The Money and Finance Research Group (MoFiR) is pleased to announce that the next workshop will be held in Varese (Italy) on July 7-8, 2026. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Università degli Studi dell'Insubria and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. The organising committee of this small informal workshop invites submissions of high-quality theoretical and empirical research on financial intermediation. Scholars in the fields of banking and finance will meet to discuss current issues in banking, financial stability, bank regulation, financial innovation, financial inclusion, and consumer credit. The workshop provides an opportunity for discussions about policy-relevant research in an informal and interactive environment.
The keynote speaker will be Steven Ongena, Professor of banking in the Department of Finance at the University of Zurich and CEPR Fellow.
PhD students: The conference will include a Poster Session for Ph.D. students working on financial intermediation.
The workshop will include an additional half-day on July 6 on “Financial linkages and geopolitical risks”, with invited papers.
Accommodation costs (up to three nights) for presenters and invited discussants will be reimbursed. There is no conference fee, and all meals are included. CEPR may be able to offer limited travel support for PhD students without budget, subject to the availability of funds and in line with CEPR’s travel guidelines. If you require funding, please indicate this when submitting your paper. We will not be able to provide support to those who have not requested it in advance.
SUBMISSION: To submit a paper (full papers only), please visit the webpage https://hub.cepr.org/event/4956 .
For each individual submission there is a submission fee of EUR 50, which can be paid by bank transfer or PagoPA, at this link. The payment must be made by the corresponding author submitting the paper. Each person can submit one paper.
Authors who already have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:
- Going to https://hub.cepr.org/ and logging in
- After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/4956
- Click on "Step 1: Apply"; under "Apply to Attend" click "Yes"
- Tick the boxes that apply to you
- Tick "Would you like to submit a paper?", upload your paper and supply the requested information
- Click "Submit form" to make the submission.
Authors who do not have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:
- Creating a new profile here https://hub.cepr.org/user/register
- After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/4956
- Click on "Step 1: Apply"; under "Apply to Attend" click "Yes"
- Tick the boxes that apply to you
- Tick "Would you like to submit a paper?", upload your paper and supply the requested information
- Click "Submit form" to make the submission.
The deadline for submission is 6pm (GMT), 12 January 2026. If you have any difficulties registering for this meeting, please email [email protected] for assistance (with subject header “15th MoFiR Workshop on Banking”).
DUAL SUBMISSION OPTION: In the submission, authors should indicate if they wish their paper to be considered (at no extra fee) for publication by Review of Corporate Finance Studies under the Dual Submission Program. This is a “no-fault” submission option: if the RCFS reviews the paper and rejects it, the authors may submit it to any SFS journal at a later date as if it was never submitted. See http://sfs.org/dualsubmissionpolicy/ for details.
Papers will be selected by the program committee and corresponding authors will be notified of acceptance by 30 March 2026. Preference will be given to authors who can attend the whole workshop.
Additional Information:
Location: Centro Congressi Villa Ponti (Varese, Italy)
Website: MoFiR: https://sites.google.com/view/mofirseminars/home;
Questions may be addressed to: [email protected] or [email protected]
Organising Committee:
Andrea Bellucci (Università degli Studi dell'Insubria and MoFiR)
Serena Fatica (European Commission's Joint Research Centre and MoFiR)
Rossella Locatelli (Università degli Studi dell'Insubria)
Andrea F. Presbitero (International Monetary Fund, MoFiR and CEPR)
Alberto Zazzaro (University of Naples Federico II, CSEF and MoFiR)
Programme Committee:
Isha Agarwal (University of British Columbia Sauder)
Pietro Alessandrini (Università Politecnica delle Marche and MoFiR)
Thorsten Beck (European University Institute and CEPR)
Diana Bonfim (Banco de Portugal, ECB, and Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics)
Martin Brown (Study Center Gerzensee and University of St. Gallen)
Claire Célérier (University of Toronto and CEPR)
Geraldo Cerqueiro (Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics)
Nicola Cetorelli (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Ben Charoenwong (INSEAD)
Cláudia Custódio (Imperial College Business School and CEPR)
Ralph De Haas (EBRD, KU Leuven and CEPR)
Hans Degryse (KU Leuven and CEPR)
Andrew Ellul (Indiana University, ECGI and CEPR)
Isil Erel (Ohio State University)
Leonardo Gambacorta (Bank for International Settlements and CEPR)
Mariassunta Giannetti (Stockholm School of Economics and CEPR)
Arpit Gupta (NYU Stern)
Nandini Gupta (Indiana University)
Kinda Hachem (University of Virginia)
Rustom M. Irani (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and CEPR)
Agnese Leonello (European Central Bank)
Nicola Limodio (Bocconi University and CEPR)
José María Liberti (DePaul University, Northwestern University and MoFiR)
David Martinez Miera (Universidad Carlos III and CEPR)
Raoul Minetti (Michigan State University)
Camelia Minoiu (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Thomas Mosk (Queen Mary University London)
Karsten Müller (National University of Singapore)
Lars Norden (Brazilian School of Economics and Finance)
Marco Pagano (University of Naples Federico II, CSEF, EIEF and CEPR)
Sergio Schmukler (World Bank and MoFiR)
Enrico Sette (European Central Bank)
André F. Silva (Federal Reserve Board)
Janis Skrastins (Washington University in St. Louis)
Jason Sturgess (Queen Mary University of London)
Hirofumi Uchida (Kobe University and MoFiR)
Iichiro Uesugi (Hitotsubashi University and MoFiR)
Neeltje Van Horen (Bank of England, University of Amsterdam and CEPR)
