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PolEconFin Conferences

CEPR Conference Series

on the Political Economy of Finance

PolEconFin jointly organizes with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) a conference series on the Political Economy of Finance. The objective is to promote research on this highly topical area, usually treated separately in economics and finance, and build a community of researchers active in political economy of finance.

This one-day annual conference hosts a limited number of paper presentations with designated discussants and ample opportunity for discussion and interaction. Each edition of the conference series focuses on a specific theme.

Date: Friday 20 October 2023
Venue: Rotterdam
Registration: click here

This edition will be dedicated to the interactions between firms’ political power, their stakeholders and society at large.

Download the call for papers in pdf here

  • Call for Papers
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Organising Committee
  • Programme Committee

The Event

This is the third edition of an annual conference series on the Political Economy of Finance. The series is an initiative of PolEconFin, a platform for researchers active in the political economy of finance.

The academic programme will consist of six papers with discussants and also feature a keynote lecture by:

Luigi Zingales
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

The question of the purpose of firms in society is receiving renewed attention. The rise of ESG and, especially, the many challenges facing society such as climate change bring the attention of academics and policy-makers to the (political) role of firms in providing common good and shaping the political landscape around them. Developments on the political economy of finance literature are intimately related to the literature studying how stakeholders affect firm objectives and the pursuit of the common good. This edition aims to showcase studies on the political economy of finance addressing these issues of our time.

The organising committee invites submissions of theoretical and empirical papers on these issues. Topics of interest for the conference include:

  • The politics of corporate social responsibility
  • Corporate lobbying, regulation, and the environment
  • Political ideology and firm value
  • The political economy of corporate governance
  • Political influence, competition, and innovation
  • Political institutions and corporations
  • Corporate power, academic research, and society
  • Markets, firms, and money in politics

Submission

Please submit papers via XX. The submission deadline is Sunday 11 June 2023 (6PM BST).

Submission

The submission deadline is Sunday 11 June 2023 (6PM BST). There is no submission fee. The authors will be notified about the acceptance of papers in August 2023.

Instructions on the submissions process

Authors who already have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:

  1. Going to https://hub.cepr.org/ and logging in
  2. After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/3900
  3. Click on “Step 1: Apply”
  4. Under “Apply to Attend” click “Yes”
  5. Tick the boxes that apply to you 
  6. Tick “Would you like to submit a paper?”, upload your paper and supply the requested information, including which session the paper is for (Asset Pricing or Corporate Finance)
  7. Click “Submit form” to make the submission.

Authors who do not have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:

  1. Creating a new profile here https://hub.cepr.org/user/register
  2. After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/3900
  3. Click on “Step 1: Apply”
  4. Under “Apply to Attend” click “Yes”
  5. Tick the boxes that apply to you 
  6. Tick “Would you like to submit a paper?”, upload your paper and supply the requested information, including which session the paper is for (Asset Pricing or Corporate Finance)
  7. Click “Submit form” to make the submission.


If you have any difficulties registering for this event, please contact Despoina Chatzilari ([email protected]) for assistance (with subject header “CEPR Conference Politics, Corporations, and the Common Good”).

Further Information

The conference will be held in-person in Rotterdam. The conference is scheduled on Friday 20 October 2023 and followed by a dinner with all participants.

Email: [email protected]

10.00-11.30 – Historical Perspectives

Chair: Deniz Igan (Bank for International Settlements & CEPR)

Central Banks’ Balance Sheet and the Macroeconomy, 1587-2020
Presenter: Moritz Schularick (University of Bonn & CEPR)
Discussant: Eric Monnet (Paris School of Economics & CEPR)

Central Bank Losses and Lending of Last Resort
Presenter: Kris Mitchener (Santa Clara University & CEPR)
Discussant: Alexander Michaelides (Imperial College London & CEPR)

12.00-13.00 – Visions from the Frontline

Chair: Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden (University of Mannheim & CEPR)

