12:30 Raising Household Leverage: Evidence from Co-Financed Mortgages
Stefano Colonnello (Ca Foscari University of Venice), Mariela Dal Borgo (Banco de Mexico)
Discussant: Andrey Ermolov (Fordham University)
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch
Session 3: CROSS-BORDER LENDING AND FOREIGN BANKS
Chair: Riikka Nuutilainen (Bank of Finland)
13:45 – 14:30 Rise of Domestic Banks in EME Cross-border Credit Intermediation
Sheila Jiang (University of Florida)
Discussant: Iikka Korhonen (Bank of Finland)
14:30 – 15:15 The Effects of Bank Liberalization: An Indirect Channel
Haoyuan Ding (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Zeyang Jin (Shanghai Normal University), Chang Ma (Fudan University), Shang-Jin Wei (Columbia University)
Discussant: Laurent Weill (University of Strasbourg)
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break
KEYNOTE SPEECH - online
Chair: Iftekhar Hasan (Fordham University)
15:45 – 16:45 ROSS LEVINE (Stanford University)
Finance, The Family, and Children's Education
Tuesday (August 20, 2024)
Session 4: FINTECH
Chair: Eeva Kerola (Bank of Finland)
09:00 – 09:45 Fintech Lending and Debt Spiral
Lili Dai (University of New South Wals), Jianlei Han (Macquarie University), Shi Jin (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law), Zhang Bohui (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Discussant: Gene Ambrocio (Bank of Finland)
09:45 – 10:30 BigTech Credit, Small Business, and Monetary Policy Transmission: Theory and Evidence
Yiping Huang (Peking University), Xiang Li (Halle Institute for Economic Research), Han Qiu (Bank for International Settlements), Dan Su (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business), Changhua Yu (Peking University)
Discussant: Yang Jiao (Singapore Management University)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Chair: Iftekhar Hasan (Fordham University)
11:00 – 12:00 HANS DEGRYSE (KU Leuven)
Bank Specialization and Corporate Innovation
12:00 – 13:15 Lunch
Session 5: FINANCIAL INCLUSION
Chair: Iikka Korhonen (Bank of Finland)
13:15 – 14:00 Does Financial Inclusion Mitigate Social Exclusion?
Rikhia Bhukta (Indian Institute of Technology), Debayan Pakrashi (Indian Institute of Technology), Sarani Saha (Indian Institute of Technology), Ashish K. Sedai (University of Texas at Arlington)
Discussant: Solomiya Shpak (George Mason University)
14:00 – 14:45 Does Social Identity Constrain Rural Entrepreneurship? The Role of Financial Inclusion
Sandhya Garg (Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi), Samarth Gupta (Ahmedabad University), Sushanta Mallick (Queen Mary University of London)
Discussant: Jan Fidrmuc (University of Lille)
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee Break
Session 6: RELATIONSHIP LENDING
Chair: Thomas Krause (Danmark Nationalbank)
15:15 – 16:00 Does Exclusive Relationship with Government Banks Matter during Climate Shocks?
Harish Kamal (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta), Samit Paul (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta), Avijit Bansal (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta)
Discussant: Laura Solanko (Bank of Finland)
16:00 – 16:45 Why Do Firms Strategically Delay Payments of Corporate Loans?
Ahmet Deryol (King’s Business School)
Discussant: Zuzana Fungáčová (Bank of Finland)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Zuzana Fungáčová (BOFIT), Iftekhar Hasan (Fordham University), Iikka Korhonen (BOFIT), Paul Wachtel (New York University), Laurent Weill (LaRGE Research Center, University of Strasbourg).