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10th International PhD Meeting in Economics 2026

July 10–11, 2026

Conference Program

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All times are in Thessaloniki local time (UTC+3).

Invited Keynote Speakers

Friday, 10th July 2026

08:00–08:50
Registration
08:50–09:00
Welcome Speech
09:00–11:00
Session ARoom A
Climate Risks & Housing Dynamics
Chair: George Voucharas
  1. The Impact of Flood Disasters on Housing Markets: Evidence from the 2013 Floods in Germany
    Wust Jullian (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany)
  2. Drought Shocks and Corporate Dynamics: Evidence from European Firms
    Leonardo Ciotti (LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy)
  3. The Evolving Role of the Housing Market in Europe: From Crisis to Recovery
    Kosmas Kosmidis (University of Western Macedonia, Greece)
  4. Mapping the Greek Housing Market Uncertainty
    George Voucharas (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
Session ARoom B
Firms, SMEs & Institutional Quality
Chair: Ilias Aretos
  1. Managerial Human Capital and SME Performance in Developing Economies: A Multidimensional and Contextual Analysis
    Philisilar Kwamboka Kefa (John Von Neumann University, Hungary)
  2. Determinants of Electricity Constraints by Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
    Elizabeth Njiru (University of Szeged, Hungary)
  3. Political Regimes and Microfinance Regulations
    Collins Ngwa (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
  4. Firm Growth and Public Corruption: An Empirical Investigation
    Ilias Aretos (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)
Session ARoom C
Monetary Policy & Macro-Finance
Chair: Rodrigo Morales Mendoza
  1. A Structural Theory of Monetary Circulation
    Konstantinos Beltsios (Independent Researcher, Greece)
  2. Average Inflation Targeting and the Optimal Inflation Averaging Horizon
    Jan Ježek (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
  3. Central Bank Solvency, Global Risk Transmission and Stock Market Returns
    Tobias Geisler (TU Dresden, Germany)
  4. Monetary Policy: Effectiveness and Trust
    Rodrigo Morales Mendoza (Ave Maria University, USA)
Session ARoom D
Energy & Climate Policy
Chair: Napat Ouicharoen
  1. Methodological Challenges in the Cost-Benefit Analysis of EU ETS2 in Urban Public Transport: A Critical Realist Perspective
    Mikołaj Ksieniewicz (Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland)
  2. Income, Incentives, and Residential Solar Adoption
    Clemens Oberhuemer (Universitat Pompeu Fabra & Barcelona School of Economics, Spain)
  3. Assessing the Impact of the EU Emissions Trading System on Airline Efficiency and Emissions: Conceptual Research Framework
    Efrossini Chelmi (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
  4. Economic Analysis of Energy Policy: Contracts for Differences
    Napat Ouicharoen (University of York, UK)
11:00–11:20
Coffee Break
11:20–13:20
Session BRoom A
Banking & Financial Regulation
Chair: Sarah Vella
  1. Quantifying Financial Repression in Emerging Markets
    Mert Onen (University College London, UK)
  2. Regional variations in the use of online banking in selected EU countries between 2015 and 2025
    Wiktor Rak (Kielce University of Technology, Poland)
  3. Sovereign Risk or Monetary Policy? The Two Channels of Yield Curve Steepening and Euro Area Bank Lending
    Adlung Darius (University of Basel, Switzerland)
  4. Beyond Borders: The Impact of Mandatory Reciprocity in Capital Regulation on Cross-border Lending
    Sarah Vella (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Session BRoom B
Gender, Family & Labour
Chair: Camilla Bianchi
  1. Hours, Wages, and the Structure of Gender Earnings Inequality in the US, 1980–2023
    Nour Chamseddine (University of Barcelona, Spain)
  2. Sorting into Family-Friendly Firms and the Parenthood Pay Gap
    Karin Zimmerman (Umeå University, Sweden)
  3. Why Wanting a Child Is Not Enough: Marriage-Time Future Constraints and Fertility Realization in Japan
    Zhijie Wang (KU Leuven, Belgium)
  4. When Caregiving Compounds: Risky or Not? Evidence from Parental Health Shocks
    Camilla Bianchi (LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy)
Session BRoom C
Technology, Digital Economy & Labour
Chair: Haonan Su