Fiscal Dominance and Regulatory Forbearance
Presenter: Viral Acharya (New York University Stern School of Business & CEPR)

13.00-14.30 – Lunch at Cantina Caliente
14.30-16.45 – Theory and Empirics

Chair: Alessandro Riboni (Ecole Polytechnique & CEPR)

The Dark Side of Conservative Central Banks: A Model of Political Turnover and the Central Bank
Presenter: Carolin Pflueger (University of Chicago & CEPR)
Discussant: Dana Foarta (Stanford Graduate School of Business & CEPR)

(In)dependent Central Banks
Presenter: Sotirios Kokas (University of Essex)
Discussant: Viral Acharya (New York University Stern School of Business & CEPR)

The Coming Battle of Digital Currencies
Presenter: Simon Mayer (HEC Paris)
Discussant: Jean-Charles Rochet (Geneva Finance Research Institute & CEPR)

17.15-18.15 – Keynote Lecture

Chair: Orkun Saka (City, University of London & London School of Economics)

Barry Eichengreen (University of California, Berkeley & CEPR)

18.30-22.00 – Dinner at Restaurant Elkaar

Luigi Zingales’ research interests span from corporate governance to financial development, from political economy to the economic effects of culture. He co-developed the Financial Trust Index, which is designed to monitor the level of trust that Americans have toward their financial system. In addition to holding his position at Chicago Booth, Zingales is currently a faculty research fellow for the National Bureau of Economic Research, a research fellow for the Center for Economic Policy Research, and a fellow of the European Governance Institute.  In 2014 he was the President of the American Finance Association. He is the co-host of the podcast Capitalisn’t.

In July 2015 he became the director of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago which he is refocusing on promoting and diffusing research on regulatory capture and the various distortions that special interest groups impose on capitalism.

Luigi Zingales

University of Chicago Booth School of Business

His research has earned him the 2003 Bernácer Prize for the best young European financial economist. His work has been published in the major economic and finance journals, but he has publications also in Science and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

His book, Saving Capitalism from Capitalists, coauthored with Raghuram G. Rajan, has been acclaimed as “one of the most powerful defenses of the free market ever written” by Bruce Bartlett of National Review Online. Of his latest book, “A Capitalism for the People: Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity,” the Financial Times has written “Zingales’ fundamental diagnosis is right.”

Born in Italy, Zingales carries with him a civic passion and the belief that economists should not just interpret the world, they should change it for the better. Commenting on his method of teaching on a few very important lessons rather than a myriad of details, Zingales says, “Twenty years from now they might have forgotten all the details of my course, but hopefully they will not have forgotten the way of thinking.” Zingales received a bachelor’s degree in economics summa cum laude from Universitr Bocconi in Italy in 1987 and a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992. He joined the Chicago Booth faculty in 1992.

In addition to teaching and researching, Zingales enjoys travelling to developing countries.

Thomas Lambert

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Enrico Perotti

Enrico Perotti

University of Amsterdam

Magdalena Rola-Janicka

Tilburg University

Pat Akey

University of Toronto

Matilde Bombardini

University of California Berkeley

Dana Foarta Stanford GSB and CEPR

Dana Foarta

Stanford University

Nandini Gupta

Indiana University

Deniz IGan International Monetary Fund and CEPR

Deniz Igan

Bank for International Settlements

Elisabethe Kempf

Elisabeth Kempf

Harvard University

Orkun Saka

City, University of London

Boris Vallee

Harvard University

Paolo Volpin City University London and CEPR

Paolo Volpin

Drexel University

Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden

University of Mannheim

Date: Saturday 12 November 2022
Venue: University of Amsterdam (hybrid)
Registration: click here

The conference theme of the 2022 edition is dedicated to exploring the intersections between
political institutions, central banks, and the real sector.

