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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:12 th Workshop on Banking and Institutions August 17-18, 2026 Bank of Finland, Helsinki PROGRAMME Monday (August 17, 2026) =0D=0A 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 =0D=0A Falko Fecht (Deutsche Bundesbank),  Stefan Greppmair ( Deutsche Bundesbank) , Björn Imbierowicz (Deutsche Bundesbank)=0D=0A Discussant:  Olli-Matti Laine (Bank of Finland)=0D=0A 09:45 – 10:30 The Strategic Use of Bank Branches for Political Influence =0D=0A Mihir N. Mehta (University of Chicago), Allison Nicoletti (University of Pennsylvania),  Wanli Zhao (Bocconi University) =0D=0A Discussant:  Sami Vähämaa (University of Vaasa)=0D=0A 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 – 12:00            KEYNOTE SPEECH =0D=0A Deposit Insurance and Banking Crises José-Luis Peydró (LUISS and EIEF) Chair: Iftekhar Hasan (Center for Research in Contemporary Finance, Fordham University) =0D=0A 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Session 2: BANK RISKS Chair: Jin Cao (Norges Bank)=0D=0A 13:00 – 13:45 Rising Waters, Falling Spreads: Climate Adaptation and Banks’ Repricing of Disaster Risk =0D=0A 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) =0D=0A Discussant: Valentin Schubert (Sveriges Riksbank)=0D=0A 13:45 – 14:30 Why Bank Net Interest Margins Are Stable - Insights from the Asset Side =0D=0A Tanja Brieden (Oslo Metropolitan University)=0D=0A Discussant: Oleksandr Talavera (University of Birmingham)=0D=0A 14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break Session 3:  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN CHINA Chair: Juuso Kaaresvirta (Bank of Finland)=0D=0A 15:00 – 15:45 Government Information Platforms and Bank Lending: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China =0D=0A 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)=0D=0A Discussant: Eeva Kerola (Bank of Finland)  =0D=0A 15:45 – 16:30 Hard Information and Local Lending Markets: Evidence from Invoice Digitalization =0D=0A Yunyue Chen (Ghent University)=0D=0A Discussant: Zuzana Fungáčová (Bank of Finland)=0D=0A  =0D=0A Tuesday (August 18, 2026) =0D=0A 08:45 – 09:00 Registration and coffee Session 4: SOFT INFORMATION Chair: Laurent Weill (University of Strasbourg)=0D=0A 09:00 – 09:45 When Your Bank Leaves Town: Losing Soft Information in Brick-and-Mortar Branches =0D=0A Jin Cao (Norges Bank) , Kasper Roszbach (Norges Bank), Ismael Moreno-Martinez (European University Institute), Marina Sanchez del Villar (European Commission)=0D=0A Discussant: Oliver Rehbein (Vienna University of Economics and Business)=0D=0A 09:45 – 10:30 Soft Information Imbalance Is Bad for Fair Credit Allocation =0D=0A Cal B. Muckley (University College Dublin) , Tian Tao (University College Dublin), Xiangyang Zhao (Renmin University of China)=0D=0A Discussant: Merike Kukk (Bank of Estonia)  =0D=0A 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break Session 5: DEPOSITS  Chair: Laura Solanko (Bank of Finland)=0D=0A 11:00 – 11:45 Customer Capital and Deposit Stability =0D=0A Peter R. Demerjian (Georgia State University), Joel F. Houston (University of Florida), Hongyu Shan (China Europe International Business School), Yu Shan (Syracuse University) =0D=0A Discussant: Denis Davydov (Hanken School of Economics)=0D=0A 11:45 – 12:30 The Cost of Uninsured Deposits: Bargaining Power versus Risk =0D=0A Daniel A. Dias (Federal Reserve Board) , Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr (Federal Reserve Board)=0D=0A Discussant: Laurent Weill (University of Strasbourg)=0D=0A 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Session 6: EMERGING MARKETS Chair: Zuzana Fungáčová (Bank of Finland)=0D=0A 13:30 – 14:15 Domestic Credit Supply in the Face of Trade Policy Uncertainty: How Do Banks Adjust? =0D=0A Georgia Bush (Banco de M é xico) , José Luis Lara (Banco de México), Calixto López (Banco de México)=0D=0A Discussant: Haishi Li (University of Hong Kong)=0D=0A 14:15 – 15:00 Government Banks and Interventions in Credit Markets =0D=0A Gustavo Joaquim (Amazon), Felipe Netto (Bank of England), José Renato Haas Ornelas (Banco Central do Brasil and FGV-EPPG)=0D=0A Discussant: Laura Solanko (Bank of Finland)=0D=0A 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).=0D=0A   Previous workshops: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2014 
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LOCATION:Helsinki, Finland
SUMMARY:12th Workshop on Banking and Institutions
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