2026 Workshop
1st International Banking Institute (IBI) Workshop
13th – 14th May 2026 – University of Leeds
Venue: Cloth Hall Court, Quebec St, Leeds LS1 2HA
Programme
Format: 30 Minute Presentation and 10 Minute Q&A
13th – 14th May 2026 – University of Leeds
Venue: Cloth Hall Court, Quebec St, Leeds LS1 2HA
Programme
Format: 30 Minute Presentation and 10 Minute Q&A
| 13th May | |
| 13:15 | Informal Welcome Lunch/Refreshments |
| 13:45 | Registration |
| 13:55 | Welcome Remarks by Kevin Keasey, Director of IBI |
| Session 1 | Chair: Danilo Mascia |
| 14:00 – 14:40 | Bank Balance Sheet Constraints and Mutual Fund Fragility |
| Authors: Johannes Breckenfelder (European Central Bank) and Victoria Ivashina (Harvard Business School) | |
| Presenter: Johannes Breckenfelder | |
| 14:40 – 15:20 | Liquidity Requirements and Non-bank Financing |
| Authors: Barbara Casu (Bayes Business School), Mahmoud Fatouh (Bank of England), Beniamino Pisicoli (University of Padova), and Virginia Pugliese (Bank of England) | |
| Presenter: Barbara Casu | |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Coffee and Refreshments |
| Session 2 | Chair: Joshua Cave |
| 15:40 – 16:20 | Banks, Firms, and Households: Credit Shock Propagation and Real Effects |
| Authors: Jin Cao (Norges Bank) and Cédric Huylebroek (KU Leuven) | |
| Presenter: Jin Cao | |
| 16:20 – 17:00 | Do Bank Resolution Reforms Reduce the Perception of Too-Big-To-Fail? |
| Authors: Emanuela Giacomini (University of Macerata), Rafael Schiozer (FGV, São Paulo, Brazil), and Lucas Vasconcelos (FGV, São Paulo, Brazil). | |
| Presenter: Emanuela Giacomini | |
| 18:00 | Workshop Dinner (Invitation Only) |
| 14th May | |
| 08:30 | Coffee and Refreshments |
| Session 3 | Chair: Joshua Cave |
| 09:00 – 09:40 | Monetary Policy and Mortgage Fixation Lengths |
| Authors: Aniruddha Rajan (Bank of England), Francesc Rodriguez-Tous (Bayes Business School), and Mauricio Salgado-Moreno (Bank of England) | |
| Presenter: Mauricio Salgado-Moreno | |
| 09:40 – 10:20 | The Effect of Mortgage Brokers on Banks’ Business Models |
| Authors: Marcus Buckmann (Bank of England) and Peter Eccles (Bank of England) | |
| Presenter: Peter Eccles | |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Coffee and Refreshments |
| Session 4 | Chair: Valeriya Dinger |
| 10:40 – 11:20 | Collateral and Credit |
| Authors: Hans Degryse (KU Leuven), Olivier De Jonghe (National Bank of Belgium), Luc Laeven (European Central Bank), and Tong Zhao (KU Leuven) | |
| Presenter: Hans Degryse | |
| 11:20 – 12:00 | Time Pressure and Loan Officer Performance |
| Authors: Dimitris Chornopoulos (University of St Andrews), Trang Do (University of St Andrews), and John Wilson (University of St Andrews) | |
| Presenter: John Wilson | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| Session 5 | Chair: Alessio Bongiovanni |
| 13:00 – 13:40 | Estimating the Impact of Loan Supply Shocks |
| Authors: Nittai Bergman (Tel Aviv University), Alejandro Casado (Bank of Spain), Rajkamal Iyer (Imperial College London), and Itay Saporta-Eksten (University of Manchester) | |
| Presenter: Alejandro Casado | |
| 13:40 – 14:20 | Geopolitical Risk, Bank Lending and Real Effects on Firms: Evidence from the Russian Invasion of Ukraine |
| Authors: Pauline Avril (Université d'Orléans), Peter McQuade (European Central Bank), Cosimo Pancaro (European Central Bank), and Alessio Reghezza (European Central Bank) | |
| Presenter: Alessio Reghezza | |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | Coffee and Refreshments |
| Session 6 | Chair: Usman Gilani |
| 14:40 – 15:20 | Lending Channels and Firm Growth without Bank Branches |
| Authors: Paola Brighi (University of Milan), Claudia Girardone (University of Essex), Mehmet Karaca (University of Essex) and Valeria Venturelli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) | |
| Presenter: Claudia Girardone | |
| 15:20 – 16:00 | Bank Branch Quality and Deposit Stability |
| Authors: Alessio Bongiovanni (University of Leeds), Joshua Cave (University of Leeds), and Danilo Mascia (University of Leeds) | |
| Presenter: Joshua Cave | |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | Closing Remarks |
| Email: | IBI@Leeds.ac.uk |
| Organising Committee: | Alessio Bongiovanni, Joshua Cave, Valeriya Dinger, Kevin Keasey, Danilo Mascia |