Wolpertinger Conference 2026

Wolpertinger2026 Conference detailed Program

Thursday 3 September 2026

12:00-13:30 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)

Thursday 3 September 2026
12:00-13:30
Room 5 - second floor Session 1 - Financial literacy , education and social challenges
CHAIR Camilla Mazzoli (Italy - Polytechnic of Marche)
• Financial Education Beyond School: Evidence on Students’ Financial Inclusion and Confidence from PISA 2022
  Topic 1 - Financial literacy, education and inclusion
  Presenter: Edoardo Lanciano (Italy - University of Roma Tre)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Edoardo Lanciano, Panu Kalmi
• Bridging the Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion: The Role of Literacy, Behavior and Risk Across Financial Products
  Topic 1 - Financial literacy, education and inclusion
  Presenter: Sofia Baiocco (Italy - Polytechnic of Marche)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Camilla Mazzoli, Sofia Baiocco
• Female Instructors, Confidence and Gender Stereotypes in an Introductory Finance Course
  Topic 1 - Financial literacy, education and inclusion
  Presenter: Chiara Pellegrino (Italy - University of Turin)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Chiara Pellegrino, Eleonora Isaia, Noemi Oggero, Paola de Vincentiis
• Monetary incentives to the green transition: The importance of Financial Literacy
  Topic 1 - Financial literacy, education and inclusion
  Presenter: Alessia Sconti (Italy - University of Bergamo)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Alessia Sconti

Thursday 3 September 2026
12:00-13:30
Classroom 6 - second floor Session 2 - Financial Literacy in Contemporary Economies: Firms, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainability
CHAIR Ornella Ricci (Italy - University of Roma Tre)
• Unlocking Competitive Advantage: Financial Literacy Across the Firm Life Cycle — A Systematic Review
  Topic 1 - Financial literacy, education and inclusion
  Presenter: Sabrina Severini (Italy - University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Germana Giombini, Sabrina Severini
• Sustainable literacy: trends, themes, and disciplinary adoption in the literature
  Topic 1 - Financial literacy, education and inclusion
  Presenter: Raja Nabeel Ud Din Jalal (Italy - University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milan)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Evita Allodi, Doriana Cucinelli, Raja Nabeel Ud Din Jalal, Milena Migliavacca
• Financial Literacy of the Self-Employed: Evidence from the OECD financial literacy surveys
  Topic 1 - Financial literacy, education and inclusion
  Presenter: Federico Malerba (Italy - University of Milan-Bicocca)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Paola Bongini, Federico Malerba, Panu Kalmi

Thursday 3 September 2026
12:00-13:30
Classroom 4 - second floor Session 3 - Corporate finance
CHAIR Emanuele Bajo (Italy - University of Bologna)
• To Whom Are State-Owned Enterprises Sold? Strategic vs Financial Buyers
  Topic 10 - Corporate finance
  Presenter: Francesco Baldi (Italy - University of Bologna)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Francesco Baldi, Neophytos Lambertides, William Megginson
• Right-to-Work laws and Firm-Level Total Factor Productivity
  Topic 10 - Corporate finance
  Presenter: Zien Huang (UK - Loughborough University)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Zien Huang, Hong Liu, Lei Chen
• ’Not All Shocks Are Equal’: How Financial Flexibility Shapes Investors’ Reactions to Systemic Crisis
  Topic 10 - Corporate finance
  Presenter: Alessandro Gennaro (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Alessandro Gennaro, Cosimo Paccione, Fabiomassimo Mango, Giovanni Palomba

Thursday 3 September 2026
12:00-13:30
Classroom 3 - second floor Session 4 - Digitalization and AI in financial services
CHAIR Ewa Miklaszewska (Poland - Kraków University of Economics)
• Beyond digital finance: Understanding individuals’ digital appetite for advanced financial technologies adoption
  Topic 4 - Digitalization and AI in financial services
  Presenter: Simona Valenzano (Italy - University LUM Giuseppe Degennaro)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Simona Valenzano, Candida Bussoli, Lucrezia Fattobene, Giustina Secundo
• Does Artificial Intelligence adoption contribute to better bank performance? Evidence on efficiency and profitability from European banks
  Topic 4 - Digitalization and AI in financial services
  Presenter: Francesco Manta (Italy - University of Salento)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Francesco Manta, Valeria Stefanelli, Vittorio Boscia
• Customer perception of technological risk and institutional protection in banking: The evidence from Polish bank customers’ survey
  Topic 4 - Digitalization and AI in financial services
  Presenter: Ewa Miklaszewska (Poland - Kraków University of Economics)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Ewa Miklaszewska, Marcin Idzik
• Parsimony-Performance Trade-offs in Explainable Machine Learning for SME Default Prediction
  Topic 4 - Digitalization and AI in financial services
  Presenter: Matteo Pasquino (Italy - Polytechnic of Marche)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Matteo Pasquino, Elia Pacioni, Caterina Lucarelli, Davide Calvaresi

