The 4^th Vaasa Banking Research Workshop

The 4^th Vaasa Banking Research Workshop will take place on August 11, 2023, in Vaasa, Finland. We cordially invite submissions of completed and early-stage papers addressing different aspects of banking, financial intermediation, and financial stability. Areas of interest include but are not limited to the following topics:

• Financial intermediation and regulation
• Financial stability and economic growth
• Corporate governance of financial institutions
• Sustainability and social responsibility in the banking industry
• Risk management and measurement
• Politics and banking
• Financial innovation and recent banking sector developments

The keynote speaker will be Professor Iftekhar Hasan from Fordham University.

The Workshop is organized by the University of Vaasa and Hanken School of Economics and will take place at the Hanken School of Economics campus in Vaasa. The Workshop will be a one-day event with about 8-10 presentations.

Authors interested in presenting their research in-person at the Workshop in Vaasa should submit their papers via this submission form. The deadline for submissions is June 23, 2023. All authors will be notified about the status of their submissions by June 30, 2023. Hotel accommodation in Vaasa for the presenting authors will be provided by the organizers. There is no Workshop participation fee.

Click here to read the Call for Papers

Welcome to Vaasa!