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Helsinki, FinlandBoka i kalendern
12th Workshop on Banking and Institutions
12th Workshop on Banking and Institutions
August 17-18, 2026
Bank of Finland, Helsinki
PROGRAMME
Monday (August 17, 2026)
| 08:30 – 08:50 | Registration and coffee |
| 08:50 – 09:00 | Opening remarks Tuomas Välimäki (Member of the Board, Bank of Finland) |
| Session 1: GEOPOLITICS AND POLITICS | Chair: Iikka Korhonen (Bank of Finland) |
| 09:00 – 09:45 |
A Geopolitical Shock to Bank Assets and Monetary Policy Transmission Falko Fecht (Deutsche Bundesbank), Stefan Greppmair (Deutsche Bundesbank), Björn Imbierowicz (Deutsche Bundesbank) Discussant: Olli-Matti Laine (Bank of Finland) |
| 09:45 – 10:30 |
The Strategic Use of Bank Branches for Political Influence Mihir N. Mehta (University of Chicago), Allison Nicoletti (University of Pennsylvania), Wanli Zhao (Bocconi University) Discussant: Sami Vähämaa (University of Vaasa) |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 12:00 |
KEYNOTE SPEECH Deposit Insurance and Banking Crises |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| Session 2: BANK RISKS |
Chair: Jin Cao (Norges Bank) |
| 13:00 – 13:45 |
Rising Waters, Falling Spreads: Climate Adaptation and Banks’ Repricing of Disaster Risk Sophia Arlt (Deutsche Bundesbank and Goethe University), Christian Gros (Deutsche Bundesbank), Oliver Rehbein (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Iliriana Shala (Deutsche Bundesbank and Goethe University) Discussant: Valentin Schubert (Sveriges Riksbank) |
| 13:45 – 14:30 |
Why Bank Net Interest Margins Are Stable - Insights from the Asset Side Tanja Brieden (Oslo Metropolitan University) Discussant: Oleksandr Talavera (University of Birmingham) |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Coffee Break |
| Session 3: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN CHINA |
Chair: Juuso Kaaresvirta (Bank of Finland) |
| 15:00 – 15:45 |
Government Information Platforms and Bank Lending: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China Di Gong (University of International Business and Economics), Difang Huang (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Roni Michaely (The University of Hong Kong), Yanxin Yu (University of International Business and Economics) Discussant: Eeva Kerola (Bank of Finland) |
| 15:45 – 16:30 |
Hard Information and Local Lending Markets: Evidence from Invoice Digitalization Yunyue Chen (Ghent University) Discussant: Zuzana Fungáčová (Bank of Finland) |
Tuesday (August 18, 2026)
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Registration and coffee |
| Session 4: SOFT INFORMATION |
Chair: Laurent Weill (University of Strasbourg) |
| 09:00 – 09:45 |
When Your Bank Leaves Town: Losing Soft Information in Brick-and-Mortar Branches Jin Cao (Norges Bank), Kasper Roszbach (Norges Bank), Ismael Moreno-Martinez (European University Institute), Marina Sanchez del Villar (European Commission) Discussant: Oliver Rehbein (Vienna University of Economics and Business) |
| 09:45 – 10:30 |
Soft Information Imbalance Is Bad for Fair Credit Allocation Cal B. Muckley (University College Dublin), Tian Tao (University College Dublin), Xiangyang Zhao (Renmin University of China) Discussant: Merike Kukk (Bank of Estonia) |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| Session 5: DEPOSITS |
Chair: Laura Solanko (Bank of Finland) |
| 11:00 – 11:45 |
Customer Capital and Deposit Stability Peter R. Demerjian (Georgia State University), Joel F. Houston (University of Florida), Hongyu Shan (China Europe International Business School), Yu Shan (Syracuse University) Discussant: Denis Davydov (Hanken School of Economics) |
| 11:45 – 12:30 |
The Cost of Uninsured Deposits: Bargaining Power versus Risk Daniel A. Dias (Federal Reserve Board), Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr (Federal Reserve Board) Discussant: Laurent Weill (University of Strasbourg) |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| Session 6: EMERGING MARKETS |
Chair: Zuzana Fungáčová (Bank of Finland) |
| 13:30 – 14:15 |
Domestic Credit Supply in the Face of Trade Policy Uncertainty: How Do Banks Adjust? Georgia Bush (Banco de México), José Luis Lara (Banco de México), Calixto López (Banco de México) Discussant: Haishi Li (University of Hong Kong) |
| 14:15 – 15:00 |
Government Banks and Interventions in Credit Markets Gustavo Joaquim (Amazon), Felipe Netto (Bank of England), José Renato Haas Ornelas (Banco Central do Brasil and FGV-EPPG) Discussant: Laura Solanko (Bank of Finland) |
Programme in PDF
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).