ECOBATE 2016 Best Paper Awards

ECOBATE 2016 was held in two Winchester locations this year. The academic papers were presented at the University of Winchester Business School in Romsey Road and from mid-afternoon the public session was back in its usual place down at the Guildhall. In a new development for ECOBATE, the morning's academic input of nearly 70 papers was recognised through Best Paper Awards which Sir Vince Cable presented as follows:

1. Category - Banks vs Financial Institutions 
Robert Unger,  Deutsche Bundesbank. 
BEST BANKING PAPER
Traditional banks, shadow banks and the US credit boom - credit origination versus financing  
  
2. Category - Global vs local banking
Sefika Betul Esen, Prof Yener Altunbas, Prof John Thornton, Bangor.
BEST REGIONAL GROWTH PAPER
The effect of banks on regional economic development 

3. Category - Monetary policy 1 
Giorgio Caselli, Catarina, Figueira, Joseph G. Nellis, Cranfield. 
BEST MONETARY PAPER
Monetary policy, ownership structure and bank risk taking: Evidence from Europe 

4. Category - Financial Development
Martin Eihak, Davide S Mare, Martin Melecky. Edinburgh. 
BEST INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION PAPER
The nexus of financial inclusion and financial stability

5. Category - Financial history 
Konstantin Kiesel, Felix Noth. Halle
MOST INVENTIVE PAPER
When debt spells sin: Does religiosity guard against over-indebtedness?

6. Category - Commodities, Gold & FX
Shubasis Dey. IIMK/Kerala
BEST HISTORY PAPER
Historical events and the gold price 

7. Category - Banking and Risk
Ariel J Sun, Jorge A Chan-Lau. Cass Business School
BEST APPLIED NETWORKS PAPER
Financial networks and interconnectedness risk in an advanced emerging market economy 

8. Money Creation & Eurosystem 
Alexey Ponomarenko. Central Bank of Russia
BEST INTERNATIONAL CREDIT CREATION PAPER
The note on money creation in emerging market economies 

ECOBATE 2016 was organised by ARBE which was founded by Prof Richard Werner (Chair International Banking, University of Southampton). ARBE (Association for Research on Banking and the Economy) is also holding the Oxford Seminars at 15.30 hrs on the next four Fridays 18, 25 Nov; 2, 9 Dec. at Linacre College, St.Cross Rd, Oxford OX1 3JA