Credit Union Research Workshop

2nd Credit Union Research Workshop

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Cooperatives, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business are organizing the second Credit Union Research Workshop to promote collaboration, stimulate discussion and share research related to credit unions (not-for-profit financial cooperatives). The Workshop will include the presentation and discussion of three academic papers followed by a policy panel including industry and policy leaders.

To facilitate widespread participation and reduce costs, the event is free and will be held virtually from 10am to 1pm (CST) on Friday, January 26th, 2024.

Agenda:

  10:00am – 11:45am: Research Workshop

1. Capital Regulation and Financial Reporting Quality: Evidence from US Credit Unions by Dimitris K. Chronopoulos (University of St. Andrews), Lemonia M. Rempoutskia (Open University) and John O.S. Wilson (University of St. Andrews)

   1. • Discussant: Luis Dopico (CUCollaborate)

2. Mission-driven Lenders by Samuel Rosen (Temple University) and Tilan Tang (Wake Forest University)

   1. • Discussant: Agustin Hurtado (University of Maryland)

3. Student Loan Forbearance and Consumer Financial Decision-Making: Evidence from the COVID-19 CARES Act by Wei Chen (University of Connecticut), Anastasiya Ghosh (University of Arizona), Bikram Ghosh (University of Arizona) and Karen Xie (University of Connecticut)

   1. • Discussant: Andres Shahidinejad (Northeastern University)

11:45am – 12:00pm: Break

12:00pm – 1:00pm: Policy Panel & Open Discussion

• Moderator: Taylor Nelms (Senior Market Insights + Advisory Services Director at Filene Research Institute)

• Panelists:

  • • • Mike Schenk (Chief Economist at the Credit Union National Association)

      • John O.S. Wilson (Professor of Banking & Finance and Head of the Department of Finance at the Business School, University of St. Andrews)

      • Marc-André Pigeon (Director and Strategic Research Fellow at the Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan)

Registration:

To register for the event, please use the following link and enter your name and e-mail address. The event link and further details will be shared to registered participants in January: https://forms.gle/RDhAMdi86bTVS21u9

Organizing Committee:

Jordan van Rijn, PhD                     Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Andres Shahidinejad, PhD           Assistant Professor, D’Amore McKim School of Business & Department of Economics, Northeastern University

Dawit Zenebe, PhD                          Senior Economist, Credit Union National Association (CUNA)