The workshop is aimed at bringing together scholars involved with various aspects of banking in emerging markets, including but not limited to those of Central and Eastern Europe, CIS countries, Latin America and China. The organizing committee welcomes submissions of both empirical and...

We study the impact of global financial sanctions on the Russian banks and economy. Financial sanctions were consecutively imposed between 2014 and 2019, allowing potentially-targeted (but not yet sanctioned) banks to adjust their international and domestic exposures. Compared to similar other...

The workshop organizers invite researchers to submit empirical papers covering all areas of banking and finance in emerging markets. Possible topics include but are not limited to the following: - banking and institutions; - political economy of banking; - financial stability in emerging...

Co-authores: Valeriya Dinger (University of Osnabrück and the Leeds University Business School), Ragnar Juelsrud (Norges Bank) and Karolis Liaudinskas (Norges Bank) In this paper, we investigate how trade shocks propagate to the real economy through banking sector. We exploit an exogenous trade...

It ist examined, how FinTech can lower investment barriers and help households move toward optimal risk-taking, using a unique account-level data on consumption, investments, and FinTech usage from Ant Group. During our sample period, China experienced a rapid increase in FinTech penetration in...

The aim of the workshop is to exchange views and share experiences related to the emerging concept of macroprudential stance, i.e. the approaches used by policymakers to formulate the macroprudential actions they take to achieve financial stability. The focus will be on the European Union and...

Topics : - Extracting signals from exchange rate movements to inform monetary policy; - Quantifying exchange rate risk premia and their driving factors; - The impact of exchange rate interventions on inflation expectations and/or inflation pass-through; - The impact of carry trade activity on...

We welcome economic or econometric contributions on the following and related issues: - National safety as a public good - Strategic behavior and credible commitments (initiated by Thomas Schelling) - The theory of conflicts (initiated by Gordon Tullock, Jack Hirshleifer and Kai Konrad) - Theory...

In many societies, a large fraction of the population is involved in philanthropic activities like charitable giving or volunteering, as recipients or providers. Accompanying this are significant levels of public support for such activities. Yet in spite of this, the evidence base is inadequate....

The topics covered in the event will fit within the following broad themes: - models of financial services regulation including the ‘twin peaks’ model adopted in the United Kingdom; - a judgement-based, forward-looking approach to prudential supervision; - the interplay between...