This is the time of financial geographers’ life: A financial crisis, followed by an economic crisis, followed by a European sovereign debt crisis, the Eurosystem fully under stress, and the Brexit potentially shaking out the European system of financial centers. At the same time new currencies emerge, new technologies broaden access to finance, and pose a threat to incumbent financial players. More areas of life than ever are driven by financial considerations. Financial Geography is key!
The German Financial Geography Lab – Forschungswerkstatt Finanzgeographie – has a strong tradition: workshops took place in Vienna 2006, Osnabrück 2007, Heidelberg 2011, Eichstätt 2013, Münster 2014, Bonn 2015 and now, finance is coming home, in Frankfurt. This year’s workshop will be held completely in English in order to allow international participants to fully attend the lab.
We welcome papers in all areas of financial geography, broadly defined. There will be a special session on Brexit and related topics.
Preference will be given to complete (or almost complete) papers that are not yet accepted for publication. There will be an “Idea Session” for shorter interventions.
Please send in your papers or proposals until September 15, 2017 the latest to Michael Grote, m.grote@fs.de. Early entries are eligible for early acceptance.
Please note that the exact schedule is bound to change!
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Thursday, |
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12.00 – 13.15 |
Lunch |
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13.15 – 14.45 |
Dariusz Wójcik, |
Financial geography after the global financial crisis and Brexit |
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Larissa Schäfer, |
”Brexit" and the contraction of syndicated lending |
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14.45 – 15.15 |
Coffee |
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15.15 – 16.45 |
Janusz Brzeszczynski, |
Geographical Changes in Influence of Stock Trading Centres around the 2007 Global Financial Crisis |
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Britta Klagge, Hans-Martin Zademach, |
Stock exchanges in South-North perspective |
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16.45 – 17.00 |
Coffee |
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17.00 – 18.30 |
Idea Session |
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Slot A |
Christoph Scheuplein, |
Offshore fund domiciles and their discounts for private equity investors |
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Slot B |
Martin Sokol, |
Financial chains – a good idea? |
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Slot C |
Andreas Kuebart, |
Social Risk Capital - Seed accelerators as local anchors in trans‐locally shared practices |
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Slot D |
Francesco Citarella, Silvia Grandi, Chiara Tufarelli, |
Working Group on the Internationalization of the Italian Economy and the Role of Financial Institutions in Shaping SME Value Chain |
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Slot E |
Fabio Contel, |
International financial centers: looking for the relative position of Latin America in the global urban network |
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Slot F |
Nelson Rodriguez, |
Re-thinking financialization: how does financial capital engage with South America soybean chains |
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18.30 – 22.00 |
Dinner |
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Friday, |
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9.00 – 10.30 |
Michael Grote, |
Betting on Brexit |
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Stefan Gärtner, Franz Flögel, |
The Banking Systems of Germany, the UK and Spain from a spatial perspective: A comparison of bank-based business finance |
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10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee |
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11.00 – 12.30 |
Ewa Karwowski, |
Identifying the financial investment of non-financial firms: A case study of Dow Jones listed firms |
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Sabine Dörry, |
Epistemic authority and institutional power: the firm-profession nexus in finance |
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12.30 – 13.30 |
Lunch & Farewell |
The deadline for the call for papers has passed. However, if you are interested in joining the workshop’s auditorium, please drop me a mail: m.grote@fs.de .
Please note that in order to ensure a lively discussion in all slots participants need to commit themselves for the full workshop, running from Thursday, November 9, 12.00h to Friday, November 10, 13.00h. There is a fee of 30 Euro, payable in advance.
The Financial Geography Lab takes place in the new building of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management in the city of Frankfurt. The building by Henning Larsen Architects will open in October 2017 and, with more than 150m in length, is already a much-discussed landmark in Frankfurt. Please find more information on the building here: http://www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/about/campus.html
