First meeting of the Center for Relationship Banking and Economics (CERBE)

Aula Consiglio 1^st floor – LUMSA – Via Pompeo Magno, 22 – Rome, 23 April 2014

11:00 Registration

11:30 Opening Remarks, Consuelo Corradi – Deputy Rector LUMSA

11:45 The Background and the Promise of CERBE, Giovanni Ferri, LUMSA & CERBE

12:00 Relational Economics: Past, Present and Future, Luigino Bruni, LUMSA & CERBE

12:30 Lunch Break

13:30 Invited Speech: Relationship and Transactional Lending in a Crisis, Leonardo Gambacorta, Bank for International Settlements

14:00 Does Bank Ownership Affect Lending Behaviour? Evidence From the Euro Area, Panu Kalmi, University of Vaasa & CERBE

Discussion: Stefania Cosci, LUMSA & CERBE

14:30 The Role of Demographics and the Bank-Customer Relationship in Small Business Loan Pricing, Doris Neuberger, University of Rostock & CERBE

Discussion: Franco Fiordelisi, Third University of Rome

15:00 Relationship Lending in the Financial Crisis: Does it Pass the Test?, Paola Bongini, Bicocca University of Milan & CERBE

Discussion: Olivier De Jonghe, Tilburg University

15:30 Coffee Break

16:00 The Experience of Popular Credit in Italy, Roberto Cusmai, Assopopolari

16:20 Round Table: Is Regulation Neutral for Relationship Banking?

Moderator: Fausta Speranza, Vatican Radio

Panellists: Carlo Del Serrone (Assopopolari), Vincenzo Chiorazzo (ABI, Italian Banking Association), Leonardo Gambacorta (BIS), David Llewellyn (Loughborough University), Ewa Miklaszewska (University of Cracow & CERBE), Zeno Rotondi (UniCredit & CERBE)

18:00 Assembly of CERBE’s Founders