17:00-18:30 (Time Zone CEST Europe/Rome)

Thursday 3 September 2026
17:00-18:30
Room 5 - second floor Session 5 - Supervision and regulation in financial markets
CHAIR Franco Fiordelisi (Italy - University of Roma Tre)
• Branch Quality, Monetary Tightening, and Deposit Stability
  Topic 15 - Regulation and behaviour of financial intermediaries
  Presenter: Joshua Cave (UK - University of Leeds)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Joshua Cave, Alessio Bongiovanni, Danilo Mascia
• We don´t want to and we don´t know how: Goal congruence and uncertainty decoupling enacted by top-managers in the Swedish banking industry
  Topic 15 - Regulation and behaviour of financial intermediaries
  Presenter: Magnus Willesson (Linnaeus University)
  Authors: Magnus Willesson, Viktor Elliot, Åke Freij, Torbjörn Jacobsson
• Liquidity requirements and non-bank financing
  Topic 2 - Financial system regulation and supervisory
  Presenter: Barbara Casu (UK - City University of London)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Barbara Casu, Mahmoud Fatouh, Beniamino Pisicoli, Virginia Pugliese

Thursday 3 September 2026
17:00-18:30
Classroom 6 - second floor Session 6 - Corporate governance
CHAIR Paola Brighi (Italy - University of Milan)
• Bank Misconduct, Environmental and Social Washing, and the Role of Female Directors
  Topic 9 - Corporate governance in the banking industry
  Presenter: Rodolfo Raimondi (Italy - University of Parma)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Doriana Cucinelli, Rodolfo Raimondi, Paola Schwizer, Maria Gaia Soana
• Banking on Resilience: Framing Risk and Recovery in Annual CEO Letters
  Topic 9 - Corporate governance in the banking industry
  Presenters: Jan Fryczak (Poland - Politechnika Lodzka), Jadwiga Machnik (Wroclaw University of Economics and Business)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Jan Fryczak, Jadwiga Machnik
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance Action on Crash risk, and the Role of People Attention during the Pandemic Crisis
  Topic 7 - ESG risks and sustainability
  Presenter: Viktoriia Paimanova (Italy - University of Naples, Pegaso)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Viktoriia Paimanova, Giuseppe Galloppo, Daniele Previati, Mauro Aliano

Thursday 3 September 2026
17:00-18:30
Classroom 4 - second floor Session 7 - FinTech, crypto and decentralised finance
CHAIR Francesco Saverio Stentella Lopes (Italy - University of Roma Tre)
• Bank Venture Capital and the Innovation Trajectory of Fintech Startups
  Topic 5 - FinTech, crypto and decentralised finance
  Presenter: Corrado Botta (Italy - Bocconi University)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Corrado Botta, Gimede Gigante, Silvia Rella
• Pre-Open Price Alignment in Continuous Crypto-Derivatives Markets: Exploratory Evidence from Hyperliquid
  Topic 5 - FinTech, crypto and decentralised finance
  Presenter: Vladimir Tsvetkov (China -- Shenzhen MSU-BIT university)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Vladimir Tsvetkov
• Cryptocurrencies as Financial Assets: A Market-Based Literature Review
  Topic 5 - FinTech, crypto and decentralised finance
  Presenter: Federica Castro (Italy - Sapienza University of Rome)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Federica Castro, Fabiomassimo Mango, Mavie Cardi, Dounia Boussaha

Thursday 3 September 2026
17:00-18:30
Classroom 3 - second floor Session 8 - Climate risk and financing decisions
CHAIR Marika Carboni (Italy - University of Roma Tre)
• The Role of Biodiversity Risk in Shaping Bank Lending Decisions
  Topic 7 - ESG risks and sustainability
  Presenter: Karoline Bax (Italy - University of Trento)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Karoline Bax, Aida Cehajic
• Climate Vulnerability, Geopolitical Risk, and Banks’ Operational Risk: A Scenario-Based Framework
  Topic 8 - Risk management in financial services
  Presenter: Maria Debora Braga (Italy - University of Valle d'Aosta)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Maria Debora Braga, Antonio Pesce, Maria Zoia
• Financing the sustainable transition: borrower profiles and credit risk in the Italian green auto loan market
  Topic 7 - ESG risks and sustainability
  Presenter: Luca Gambarelli (Italy - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
  Submission type: Standard paper
  Authors: Luca Gambarelli, Stefano Cosma, Daniela Pennetta

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