  • Programme
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Programme Committee
  • Videos
  • Papers
09.50-10.00 – Opening

Enrico Perotti (University of Amsterdam & CEPR)

10.00-11.30 – Historical Perspectives

Chair: Deniz Igan (Bank for International Settlements & CEPR)

Central Banks’ Balance Sheet and the Macroeconomy, 1587-2020
Presenter: Moritz Schularick (University of Bonn & CEPR)
Discussant: Eric Monnet (Paris School of Economics & CEPR)

Central Bank Losses and Lending of Last Resort
Presenter: Kris Mitchener (Santa Clara University & CEPR)
Discussant: Alexander Michaelides (Imperial College London & CEPR)

12.00-13.00 – Visions from the Frontline

Chair: Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden (University of Mannheim & CEPR)

Fiscal Dominance and Regulatory Forbearance
Presenter: Viral Acharya (New York University Stern School of Business & CEPR)

13.00-14.30 – Lunch at Cantina Caliente
14.30-16.45 – Theory and Empirics

Chair: Alessandro Riboni (Ecole Polytechnique & CEPR)

The Dark Side of Conservative Central Banks: A Model of Political Turnover and the Central Bank
Presenter: Carolin Pflueger (University of Chicago & CEPR)
Discussant: Dana Foarta (Stanford Graduate School of Business & CEPR)

(In)dependent Central Banks
Presenter: Sotirios Kokas (University of Essex)
Discussant: Viral Acharya (New York University Stern School of Business & CEPR)

The Coming Battle of Digital Currencies
Presenter: Simon Mayer (HEC Paris)
Discussant: Jean-Charles Rochet (Geneva Finance Research Institute & CEPR)

17.15-18.15 – Keynote Lecture

Chair: Orkun Saka (City, University of London & London School of Economics)

Barry Eichengreen (University of California, Berkeley & CEPR)

18.30-22.00 – Dinner at Restaurant Elkaar

Barry Eichengreen is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London, England). In 1997-98 he was Senior Policy Advisor at the International Monetary Fund. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (class of 1997).

Professor Eichengreen has held Guggenhim and Fulbright Fellowships and been a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Palo Alto) and the Institute for Advanced Study (Berlin). From 2004 to 2020 he served as convener of the Bellagio Group of academics and officials. He is a regular monthly columnist for Project Syndicate.

Barry Eichengreen

Barry Eichengreen

University of California, Berkeley

His most recent books are In Defense of Public Debt with Asmaa El-Ganainy, Rui Esteves and Kris Mitchener (Oxford University Press 2021), The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era (Oxford University Press, 2018), How Global Currencies Work: Past, Present, and Future with Livia Chitu and Arnaud Mehl (November 2017), The Korean Economy: From a Miraculous Past to a Sustainable Future with Wonhyuk Lim, Yung Chul Park and Dwight H. Perkins (March 2015), Renminbi Internationalization: Achievements, Prospects, and Challenges, with Masahiro Kawai (February 2015), Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression, The Great Recession, and the Uses–and Misuses–of History (January 2015), From Miracle to Maturity: The Growth of the Korean Economy with Dwight H. Perkins and Kwanho Shin (2012) and Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System (2011) (shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award in 2011).

Professor Eichengreen was awarded the Economic History Association’s Jonathan R.T. Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2002 and the University of California at Berkeley Social Science Division’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2004. He is the recipient of a doctor honoris causa from the American University in Paris, and the 2010 recipient of the Schumpeter Prize from the International Schumpeter Society. He was named one of Foreign Policy Magazine ‘s 100 Leading Global Thinkers in 2011. He is a past president of the Economic History Association (2010-11 academic year).

