The PhD Mentoring Day will be held on July 8, 2026, one day prior to the start of the 33rd Finance Forum coordinated by Scientific Committee Director, Victoria Vanasco (CREI and AEFIN) and Sergio Vicente (Université du Luxembourg)
Sergio Vicente is Assistant Professor at the Department of Finance of the University of Luxembourg. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University and an M.A. in Economics from Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona. His research interests focus on banking theory, empirical banking, banking regulation, FinTech and political economy.
Juanita González-Uribe is Associate Professor in Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She holds a Ph.D. in Finance and Economics from Columbia University. She is a research fellow at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research, where she co-organizes the We_ARE Women in Economics seminar series. She is also co-director of LSE’s Financial Markets Group. She specializes in entrepreneurship, private equity and innovation.
Joel Shapiro is Professor of Financial Economics at the University of Oxford. He received his PhD in Economics in 2000 from Princeton University. His main area of expertise is the regulation and governance of financial institutions. His work has been cited by regulators such as the SEC, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the European Commission, and he has been invited by regulatory authorities such as the SEC, Bank of England, ESMA, New York Fed, and ECB to present his work and discuss policy matters. He is on the advisory board of SOFR Academy.
MENTORS
We will also have a group of outstanding mentors attending students’ presentations and offering them valuable feedback:
Chair: Eva Schliephake (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
Mentor: José María Martín-Flores (CUNEF)
Mentor: Javier Suárez (CEMFI)
Chair: Andrés Almazán (The University of Texas at Austin)
Mentor: Anna Toldrà (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Mentor: Pablo Ruiz-Verdú (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Chair: José Faias (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
Mentor: Belén Nieto (University of Alicante)
Mentor: Pedro Saffi (CUNEF)
| 8:45-9:00 | Registration | Main Hall |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome to the PhD Mentoring Day Roberto Steri (University of Luxembourg) |
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| 9:15-10:15 | Mentoring Advice I Diana Bonfim (Banco de Portugal, ECB, Católica Lisbon) |
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| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee Break | Cafetería |
| 10:45-13:05 | Morning Parallel Sessions I. Asset Pricing II. Corporate Finance |
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| 13:05-14:30 | Lunch Break | El Txoko del Sadar |
| 14:30-16:50 | Afternoon Parallel Sessions III. Intermediaries IV. Banking |
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| 17:00-18:00 | Mentoring Advice II Fernando Zapatero (Boston University) |
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| 18:00-18:15 | Farewell Roberto Steri (University of Luxembourg) |
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July 2, 2025, 10:45 to 13:05
Location: A-005
Session Chair: Dante Amengual (CEMFI)
Mentors: Juan-Pedro Gómez (IE Business School)
Jose Penalva (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Short Sales and the Cash Flow Channel: Evidence from FOMC Announcements
Presenter: Bogdan Stankovski (Vienna Graduate School of Finance)
Does Retail Order Flow Internalization Increase Information Acquisition?
Presenter: David García-Méndez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Pairs-Trading a Sparse Synthetic Control
Presenter: Jesús Villota-Miranda (CEMFI)
Asset Systematic Risk and Capital Structure
Presenter: Javier Martinez (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha)
July 2, 2025, 10:45 to 13:05
Location: A-006
Session Chair: Andres Almazan (University of Texas at Austin)
Mentors: Anna Toldrà (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Roberto Steri (University of Luxembourg)
Female Skin in the Game: Bridging the Gender Financing Gap
Presenter: Kristine Sahakyan (ESCP Business School)
Do the elements of biodiversity affect financial risk? An analysis for US firms
Presenter: Almudena García-Sanz (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
The Strategic ESG Talk and Investor Bias
Presenter: Fangfang Wang (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Competition Laws and Corporate Financial Structure. A Channel Analysis
Presenter: Amós Garcia Martinez (Universidad de Oviedo)
July 2, 2025, 14:30 to 16:50
Location: A-005
Session Chair: Fernando Zapatero (Boston university)
Mentors: Pablo Ruiz-Verdú (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Rafael Zambranana (University of Notre Dame)
Asset (and Data) Managers
Presenter: Marco Zanotti (Swiss Finance Institute; USI Lugano)
Man vs. Machine: The Influence of AI Forecasts on Investor Beliefs
Presenter: Francesco Stradi (KU Leuven)
How to Model Bank Competition: The Case for Cournot
Presenter: Chiara Lattanzio (University College London)
Does your neighbor’s debt crowd out yours?
Presenter: Sameh Marei (ESADE Business School)
July 2, 2025, 14:30 to 16:50
Location: A-005
Session Chair: Diana Bonfim (Banco de Portugal, ECB, Católica Lisbon)
Mentors: David Martíne-Miera (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Sergio Vicente (University of Luxembourg)
Javier Suarez (CEMFI)
Real Effects of Bernanke-Kuttner: The Risk Channel of Monetary Policy on Corporate Investment
Presenter: Zhou Ren (Vienna Graduate School of Finance)
Anything but Equity – On Banks’ Preference for Hybrid Debt
Presenter: Tanja Brieden (Vienna Graduate School of Finance)
Balancing Trade-offs: Bank Run Risk and Interest Rate Risk Management for Small Banks
Presenter: Debosmita Chatterjee (City St George’s University of London)
The expected loss model and model-based regulation: unintended effects on income smoothing
Presenter: Mariana González Alzueta (Universidad de Oviedo