  1. Organizational Dynamics of Workforce Diversity: The Role of Human Resource Management Practices
    Iustin-Madalin Chihaia (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania)
  2. The Effect of the GDPR on Children's Online Behaviour
    Moe Murakami (University of Essex, UK)
  3. The Digital Solopreneur: Navigating the Frontier of the Gig Economy and Autonomous Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
    Diana Motelica (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania)
  4. Income inequality, robot adoption and informality in the developing countries
    Haonan Su (University of Bath, UK)
Session BRoom D
Crime, Place-Based Policy & Political Legacies
Chair: Christina Aranzana Moreno
  1. Anti-Narcotics Police Raids and Crime: Evidence from Buenos Aires Informal Settlements
    Santiago Cesteros (University of Barcelona, Spain)
  2. My sheep hear my voice: The effect of papal speech on anti-immigration hate crimes in Italy
    Vincent Korletey Apetorgbor (University of Padova, Italy)
  3. Art of Deterrence: The Unintended Effects of Public Art
    Elia Acciai (University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy)
  4. The Political Legacy of Displacement: Evidence from the Spanish Republican Exile
    Christina Aranzana Moreno (University of Barcelona, Spain)
13:20–14:30
Lunch (University Restaurant)
14:30–15:30
Keynote Speech: Mette Asmild
Title: TBA
Chair: TBA
15:30–17:30
Session CRoom A
Labour, Migration & Wage Inequality
Chair: Senterre Thomas
  1. Institutional Mediation of Human and Social Capital in the Labour-Market Integration of Ukrainian Refugee Mothers in the Czech Republic
    Alisa Lapyhina (European Research University, Czech Republic)
  2. Banned from Working: Female Labour Exclusion and Welfare Loss in Afghanistan
    Lena Uzelac (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)
  3. The interplay between formal and informal institutions and their impact on the integration of migrants in the labor market
    Emna Zouari (University of Foggia, Italy)
  4. Does Field of Study Shape the Gender Wage Gap? The Role of Migration Background
    Senterre Thomas (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Session CRoom B
Inequality, Public Policy & Social Outcomes
Chair: Juan Pascual Torres
  1. Wealth, Diversification and Return Heterogeneity in Brussels and Antwerp
    Nicolas Brenninkmeijer (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
  2. Public Expenditure on Education and the Quality of Educational Services in Poland and Selected EU Countries, 2015–2025
    Jacub Barucha (Kielce University of Technology, Poland)
  3. Does Risk Shape Economies? Income Volatility and Structural Change
    Andrea Motolla (University of Cagliari, Italy)
  4. From Detention to Prevention: Using Education to Foster Safer Neighborhoods
    Juan Pascual Torres (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Session CRoom C
Health Economics & Public Health
Chair: Ottavia Capozzi
  1. Provider Behaviour and Quality of Care: Causal Evidence from Deviations in Intended Surgical Management
    Santiago Palacio Ciro (University of York, UK)
  2. Pandemics, Inclusive Growth, and the Role of Public Health Expenditure: Evidence from Local Projections
    Selin Ozdamar (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
  3. From Treatment to Safety: The Role of Substance Use Treatment in Preventing Intimate Partner Violence
    Catarina Meneses (Northeastern University, USA)
  4. Of Mice and Women The Health Returns to Sex-Inclusive Biomedical Research in the US
    Ottavia Capozzi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
Session CRoom D
Asset Pricing & Financial Markets
Chair: Francesca Macchia
  1. Fund Portfolio Regularization and the Low-Volatility Anomaly
    Myftar Mema (Catholic University, Milan, Italy)
  2. Market Stress, Energy-Transition Shocks, and the ESG-Conventional Equity Spread: Quantile Evidence from European Equity Indices
    Gabriel Robert Saiu (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)
  3. Macro-Financial Transmission and Tail Risk in Central and Eastern European Equity Markets
    Ionescu Iulian-Gabriel (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)
  4. Quantile-based Asset Pricing and Physical Climate Risk
    Francesca Macchia (LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy)
20:30
Conference Dinner (Massalia Restaurant)

