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Plenary Panel: How Can Culture Improve Financial Stability?
Biography: Charles Calomiris is Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, Professor at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, and former President of the International Atlantic Economic Society. He is a member of the Shadow Open Market Committee and the Financial Economists Roundtable, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Calomiris holds a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University. His research spans several areas, including banking, corporate finance, financial history, and monetary economics.
Joseph P. Hughes, Rutgers University—USA
Hamid Mehran, Federal Reserve Bank of New York—USA
Joao Santos, Federal Reserve Bank of New York—USA
Anjan Thakor, Washington University, St. Louis—USA
Biography: Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School Director of Doctoral Programs and John E. Simon Professor of Finance
Lynn S. Paine, Harvard Business School—USA
Biography: John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean
Luigi Zingales, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business—USA
Presentation Title: Diagnosing the Italian disease
Biography: Luigi Zingales is Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and President of the American Finance Association. Zingales’ research interests span from corporate governance to financial development, from political economy to the economic effects of culture. His research has earned him the 2002 Nasdaq Award for best paper in capital formation, the 2003 Bernacer Prize for the best young European financial economist, and in 2012 he was named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of FP Top 100 Global Thinkers. Zingales holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.