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SUMMARY:1st London Political Finance (POLFIN) Workshop
UID:https://bankinglibrary.com/1st-london-political-finance-polfin-workshop-2/
LOCATION:London, England
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DESCRIPTION:CfP Deadline Date:
March 1st, 2020
Conference Event:
June 5th, 2020 will be rescheduled, dates t.b.a.
Event Location:
Cass Business School, London, England
Organizer(s):
Thorsten Beck (Cass Business School, CEPR & CESifo), Orkun
Saka (University of Sussex, LSE & SRC) and Paolo Volpin (Cass
Business School, CEPR & ECGI)
Cass Business School and the Systemic Risk Centre at the London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE) will jointly organize a workshop on
the theme of political finance. The workshop will take place at the Cass
Business School campus in central London on 5 June 2020. The workshop will
provide a platform for researchers and policymakers to discuss new research
and to identify areas where further academic and policy-oriented work is
needed. Both theoretical  and empirical contributions are welcome.
There will be a dedicated discussant for each paper, as well as open floor
discussion. Papers are invited on the following (non-exhaustive) list of
topics:
• Financial crises, political institutions and populism
• Interaction of financial cycles with politics
• Revolving doors between financial institutions and government
• Corruption and lobbying in finance
• Political/policy uncertainty and corporate risk-taking
• Gender/race issues in finance
• Media and finance
The workshop features a keynote speech by Professor Sir Timothy Besley
(LSE).
Further Information:
There is no registration fee. An invitation-only conference dinner will be
hosted on 4th June 2020. Accommodation costs for the presenters will be
covered by the workshop organisers. To submit a paper (full papers accepted
only – preliminary versions also welcome), please send an email to Orkun
Saka at o.saka@lse.ac.uk. In the subject header please add “Submission:
POLFIN Workshop”. In the case of multiple-authored papers, indicate who
will present the paper.
Deadline and results: The deadline for the submission of papers is 1st
March 2020. The authors will be notified about the acceptance of papers
by 1st April 2020.
Link CfP and Conference: 1st London Political Finance (POLFIN) Workshop
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