Saturday, 11th July 2026

08:30–09:00
Registration
09:00–11:00
Session DRoom A
Monetary Policy & Inflation
Chair: Gabriele Maugeri
  1. Is monetary policy affecting inequality? A cross-country analysis
    Pietro Zanetti (LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy)
  2. Sectoral Structure and the Real Effects of Monetary Policy: Evidence from US States-Sectors Responses
    Dalya Bakry (University of Milan & University of Pavia, Italy)
  3. Inflation Dynamics Beyond the Mean: A Time-Varying Multiple-Quantile Phillips Curve with Quantile-Heterogenous Slopes
    Tibor Pal (University of Salerno, Italy)
  4. Subjective Monetary Policy Rule
    Gabriele Maugeri (Bocconi University, Italy)
Session DRoom B
Firm Dynamics, Markets & Managerial Outcomes
Chair: Eva Maria Perez Martel
  1. Do well, sell well: Pricing ESG rating divergence in M&A deals
    Joel Sarkisyan (Zeppelin University, Germany)
  2. Passive Ownership and Market Selection: Evidence from U.S. Zombie Companies
    Gennaro Brosco (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
  3. Unequal Pay for Equal Luck: The Pay of Managers versus Workers
    Angelina Odintsova (Aarhus University, Denmark)
  4. Peer-Effects in the Private Market
    Eva Maria Perez Martel (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)
Session DRoom C
Energy, Water & Environmental Regulation
Chair: Alessandro Ciferri
  1. Credit Access, Financial Stress, and Participation in Residential Energy Retrofit: Evidence from Owner-Occupied Multifamily Buildings
    Aniko Dobi-Rozsa (University of Pannonia, Hungary)
  2. Oil Demand under Structural Adjustment: Cointegration Evidence from Greece (2002–2024)
    Ioannis Iliadis (University of Macedonia, Greece)
  3. Revenue Cap Regulation, Demand uncertainty, Incentives in Electricity Networks
    Evelina Jansson (Umeå University, Sweden)
  4. The Effects of Regulation on Investments in Water Markets: the Italian Case
    Alessandro Ciferri (LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy)
Session DRoom D
Behavioural, Data Sharing & Applied Methods
Chair: Anastasiia Lisovaia
  1. Experiment-based approaches to risk aversion
    Laura Vasile (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)
  2. Bayesian hierarchical model for TV attribution: an e-commerce case study
    Mihai Bizovi (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)
  3. A Design-Based Approach to Network Interference under Egocentric Sampling
    Faranak Alikhah (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)
  4. Maximising Data Sharing: Individual or Intermediary-mediated Choice?
    Anastasiia Lisovaia (LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy)
11:00–11:20
Coffee Break
11:20–13:20
Session ERoom A
International Macro, Trade & Structural Transformation
Chair: Takondwa Chauma
  1. The evolution of China’s labor market institutions: as a source of comparative advantage and social inequality
    Yanrong Guo (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland)
  2. Beyond borders in reverse: Do multinational deinternationalize or reorganize in the age of sino-US hegemonic rivalry
    Niko Ippendorf (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
  3. Demand-side Effects of Income Inequality on Structural Transformation
    Santiago Gamba-Santamaria (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
  4. Macroeconomic dynamics of foreign aid in small open sub-Saharan African economies
    Takondwa Chauma (University of Sheffield, UK)
Session ERoom B
Education, Gender & Human Capital
Chair: Katharina Koeppl
  1. Schooling the Status Quo: How Policy-Induced Education Reduces Traditional Gender Norms in Nigeria
    Desmond Mbe-Nyire Mpuure (University of Alicante, Spain)
  2. Who’s in the Exam Room? Gender Composition and Student Performance
    Yushao Ye (NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway)
  3. When Cash Comes Late: Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer on Female Education in India
    Milind Milind (Bocconi University, Italy)
  4. Apprenticeship Training and Establishment-Level Worker Churn: Evidence from Germany
    Katharina Koeppl (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
Session ERoom C
Political Economy, Institutions & Historical Development
Chair: Nurlan Pashazade
  1. Proximity to public institutions and economic development. Lessons from the capital relocation in Kazakhstan
    Zhaniya Idrissova (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)
  2. Sick of Waiting: Historical Disease and the Demographic Transition Dynamics
    Evi Antonopoulou (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)
  3. Domestic Ownership of Reforms in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Five Eurozone Bailout Cases
    Ioanna Litsiou (University of Macedonia, Greece)
  4. Decomposing Institutional Frictions: How Formal and Informal Distances Shape Trade Across Economic Complexity Levels
    Nurlan Pashazade (University of Latvia, Latvia)
13:20–14:30
Lunch (University Restaurant)
14:30–15:30
Keynote Speech: Judit Vall Castello
Title: TBA
Chair: TBA
15:30–17:30
Session FRoom A
Financial Markets, Sovereign Risk & Portfolio Allocation
Chair: Iginio Marchesini Reggiani
  1. Non-Gaussian Dependence and Long-Memory Effects in Thematic Energy Portfolio Allocation: A DCC-GARCH and Fractional HRP Framework
    Bogdan Liviu Mihai (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)
  2. Counterfactual SVAR: The case of BTP-Bund Spreads
    Antonio Piacetino (LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy)
  3. BigTech Credit-Market Competition and Financial Stability
    Gustavo Noguera (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)
  4. An Optimal Policy Perspective On Volcker Disinflation
    Iginio Marchesini Reggiani (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
Session FRoom B
Education, Family & Human Capital
Chair: Yi Tang
  1. Social Interactions and the Dynamics of Parental Leave Take-Up in a Discrete Choice Model
    Emma Fantappiè (Tuscan University, Italy)
  2. Shaping Social Norms: The Effects of Sex Education on Gender Gaps in Labor Market Outcomes
    Maddalena Grignani (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
  3. Parental Belief, Parental Investment and Children’s Outcomes
    Yi Tang (University of Surrey, UK)
  4. Do Teachers Favour Girls in Grading? A Difference-in-Differences Study Based on England Cohort and Administrative Data
    Yi Tang (University of Surrey, UK)
Session FRoom C
Public Governance & Organisational Innovation
Chair: Sharif Sonaina
  1. Community-Based Social Innovation in the Care Economy: Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Parents’ House Model
    Judit Regos (Széchenyi István University, Hungary)
  2. The Paradox of Efficiency: Reactive Ambidexterity and Resource Allocation in Public University IT Departments
    Nora Noceir (University of Mons, Belgium)
  3. Governance Friction and the Fragmented Implementation of Data-Driven Innovation in Healthcare
    Aiga Balode (Riga Stradins University, Latvia)
  4. Resilience and Innovation in a UK Health Charity: A Case Study of the British Heart Foundation during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Sharif Sonaina (University of South Wales, UK)

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