Jean-Edouard Colliard

Jean-Edouard Colliard

HEC Paris and CEPR

Dana Foarta Stanford GSB and CEPR

Dana Foarta

Stanford University and CEPR

Hans Gersbach

ETH Zurich and CEPR

Rainer Haselmann

Rainer Haselmann

Goethe University Frankfurt and CEPR

Deniz IGan International Monetary Fund and CEPR

Deniz Igan

Bank for International Settlements and CEPR

Elisabethe Kempf

Elisabeth Kempf

University of Chicago and CEPR

Kris James Mitchener Santa Clara University and CEPR

Kris James Mitchener

Santa Clara University and CEPR

Alessandro Riboni

Alessandro Riboni

Ecole Polytechnique and CEPR

Martin Schmalz University of Oxford and CEPR

Martin Schmalz

University of Oxford and CEPR

Christoph Trebesch

Christoph Trebesch

Kiel University and CEPR

Central Banks’ Balance Sheet and the Macroeconomy, 1587-2020 by Moritz Schularik

Discussion by Eric Monnet

Central Bank Losses and Lending of Last Resort by Kris Mitchener

Discussion by Alexander Michaelides

Fiscal Dominance and Regulatory Forbearance by Viral Acharya

The Dark Side of Conservative Central Banks: A Model of Political Turnover and the Central Bank by Carolin Pflueger

Discussion by Dana Foarta

(In)dependent Central Banks by Sotirios Kokas

Discussion by Viral Acharya

The Coming Battle of Digital Currencies by Simon Mayer

Discussion by Jean-Charles Rochet

From the Weaponized Dollar to the Digital Dollar: The Challenge for Central Banks by Barry Eichengreen

The papers for the online conference can be downloaded here. 

Date: Friday February 12, 2021
Venue: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (online)

The conference theme of the 2021 edition was dedicated to exploring the intersections between political economy and central banking.
Francesco Trebbi (Berkeley Haas) gave a keynote lecture on “Investing in Influence”.

  • Programme
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Programme Committee
  • Videos
  • Papers
12.20-12.30 – Opening

Enrico Perotti (University of Amsterdam & CEPR)

12.30-14.00 – Electoral Politics, Credit, and Regulation

Chair: Elena Carletti (Bocconi University & CEPR)

Electoral Cycles in Macroprudential Regulation
Presenter: Karsten Müller (Princeton University)
Discussant: Anne-Laure Delatte (Paris Dauphine University & CEPR)

Toxic Loans and the Rise of Populist Candidacies
Presenter: Emilie Sartre (CREST-ENSAE)
Discussant: Boris Vallée (Harvard Business School)

14.30-16.00 – Institutions, Reforms, and Politics

Chair: Martin Hellwig (Max Planck Institute & University of Bonn)

A Diverse Monetary Union
Presenter: Oscar Soons (University of Amsterdam)
Discussant: Roberto Perotti (Bocconi University & CEPR)

Complexity and the Reform Process
Presenter: Dana Foarta (Stanford Graduate School of Business & CEPR)
Discussant: Frederic Malherbe (University College London & CEPR)

16.30-17.30 – Keynote Lecture

Investing in Influence
Francesco Trebbi (University of California, Berkeley & CEPR)

18.00-19.30 – Governance and Central Banking

Chair: Paul Tucker (Harvard Kennedy School)

(Why) Do Central Banks Care about their Profits?
Presenter: Igor Goncharov (Lancaster University)
Discussant: Prachi Mishra (International Monetary Fund)

Fifty Shades of QE: Comparing Findings of Central Bankers and Academics
Presenter: Elisabeth Kempf (University of Chicago Booth School of Business & CEPR)
Discussant: José-Luis Peydró (Pompeu Fabra University & CEPR)

Francesco Trebbi is the Bernard T. Rocca Jr. Chair and Professor at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. He is also Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Before joining UC Berkeley, he was Canada Research Chair and Professor of Economics at the University of British Columbia Vancouver School of Economics and Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He received his PhD in Economics from Harvard University.

Professor Eichengreen has held Guggenhim and Fulbright Fellowships and been a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Palo Alto) and the Institute for Advanced Study (Berlin). From 2004 to 2020 he served as convener of the Bellagio Group of academics and officials. He is a regular monthly columnist for Project Syndicate.

