4th Workshop of CASFI
The 4th CASFI workshop will take place in October 27-28, 2025. It brings together fellows and invited speakers to present and discuss current research in the field of finance and inequality. The program combines keynote lectures with presentations by four CASFI fellows, who will introduce their projects and preliminary findings. Each session follows a 30-minute presentation and a 15-minute discussion format, ensuring space for scholarly exchange and feedback.
Date
Monday, October 27, 2025
1:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
9:00 am - 2:30 pm
Location
Center for Advanced Studies Finance & Inequality (CASFI)
Kaiserplatz 7-9
53113 Bonn
Seminar room, 5th floor
Agenda
1:15 – 2:00 pm
Coffee & Sandwiches
2:00 – 2:10 pm
Welcome Carsten Burhop
2:10 – 2:55 pm
Per H. Hansen (Copenhagen Business School)
“JUMP! You fuckers!” Narratives of bankers in the aftermath of the interwar and 2008 financial crises
2:55 – 3:40 pm
Pamfili Antipa (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Politician profits in turbulent times: Evidence from MP investments during Britain’s return to the gold standard
3:40 – 4.15 pm
Coffee break
4:15 – 5:00 pm
Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos (The Open University)
Capital as a Financial Asset: Historical Perspectives on its Management
5:00 – 5:45 pm
Elissa Iorgulescu (University of Münster)
Does Options Trading Matter for Risk Management? Insights from the 1936 Options Ban
from 5:45 pm
Evening program
9:00 – 9:45 am
Mintra Dwarkasing (University of Bonn)
Civil War Battles and Credit Markets
9:45 – 10:30 am
Catherine Schenk (University of Oxford)
Politics and Payments Systems: Financial Sanctions since 1950
10:30 – 11:00 am
Coffee break
11.00 – 11.45 am
Ruben Peeters (University of Antwerp)
The Financial Inclusion of Migrants: Antwerp 1830-1870
11:45 – 12:30 pm
Amaury De Vicq de Cumptich (University of Groningen)
Protestantism, social mobility and economic prosperity in the Netherlands
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Light Lunch
1:30 – 2:15 pm
Pierre Etienne Brassac (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Wealth Accumulation in WW2-Paris
2:15 – 3:00 pm
Carsten Burhop (University of Bonn)
The return on Empire
3:00 – 3:15 pm
Farewell
