3rd London Political Finance (POLFIN) Workshop

Bayes Business School and Department of Economics at City, University of London as well as Financial Markets Group at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) will jointly organize the third workshop on the theme of political finance. The workshop will take place in person at Bayes Business School on 10 June 2025. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome. Papers from the past editions have ended up being published in top journals such as Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial Economics.

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/cultural 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

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