Francesco Trebbi

Francesco Trebbi

University of California, Berkeley

His academic research focuses on Political Economy and Applied Microeconomics broadly defined. He has worked on political institutions and their design, elections and political campaigns, behavior in legislatures, campaign finance, lobbying, banking and regulation. He has also worked on topics related to the political economy of development, corruption, ethnic politics, and intra-state conflict. He has interests in Finance, Development Economics, and Macroeconomics. His primary teaching interests are in Political Economy, Applied Econometrics, Macroeconomics, and Data Science.

Dana Foarta Stanford GSB and CEPR

Dana Foarta

Stanford GSB and CEPR

Hans Gersbach

ETH Zurich and CEPR

Deniz IGan International Monetary Fund and CEPR

Deniz Igan

International Monetary Fund and CEPR

Fred Malherbe University College London and CEPR

Frederic Malherbe

University College London and CEPR

Kris James Mitchener Santa Clara University and CEPR

Kris James Mitchener

Santa Clara University and CEPR

Enrico Perotti

Enrico Perotti

University of Amsterdam and CEPR

Alessandro Riboni

Alessandro Riboni

Ecole Polytechnique and CEPR

Martin Schmalz University of Oxford and CEPR

Martin Schmalz

University of Oxford and CEPR

Vikrant Vig London Business School and CEPR

Vikrant Vig

London Business School and CEPR

Paolo Volpin City University London and CEPR

Paolo Volpin

City University of London and CEPR

Electoral Politics, Credit, and Regulation

Institutions, Reforms, and Politics

Keynote Lecture by Francesco Trebbi

Governance and Central Banking

The papers for the online conference can be downloaded here. 

Three Dutch universities (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tilburg University, and the University of Amsterdam) jointly organize with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) a conference series on the Political Economy of Finance.

The objective is to promote research on this highly topical area, usually treated separately in economics and finance, and build a community of researchers active in political economy of finance.

This one-day annual conference hosts a limited number of paper presentations with designated discussants and ample opportunity for discussion and interaction. Each edition of the conference series focuses on a specific theme.

Another similar initiative is the London Political Finance (POLFIN) Workshop. Please find more information about POLFIN here.

Date: Saturday 12 November 2022
Venue: University of Amsterdam (hybrid)
Registration: click here

The conference theme of the 2022 edition is dedicated to exploring the intersections between
political institutions, central banks, and the real sector.

  • Programme
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Programme Committee
  • Videos
  • Papers
09.50-10.00 – Opening

Enrico Perotti (University of Amsterdam & CEPR)

10.00-11.30 – Historical Perspectives

Chair: Deniz Igan (Bank for International Settlements & CEPR)

Central Banks’ Balance Sheet and the Macroeconomy, 1587-2020
Presenter: Moritz Schularick (University of Bonn & CEPR)
Discussant: Eric Monnet (Paris School of Economics & CEPR)

Central Bank Losses and Lending of Last Resort
Presenter: Kris Mitchener (Santa Clara University & CEPR)
Discussant: Alexander Michaelides (Imperial College London & CEPR)

12.00-13.00 – Visions from the Frontline

Chair: Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden (University of Mannheim & CEPR)

Fiscal Dominance and Regulatory Forbearance
Presenter: Viral Acharya (New York University Stern School of Business & CEPR)

13.00-14.30 – Lunch at Cantina Caliente
14.30-16.45 – Theory and Empirics

Chair: Alessandro Riboni (Ecole Polytechnique & CEPR)

The Dark Side of Conservative Central Banks: A Model of Political Turnover and the Central Bank
Presenter: Carolin Pflueger (University of Chicago & CEPR)
Discussant: Dana Foarta (Stanford Graduate School of Business & CEPR)

(In)dependent Central Banks
Presenter: Sotirios Kokas (University of Essex)
Discussant: Viral Acharya (New York University Stern School of Business & CEPR)

The Coming Battle of Digital Currencies
Presenter: Simon Mayer (HEC Paris)
Discussant: Jean-Charles Rochet (Geneva Finance Research Institute & CEPR)

17.15-18.15 – Keynote Lecture

Chair: Orkun Saka (City, University of London & London School of Economics)

Barry Eichengreen (University of California, Berkeley & CEPR)

18.30-22.00 – Dinner at Restaurant Elkaar

Barry Eichengreen is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London, England). In 1997-98 he was Senior Policy Advisor at the International Monetary Fund. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (class of 1997).

