The conference aims at bringing together scholars who will present their latest research on banking and financial markets. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Topic areas of interest include, but are not limited to, financial stability, institutional efficiency, technological...

Papers that examine competition between financial intermediaries, the risk taking of individual banks, the stability of the financial sector and its regulation are of particular interest. The workshop aims at linking young economists interested in related topics. It provides a platform to...

The financial crisis and the European debt crisis in the euro have increased the interest in the early detection of financial constraints, as credit crunches affect investment decisions of firms and saving decisions of households. Economic tendency surveys and surveys in general are one...