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4th Edition of the Banque de France Empirical Corporate Finance Workshop

Published on 6th of October 2026

On 5 November 2026, the Banque de France will host the fourth edition of its Corporate Finance Research Workshop. Held in person at the Banque de France’s headquarters in Paris, the event will bring together academic researchers and central bank economists to discuss six recent research papers. The presentations and discussions will cover a broad range of topics in corporate finance, banking economics and financial intermediation.

Wednesday, 4 November 2026
19:30	Conference dinner (upon invitation only)
Thursday, 5 November 2026
8:30 – 9:00	Registration and welcome coffee
9:00 – 10:00	Staffing the Private Debt Boom: Skills, Talent, and Consequences Sophie-Dorothee Rotermund (Stockholm School of Economics), V. Ivashina (Harvard University) and Z. Wallace-Wright (Harvard University) Discussant: Antoine Bertheau (Banque de France)
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 – 11:30	Taxing Wealth in the Presence of Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from France Laurent Bach (ESSEC Business School), A. Guillouzouic (Aix-Marseille School of Economics), and C. Malgouyres (CREST) Discussant: Maximilian Todtenhaupt (Leibniz University Hannover)
11:30 – 12:30	SoS! The Overnight Bilateral Liquidity Provision of Non-Bank Financial Institutions to Banks Angela Gallo (Bayes Business School), A. Clare (Bayes Business School) and E. Cucullo (Bayes Business School and Bank of England) Discussant: Quirin Fleckenstein (HEC Paris)
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch (upon invitation only)
14:00 – 15:00	Corporate Dark Money in Politics: Evidence from India Boris Vallée (INSEAD) and S. Puri (LBS) Discussant: Olimpia Cutinelli-Rendina (University of Strasbourg)
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 – 16:30	Bankers on the Move: Relationship Capital in Credit Markets Angelo D’Andrea (Banca d’Italia) and E. Stivella (Bocconi University) Discussant: Aurore Burietz-Barakat (IÉSEG School of Management)
16:30 – 17:30	Banks, Firms, and Households: Credit Shock Amplification and Real Effects Cédric Huylebroek (Deutsche Bundesbank) and J. Cao (Norges Bank) Discussant: Simon Juul Hviid (Danmarks Nationalbank)

Organizers: Mathias Lé, Sarah Mouabbi & Chloé Zapha (Banque de France)

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