3rd London Political Finance (POLFIN) Workshop

Bayes Business School and Department of Economics at City St George's, University of London as well as Financial Markets Group at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) have jointly organized the third workshop on the theme of political finance. The workshop took place in person at Bayes Business School on 10 June 2025. 

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

10:00 - 12:00 Session 1: Sanctions & Emissions  |  chaired by Sujata Visaria (City St George's)

"Crime and Punishment"? Anticipation, Diffusion, and Propagation of Global Sanctions

Mikhail Mamonov (TBS)*, Steven Ongena (Zurich) & Anna Pestova (TBS)

Discussant: Barbara Casu (City St George's)

Public Policy and Private-Sector Prosocial Motives: The Case of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Jiaqi Zheng (Oxford)*

Discussant: Karthik Ramanna (Oxford)

13:00 - 15:00 Session 2: Politics  |  chaired by Orkun Saka (City St George's)

Political Power and Market Power

Bo Cowgill (Columbia), Andrea Prat (Columbia) & Tommaso Valletti (Imperial)*

Discussant: Raymond Fisman (Boston Uni.) 

Government-guaranteed credit and populism

Ernest Dautović (ECB) & Robin Hsieh (ECB)*

Discussant: Stefan Gissler (Federal Reserve)

15:30 - 17:30 Session 3: Cross-border Lending & Trade  |  chaired by Giacinta Cestone (City St George’s)

Violent Conflict and Cross-Border Lending

Ralph De Haas (EBRD)*, Mikhail Mamonov (TBS), Alexander Popov (ECB) & Iliriana Shala (Bundesbank)

Discussant: Lakshmi Naaraayanan (LBS)

The Political Economy of Firm Networks: CEO Ideology and Global Trade

Elisabeth Kempf (Harvard), Mancy Luo (City St George's)* & Margarita Tsoutsoura (Washington in St. Louis)

Discussant: Raghavendra Rau (Cambridge)

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