CfP Deadline Date:
June 24-25. 2021
Conference Event:
April 18, 2021
Event Location:
Online (Zoom)
Keynote Speaker(s):
Professor Renée B. Adams (Oxford)
Organizer(s):
LSE & University of London
The Systemic Risk Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the Business School (formerly Cass) at the City, University of London will jointly organize a workshop on the theme of political finance. The workshop will take place virtually (via Zoom) on 24th-25th June 2021. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome. Papers from last year’s inaugural workshop have ended up being published in top journals such as Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
There will be a dedicated discussant for each paper, as well as open floor discussion. Papers are invited on the following (non-exclusive) list of topics:
- Gender/race/minority issues in finance
- Revolving doors between financial institutions and government
- Corruption and lobbying in finance
- Media and finance
- Interaction of financial cycles with politics
- Financial crises, political institutions and populism
- Political/policy uncertainty and corporate risk-taking
Further Information:
There is no registration fee. To submit a paper (full papers accepted only – preliminary versions also welcome), please upload it by clicking the “Submit paper” button at the top of this page. The authors will be notified about the acceptance of papers by 16th May 2021.
Link Conference: 2nd POLFIN Workshop