The Wolpertinger Club
Conference Programme
DAY 1 / Thursday 9th September 2010 |
09:00 Welcome Address
Professor Ted Gardener, Head of the College of Business, Social Sciences and Law, Bangor University and Chairman of the Wolpertinger Management Committee
Professor Phil Molyneux, Head of the Bangor Business School, Bangor University and member of the Wolpertinger Management Committee
09:20 Guest Opening Speech
‘What’s it like running a bank? Good, bad or ugly?’
Lord Mervyn Davies, Chairman of Bangor University Council, Former Government Minister and Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank
10:00 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 |
Academic Session 1 – Jack Revell Session Theme: ‘Reregulating Out of the Crisis’ Chairman: Ted Gardener, Bangor University |
Panel:
Professor Ted Gardener, Bangor University
Professor John Thornton, Bangor University (and formerly the IMF)
Professor Santiago Carbó, University of Granada
Professor Jon Williams, Bangor University
11:45 |
Academic Session 2 - Corporate Governance in Banking 1 |
CEO Pay Incentives and Risk-taking: Evidence from Bank Acquisitions
Jens Hagendorff, University of Leeds & Francesco Vallascas, University of Cagliari, Italy
Governance, Risk and Performance in European Banking
Francesca Arnaboldi, Università di Milano, Dipartimento di Economia & Barbara Casu Lukac, CASS Business School, City University London
Corporate Governance and Bank Performance in CEE
Ewa Miklaszewska & Katarzyna Mikolajczyk
Cracow University of Economics, Faculty of Finance
The Corporate Governance and the Conduct of Popular Banks: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects
Elena Seghezza & Giovanni B. Pittaluga, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università Di Genova, Italy & Pierlugi Morelli, Associazione Bancaria Italianna
13:00 LUNCH
14:00 |
Academic Session 3 - Coporate Governance in Banking 2 |
Governing British Banks
Andrew Mullineux, The Birmingham Business School, Birmingham University
The Governance of Executive Remuneration through the Crisis: Evidence from Italy
Marcello Bianchi, Angela Ciavarella, Valerio Novembre and Rossella Signoretti, Economics Department, Consob
Board Composition and Compensation in Banking. An International Study
Pablo de Andres Alonso & Eleuterio Vallelado Gonsález, University of Valladolid
15:00 COFFEE BREAK
15:30 |
Academic Session 4 - Risks and Bank Performance |
Bank Risk and Analyst Forecasts
Mario Anolli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore & Elena Beccalli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and London School of Economics
Rating Agencies’ Credit Signals: Sovereign Watchlisk and Outlook
Rasha Alsakka & Owain ap Gwilym, Bangor University
Risk Tolerance in the Financial Decision Making
Caterina Lucarelli, Faculty of Economics, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy & Gianni Brighette, Faculty of Psychology, Università degli Studi di Bologna
Financial Crisis and Bank Profitability
Ted Lindblom, School of Business, Economics & Law, University of Gothenburg, Magnus Olsson & Magnus Willesson, Linnaeus University Växjö
Are the CDS spreads a good proxy of bank risk? Evidence from the subprime financial crisis
Laura Chiaramonte, University of Verona, Italy & Barbara Casu Lukac, CASS Business School, City University London
Competition and Stability in European Banking: A Regional Analysis
Hong Liu, Phil Molyneux, Bangor Business School, Bangor University & John O.S.Wilson School of Management, University of St Andrews
DAY 2 / Friday 10th September 2010 |
09:00 |
Academic Session 5 – Strategy, Productivity and Intellectual Capital in Banking |
An Examination of Cross Border Strategies in Banking
Barry Howcroft, Loughborough University Business School
Efficiency and Productivity in a Transition Banking System: Russian Banks and the Problem of Distinguishing Heterogeneity and Performance
Karligash Kenjegalieva & Thomas Weyman-Jones, Department of Economics, Loughborough University
Bank Supervision, Regulation and Efficiency: Evidence From the European Union
Georgios E. Chortareas, Department of Economics, University of Athens, Claudia Girardone & Alexia Ventouri, Essex Business School, University of Essex
Intellectual Capital and Bank Performance: Key Issues Related to Intellectual Capital Disclosure
Gimede Gigante & Danele A. Previati, Faculty of Economics F. Caffé, Roma Tre University
Why Do Banks Offer Similar Financial Services with Different Levels of Interest? Decision Avoidance and Deposit Interest Rate Setting
Robert D. J. Anderson, Newcastle University Business School, John K. Ashton, Bangor Business School, Robert S. Hudson, Newcastle University Business School
Are there any Cost and Profit Efficiency Gains in Financial Conglomeration? Evidence from the Accession Countries
Dimitris K. Chronopoulos, School of Management, University of St Andrews, Claudia Girardone & John C. Nankervis, University of Essex
10:15 |
Academic Session 6 - Stability, Retail Credit and Bank Regulation |
The Relationship Between Mortgage Markets and House Prices: Does Financial Instability Make the Difference?
