2007 European Banking Symposium

Chateau St. Gerlach, Maastricht

Presentation	Discussion
Bank Mergers
Bank Mergers and the Dynamics of Deposit Rates - B. Craig and V. Dinger [pres]	H. Sander, University of Applied Sciences Cologne [disc]
Bank Market Structure and Firm Capital Structure in Europe - L. Baert and R. Vander Vennet [pres]	T. van Veen, Maastricht University
Creditor Concentration: An Empirical Investigation - S. Ongena, G. Tümer-Alkan, and N. v. Westerhagen [pres]	W. Wagner, University of Tilburg [disc]
Credit Risk
Credit Derivatives and Loan Pricing - L. Norden and W. Wagner [pres]	M. Flood, Federal Housing Finance Board [disc]
Time for a Change: Loan Conditions and Bank Behaviour when Firms Switch - V. Ioannidou and S. Ongena [pres]	G. Iannotta, Bocconi University [disc]
Information Asymmetry and the Pricing of Private Debt - Evidence from European Syndicated Loans - O. Bosch	R. Calcagno, Vrije Universiteit

Presentation	Discussion
Risk Management
Competition, Risk-Shifting, and Public Bail-Out Policies - R. Gropp, H. Hakenes, and I. Schnabel [pres]	L. Baert, Ghent University [disc]
Financial Integration, Specialization, and Systemic Risk - F. Fecht, H. P. Grüner, and P. Hartmann [pres]	R. Versteeg, Maastricht University [disc]
The Impact of Revenue Diversity on Banking System Stability - O. de Jonghe [pres]	B. Candelon, Maastricht University [disc]
Banking Regulation
Modelling the Distribution of Credit Losses with Observable and Latent Factors - G. Jiménez and J. Mencía [pres]	K. Roszbach, Sveriges Riksbank
Recovery Rates of Commercial Lending: Empirical Evidence for German Companies - J. Grunert and M. Weber [pres]	A. Kadam, Cass Business School, City University [disc]
Why Do Large Banking Organisations hold so Much Capital? - A. Berger, R. De Young, and M. Flannery [pres]	M. Donders, Robeco