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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)

3:10 pm to 3:20 pm: Closing Remarks

4:30 pm: Meet for Boat Trip to Marstrand for Cocktails and Closing Dinner