Professor Eichengreen has held Guggenhim and Fulbright Fellowships and been a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Palo Alto) and the Institute for Advanced Study (Berlin). From 2004 to 2020 he served as convener of the Bellagio Group of academics and officials. He is a regular monthly columnist for Project Syndicate.

Barry Eichengreen

Barry Eichengreen

University of California, Berkeley

His most recent books are In Defense of Public Debt with Asmaa El-Ganainy, Rui Esteves and Kris Mitchener (Oxford University Press 2021), The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era (Oxford University Press, 2018), How Global Currencies Work: Past, Present, and Future with Livia Chitu and Arnaud Mehl (November 2017), The Korean Economy: From a Miraculous Past to a Sustainable Future with Wonhyuk Lim, Yung Chul Park and Dwight H. Perkins (March 2015), Renminbi Internationalization: Achievements, Prospects, and Challenges, with Masahiro Kawai (February 2015), Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression, The Great Recession, and the Uses–and Misuses–of History (January 2015), From Miracle to Maturity: The Growth of the Korean Economy with Dwight H. Perkins and Kwanho Shin (2012) and Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System (2011) (shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award in 2011).

Professor Eichengreen was awarded the Economic History Association’s Jonathan R.T. Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2002 and the University of California at Berkeley Social Science Division’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2004. He is the recipient of a doctor honoris causa from the American University in Paris, and the 2010 recipient of the Schumpeter Prize from the International Schumpeter Society. He was named one of Foreign Policy Magazine ‘s 100 Leading Global Thinkers in 2011. He is a past president of the Economic History Association (2010-11 academic year).

Jean-Edouard Colliard

Jean-Edouard Colliard

HEC Paris and CEPR

Dana Foarta Stanford GSB and CEPR

Dana Foarta

Stanford University and CEPR

Hans Gersbach

ETH Zurich and CEPR

Rainer Haselmann

Rainer Haselmann

Goethe University Frankfurt and CEPR

Deniz IGan International Monetary Fund and CEPR

Deniz Igan

Bank for International Settlements and CEPR

Elisabethe Kempf

Elisabeth Kempf

University of Chicago and CEPR

Kris James Mitchener Santa Clara University and CEPR

Kris James Mitchener

Santa Clara University and CEPR

Alessandro Riboni

Alessandro Riboni

Ecole Polytechnique and CEPR

Martin Schmalz University of Oxford and CEPR

Martin Schmalz

University of Oxford and CEPR

Christoph Trebesch

Christoph Trebesch

Kiel University and CEPR

Central Banks’ Balance Sheet and the Macroeconomy, 1587-2020 by Moritz Schularik

Discussion by Eric Monnet

Central Bank Losses and Lending of Last Resort by Kris Mitchener

Discussion by Alexander Michaelides

Fiscal Dominance and Regulatory Forbearance by Viral Acharya

The Dark Side of Conservative Central Banks: A Model of Political Turnover and the Central Bank by Carolin Pflueger

Discussion by Dana Foarta

(In)dependent Central Banks by Sotirios Kokas

Discussion by Viral Acharya

The Coming Battle of Digital Currencies by Simon Mayer

Discussion by Jean-Charles Rochet

From the Weaponized Dollar to the Digital Dollar: The Challenge for Central Banks by Barry Eichengreen

The papers for the online conference can be downloaded here. 

Date: Friday February 12, 2021
Venue: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (online)

The conference theme of the 2021 edition was dedicated to exploring the intersections between political economy and central banking.
Francesco Trebbi (Berkeley Haas) gave a keynote lecture on “Investing in Influence”.

