London Political Finance workshops
Bayes Business School, members of the Macroeconomics and Finance Research Group, and the Systemic Risk Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) jointly organize workshops on the theme of political finance.
The workshops provide a platform for researchers and policymakers to discuss new research, and to identify areas where further academic and policy-oriented work is needed.
3rd London Political Finance (POLFIN) Workshop
10 June 2025
Location: Bayes Business School
Keynote speaker: Anat R. Admati, The George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics, Stanford University
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) 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.
Organisers
- Simeon Djankov (FMG, LSE)
- Orkun Saka (SPGA, City St George's)
- Sujata Visaria (Bayes, City St George's)
- Paolo Volpin (Bayes, City St George's)
Call for papers
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.
2nd London Political Finance (POLFIN) Workshop
24-25 June 2021, Online
Organisers
- Thorsten Beck (City, University of London)
- Orkun Saka (City, University of London)
- Paolo Volpin (City, University of London)
The workshop featured a keynote speech by Professor Renée B. Adams (Oxford) on "Gatekeepers: Real and Imagined".
Event recordings
1st London Political Finance (POLFIN) Workshop
26-27 June 2020, Online
Organisers
- Thorsten Beck (Bayes Business School, CEPR & CESifo),
- Orkun Saka (University of Sussex, LSE & SRC)
- Paolo Volpin (Bayes Business School, CEPR & ECGI)