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Euricse
International
Workshop
Cooperative Finance
and Sustainable
Development
Trento · 19-20 June 2014 · University of Trento
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Programme
18 June, Wednesday
at Euricse
16.00 - 18.00 > Registration - Euricse
18.30 - 20.00 > Welcome cocktail - Euricse
19 June, Thursday
Faculty of Law
08.30 - 09.15 Registration - Faculty of Law
09.15 - 09.30 Welcome and introduction
Carlo Borzaga, University of Trento, Euricse
Silvio Goglio, University of Trento
09.30 - 11.00 1st SESSION: Cooperative banks difference
Chair: Stefano Di Colli, Federcasse
• Tom Webb
Co-operative performance accounting and reporting:
accounting for the difference
• Simon Cornée, Panu Kalmi, Ariane Szafarz
Are social banks really different?
• Hans Groeneveld, Anais Périlleux
Is network the comparative advantage of cooperative
finance to mitigate risks?
11.00 - 11.15 Coffee Break
11.00 - 13.20 2nd SESSION: Cooperative banks vs. financial crisis
Chair: Giovanni Ferri, University Lumsa, Rome
• Angelo Leogrande
Cooperative banks vs. financial crisis: an application of the stv. vs. shv.
debate
• Massimo Arnone, Silvio Goglio
Effects of the global crisis on the stability of Italian cooperative credit
banks: a comparative analysis among the italian regions
• Mitja Stefancic
Performance of Italian Cooperative credit banks
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12.45 - 13.45 Lunch Break
13.45 - 14.45 Key note speech
Chair: Silvio Goglio, University of Trento
• Udo Reifner, University of Trento
Responsible financing
• Detlev Hummel, University of Potsdam
Member based and socially responsible institutions: what we learned
for the stability of banking systems in Europe
14.45 - 16.15 3rd SESSION: Cooperative banks and social capital
Chair: Yiorgos Alexopoulos, Euricse
• Paolo Emilio Mistrulli, Valerio Vacca
Social capital and the cost of credit in a crisis
• Ivana Catturani, Panu Kalmi and Maria Lucia Stefani
Social capital and the credit cooperative banks
• Akis Kleanthous
Cypriot Credit Union perceptions of membership engagement
16.15 - 16.30 Coffee Break
17.00 - 19.00 4th SESSION: Challenges and opportunities for cooperative banks
Chair: Panu Kalmi, University of Vaasa
• Manolis Tzouvelakas
Social finance tools for cooperation and development: the cooperative
banking sector as a potential pillar for impact investments in Greece
• Yifat Solel
The challenges of starting a cooperative bank: the israeli experience
• Dominik Schätzle
Basel III capital regulation and German Co-operative banks. An
empirical analysis of the impacts
20.00 - 22.00 Dinner
20 June, Friday
Faculty of Law
8.45 - 11.00 5th SESSION (invited): Regulation, efficacy and stability:
challenges for the Italian BCCs
Chair: Roberto Tamborini, University of Trento
Discussants: Yiorgos Alexopoulos, Euricse
Lucio Gobbi, University of Trento
• Paolo Coccorese, Giovanni Ferri, Punziana Lacitignola, Juan Lopez
Market Structure, Inner vs. Outer Competition: The Case of BCCs in Italy
• Vincenzo D’Apice, Giovanni Ferri, Punziana Lacitignola
Rating performance and bank business models: is there a reversal with
the global crisis?
• Edoardo Gaffeo, Massimo Molinari
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Macroprudential consolidation policy in interbank networks
• Edoardo Gaffeo, Massimo Molinari
Interbank operations among cooperative banks: a network approach
11.00 - 11.15 Coffee Break
11.15 - 12.45 6th SESSION: Cooperative finance in the world
Chair: Detlev Hummel, University of Potsdam
•S.Nakkiran
A study on the effectiveness of credit provided by savings and credit
cooperatives ( SACCOs ) in Ambo Town, Ethiopia
• Hubert Patrice Zouatcham
The notion of membership in credit union under business harmonized
law in Africa (OBHLA): plea for a redefinition of the concept of a
membership in financial cooperatives
• Xavier Wilson
Financial performance of Tier-II. Central cooperative banks in India
Conclusions