  • Programme
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Programme Committee
  • Videos
  • Papers
12.20-12.30 – Opening

Enrico Perotti (University of Amsterdam & CEPR)

12.30-14.00 – Electoral Politics, Credit, and Regulation

Chair: Elena Carletti (Bocconi University & CEPR)

Electoral Cycles in Macroprudential Regulation
Presenter: Karsten Müller (Princeton University)
Discussant: Anne-Laure Delatte (Paris Dauphine University & CEPR)

Toxic Loans and the Rise of Populist Candidacies
Presenter: Emilie Sartre (CREST-ENSAE)
Discussant: Boris Vallée (Harvard Business School)

14.30-16.00 – Institutions, Reforms, and Politics

Chair: Martin Hellwig (Max Planck Institute & University of Bonn)

A Diverse Monetary Union
Presenter: Oscar Soons (University of Amsterdam)
Discussant: Roberto Perotti (Bocconi University & CEPR)

Complexity and the Reform Process
Presenter: Dana Foarta (Stanford Graduate School of Business & CEPR)
Discussant: Frederic Malherbe (University College London & CEPR)

16.30-17.30 – Keynote Lecture

Investing in Influence
Francesco Trebbi (University of California, Berkeley & CEPR)

18.00-19.30 – Governance and Central Banking

Chair: Paul Tucker (Harvard Kennedy School)

(Why) Do Central Banks Care about their Profits?
Presenter: Igor Goncharov (Lancaster University)
Discussant: Prachi Mishra (International Monetary Fund)

Fifty Shades of QE: Comparing Findings of Central Bankers and Academics
Presenter: Elisabeth Kempf (University of Chicago Booth School of Business & CEPR)
Discussant: José-Luis Peydró (Pompeu Fabra University & CEPR)

Francesco Trebbi is the Bernard T. Rocca Jr. Chair and Professor at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. He is also Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Before joining UC Berkeley, he was Canada Research Chair and Professor of Economics at the University of British Columbia Vancouver School of Economics and Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He received his PhD in Economics from Harvard University.

Professor Eichengreen has held Guggenhim and Fulbright Fellowships and been a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Palo Alto) and the Institute for Advanced Study (Berlin). From 2004 to 2020 he served as convener of the Bellagio Group of academics and officials. He is a regular monthly columnist for Project Syndicate.

Francesco Trebbi

Francesco Trebbi

University of California, Berkeley

His academic research focuses on Political Economy and Applied Microeconomics broadly defined. He has worked on political institutions and their design, elections and political campaigns, behavior in legislatures, campaign finance, lobbying, banking and regulation. He has also worked on topics related to the political economy of development, corruption, ethnic politics, and intra-state conflict. He has interests in Finance, Development Economics, and Macroeconomics. His primary teaching interests are in Political Economy, Applied Econometrics, Macroeconomics, and Data Science.

Dana Foarta Stanford GSB and CEPR

Dana Foarta

Stanford GSB and CEPR

Hans Gersbach

ETH Zurich and CEPR

Deniz IGan International Monetary Fund and CEPR

Deniz Igan

International Monetary Fund and CEPR

Fred Malherbe University College London and CEPR

Frederic Malherbe

University College London and CEPR

Kris James Mitchener Santa Clara University and CEPR

Kris James Mitchener

Santa Clara University and CEPR

Enrico Perotti

Enrico Perotti

University of Amsterdam and CEPR

Alessandro Riboni

Alessandro Riboni

Ecole Polytechnique and CEPR

Martin Schmalz University of Oxford and CEPR

Martin Schmalz

University of Oxford and CEPR

Vikrant Vig London Business School and CEPR

Vikrant Vig

London Business School and CEPR

Paolo Volpin City University London and CEPR

Paolo Volpin

City University of London and CEPR

Electoral Politics, Credit, and Regulation

Institutions, Reforms, and Politics

Keynote Lecture by Francesco Trebbi

Governance and Central Banking

The papers for the online conference can be downloaded here. 

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