Santiago Carbó Valverde, University of Granada and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago & Francisco Rodríguez Fernández, University of Granada
Attitudes, Personality Factors and Household Debt Decisions: A Study of Consumer Credit
Stefano Cosma & Francesco Patterin, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Bank Size, Market Power and Financial Stability
Juan Fernández de Guevara, Universidad de Ivie & Joaquin Maudos, Universidad de Valencia
Asset-Backed Securitization and Financial Stability: the Downgrading Delay Effect
Mario La Torre & Fabiomassimo Mango, Università degli Studi di Roma, “La Sapienza”
Access to Equity for New, Innovative Companies in the Province of Modena
Luciana Canovi, Elisabetta Gualandri & Valeria Venturelli, Univesities of Modena and Reggio Emilia and CEFIN (Centro Studi Banca e Finanza)
11:15 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 |
Academic Session 7 - Market Valuation |
Profiling Investors with MiFID: Current Practice and Future Prospects
Camilla Mazzoli & Nicoletta Marinelli, Faculty of Economics, University of Politencnica Marche, Ancona, Italy
How European Financial Markets Valuate Research and Development Costs?
Andi Duqi & Giuseppe Torluccio, Department of Management, University of Bologna, Italy
The Forecasting of Relationship between Risk and Return in Stock Markets: Efficient Method of Moments Estimation of a Stochastic Volatility Model
H. Şaduman Okumuş, Department of Banking & Finance, Istanbul Commerce University & Elif Güneren Genç, Istanbul Commerce University Vocational School
Executive Options and Managerial Opportunism
Lynn Hodgkinson, Bangor University
Financial Structure Decisions in Large Business Firms
Ted Lindblom, Gert Sandahl & Stefan Sjögren, School of Business, Economics & Law, University of Gothenburg
Value Creation of Internationalization Strategies of Italian Medium-Sized Listed Firms
Ottorino Morresi & Alberto Pezzi, Department of Management & Law, Faculty of Economics, University of Rome III
13:00 LUNCH & Annual Wolpertinger Management Committee Meeting
14:00 |
Academic Session 8 - Payments, Clearing Houses, Exchange Rates and Transmission Mechanisms |
Competing Technologies for Payments: ATMs, POS Terminals and the Demand for Currency
Francisco Rodríguez Fernández, University of Granada & Santiago Carbó Valverde, University of Granada and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
The Clearing Houses in Europe. The Impact of Competition on Business Models and Fee Structures
Guisy Chesini, University of Verona, Faculty of Economics
The Nature of China’s Exchange Rate Regime and the Potential Effects on its Financial System
René van der Linden & Frans Brinkhuis, School of Economics, Inholland University
The Monetary Transmission Mechanism before and since the Recent Financial Crisis
Frans Brinkhuis, School of Economics, Inholland University
15:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 |
Academic Session 9 - Doctoral Students Session |
Are the Ratings Correct Indicators of the Current Situation and Outlook about the Creditworthness of the Entities that Qualify?
Carlos Salvador Mun'oz, PhD student, University of Valencia, José M. Pastor & Juan Fernández de Guevara, University of Valencia and Ivie
Macroeconomic Early Warning Systems for Financial Crisis Prediction
Tim King, PhD student, Bangor University
Predicting Bankruptcy Using Neural Networks in the Current Global Financial Crisis: A Study for US Commercial Banks
Iván Pastor Sanz, PhD student, University of Burgos
The Role of Institutional Shareholders in Bank Risk Taking, Profitability and Compensation Sturcture
Lien Nguyen, PhD student, Bangor University
16:45 |
Academic Session 10 – Roundtable on Teaching and Research Training in Banking and Finance Chairman: Professor Leo Van Eerden, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Professor Andy Mullineux, Birmingham University –will present a proposal for an EU PhD Training Grant Application from Wolpertinger members
Professor Andy Mullineux, Birmingham University –will present a proposal for an EU PhD Training Grant Application from Wolpertinger members. Details of the Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN) competition for 2011 are as follows:
Briefly, the Marie Curie ITN is aimed to support a partnership of organisations to recruit a cohort of early stage researchers (PhD students) around a well defined and integrated research training programme. Partnerships must be composed of at least 3 organisations such as universities, research centres and companies from 3 different EU countries and typically ITN projects would involve around 7 partners lasting up to 4 years. The financial support for the ITN is calculated on the basis of eligible activities and takes the form of grants covering up to 100% of the budget.
The deadline for the ITN call is 26 January 2011.
Registered charity. No. 1141565
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