Call for papers: forthcoming conference 'Banking & the State'

A call for papers was launched in the context of the forthcoming conference ‘Banking & the State’, organized jointly by the European Association for Banking and Financial History (eabh), the Institut für Bank und Finanzgeschichte (IBF) and the LIF-SAFE Leibniz Institute for Financial Research, which will be held in Frankfurt am Main on 23 February 2021. 

This symposium will take an in-depth look at the complex relationship between the financial sector and the State. The approach will be comparative and historical, with a particular focus on the role of state development banks and regulatory particularities.

The organizers welcome paper proposals from an historical and an economic perspective that investigate:        

• the emergence and role of state-owned banks in Europe and the  formation of a dichotomy between the private and public banking sectors before 1945
• the impact of development and other state-owned banking on the private sector in the second half of the 20^th century due to the potential crowding-out/competitive effects
• the potential shift in the relative strength of the pillars and structure of the banking sector in the aftermath of the financial and the Covid-19 crises, the role of regulation and the Commission’s action plan fostering the capital markets union.                   
• comparisons of the model of Public Sector Development Financing (Förderbanken) with the Anglo-Saxon model of Private Sector Innovation Funding (Venture Capital)     

Deadline for submissions: 31 August 2020

The call for papers is available here.