Conference programme
The programme may be subject to minor changes.
September 3
6:00 pm: Welcome Reception
Location: School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Malmstensvåningen (A6) Vasagatan 1.
September 4
Location: School of Business, Economics and Law, Room: SEB-salen: University of Gothenburg, Malmstensvåningen (A6) Vasagatan 1.
Time allocations: paper presenter 25 minutes, discussant 15 minutes, audience Q&A 10 minutes. Presenting authors in bold.
8:30 am to 9:00 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 am to 10:40 am: Session 1 – AI and Technology
Session Chair: Ted Lindblom (University of Gothenburg)
- Paper: AI Absorbing Innovation
Authors: Amrita Nain (University of Iowa), Adair Morse (University of California, Berkeley)
Discussant: Roxana Mihet (Université de Lausanne) - Paper: Are New Technologies Replacing the Information Produced by Financial Markets?
Authors: Laurent Frésand (Universita della Svizzera italiana), Marco Zanotti (Stockholm School of Economics)
Discussant: Amrita Naina (University of Iowa)
10:40 am to 11:05 am: Coffee Break
11:05 am to 12:45 pm: Session 2 – Fintech
Session Chair: Bo Becker (Stockholm School of Economics)
- Paper: The Buy Now Pay Later Divide: Merchant Heterogeneity and Market Structure
Authors: Shashwat Alok (Indian School of Business), Pulak Ghosh (IIM Bangalore), Ankit Kalda (Indiana University), Chriasree Mitra (IIM Bangalore)
Discussant: Sean Higgins (Northwestern University) - Paper: Preventing FinTech Competition Through Credit Rationing?
Author: Tian Gao (University of Manchester), Maria Marchica (University of Manchester), Stefan Petry (University of Manchester)
Discussant: Will Gornall (University of British Columbia)
12:45 pm to 2:00 pm: Lunch
Venue: Göteborgsrummet, E3
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm: Panel Discussion – Technology, Banks and Markets
Panelists: Anjan Thakor (Washington University), Paolo Fulghieri (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill), Isil Erel (The Ohio State University), Stefan Sjögren (University of Gothenburg).
3:30 pm to 3:50 pm: Coffee Break
3:50 pm to 5:30 pm: Session 3 – Market Segmentation: Bespoke Banking to Specific Segments
Session Chair: Ylva Baeckström (University of Gothenburg)
- Paper: Banking for Baby Boomers—A Field Experiment
Authors: Katherine Hartinger (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), Erik Sarrazin (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), David Streich (Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt).
Discussant: Shubhashis Gangopadhyay (University of Gothenburg) - Paper: “Buy, borrow, die”: The economics of lending to the wealthy
Authors: Ivan Ivanov (Federal Reserve Bank Chicago), Ralf Meisenzahl (Federal Reserve Bank Chicago), Ioana Neamt (Federal Reserve Board)
Discussant: Taylan Mavruk (University of Gothenburg)
7:30 pm: Dinner
At Hotel Draken
September 5
Location: School of Business, Economics and Law, Room: SEB-salen (E4)
8:30 am to 10:10 am: Session 4 – Medium of Exchange and Asset Liquidity
Session Chair: Adam Farago (University of Gothenburg)
- Paper: Medium of Exchange in Blockchain Economy
Authors: Agostino Capponi (Colombia University), Zhengge Zhou (University of Adelaide)
Discussant: Catherine Casamatta (Toulouse School of Economic) - Paper: Democratizing Illiquid Assets: Liquidity Transformation and Performance in Interval Funds
Authors: Stefano Pegoraro (University of Notre Dame), Sophie Shive (University of Notre Dame), Rafael Zambrana (University of Notre Dame)
Discussant: Russ Wermers (University of Maryland)
10:10 am to 10:35 am – Coffee Break
10.35 am to 12:15 pm: Session 5 – Credit Market Competition, Information access and Fintech
Session Chair: TBA
- Paper: From Shares to Machines: How Common Ownership Drives Automation
Authors: Joseph Emmens (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Dennis Hutschenreiter (Halle Institute for Economic Research), Stefano Manfredonia (Fordham University), Felix Noth (Halle Institute for Economic Research, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg), Tommaso Santini (Halle Institute for Economic Research)
Discussant: Swarnodeep Homroy (University of Groningen)
- Paper: Credit market competition and the agency costs of tiered loan guarantees
Authors: Sonny Biswas (University of Reading), Min Park (University of Bristol), Ziqing Yuan ((University of Reading)
Discussant: Basil Williams (Imperial College London)
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm: Lunch
Venue: Göteborgsrummet, E3
1:30 pm to 3:10 pm: Session 6 – Technology and Household Finance
Session Chair: Martin Holmén (University of Gothenburg)
- Paper: Artificial Intelligence and the Rents of Finance Workers
Authors: Jean-Edourado Colliard (HEC Paris), Junli Zhao (Bayes Business School)
Discussant: Alvin Chen (Stockholm School of Economics)
- Paper: How Essential Is the Internet for Financial Inclusion? Evidence from Internet Essentials
Authors: Tian Qiu (University of Alabama), William Gerken (University of Kentucky)
Discussant: Sashwat Alok (Indian School of Business)