12 October 2017

Morning Session

8.45 Registration

9.00 – Welcoming remarks: Chancellor of the University of Urbino, Prof. Vilberto Stocchi and Chair of the Department of Economics, Society, and Politics, Prof. Marco Cangiotti

9.15 – Morning Session 1. Chair: Traci Mach (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Keynote speaker: Annalisa Ferrando (European Investment Bank) “Investment and investment financing patterns in Europe”

Giovanni Ferri (LUMSA, CERBE and MoFiR), Pierluigi Murro (LUMSA, CERBE and CASMEF), Peruzzi Valentina (Università Politecnica delle Marche and MoFiR), Zeno Rotondi (UniCredit, CERBE and MoFiR) “Bank lending technologies and credit availability in Europe. What can we learn from the crisis?”

 Giorgio Calcagnini (University of Urbino and MoFiR) Rebel Cole (Florida Atlantic University), Germana Giombini (University of Urbino and MoFiR), Gloria Grandicelli (University of Urbino) “Hierarchy of Bank Loan Approval and Loan Performance”

10.45 – Coffee break

11.00 – Morning Session 2. Chair: Giuseppe Travaglini (University of Urbino)

Keynote speaker: Giuseppe Gramigna (SME Expert and Chief Economist) “Financial innovation and financing innovation: the case for mutual guarantee societies”

Michele Meoli (CCSE, University of Bergamo, and University of Augsburg), Eleonora Pierucci (University of Basilicata), Silvio Vismara (CCSE, University of Bergamo, and University of Augsburg), “The effects of public policies in fostering university spinoffs in Italy”

Claudia Capozza, Sergio Salomone and Ernesto Somma (University of Bari Aldo Moro) “Local industrial structure, agglomeration economies and the creation of innovative start-ups: evidence from the Italian case”

12.30 – Lunch

Afternoon session

14.00 –Afternoon Session 1. Chair: Elmer Sterken (University of Groningen and CESIfo)

Keynote speaker: Traci Mach (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) “The Impact of the Small Business Lending Fund on Community Bank Lending To Small Businesses”

Davide Dottori and Giacinto Micucci (Bank of Italy, Branch of Ancona – Economic Research Unit) “Corporate liquidity in Italy and its increase in the long recession”

Grilli Luca, Boris Mirkajic and Emanuele Giraudo (Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano) “Do the rules of the game determine who is playing? Institutional Change, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital”

15.30 – Coffee break

15.45 – Afternoon Session 2. Chair: Sandro Montresor (Kore University of Enna)

Keynote speaker: Larry Chavis (UNC-Chapel Hill)“SME Financing and Investment during the European Financial Crisis”

Kazuo Ogawa (Kansai Gaidai University), Elmer Sterken (University of Groningen and CESIfo), Ichiro Tokutsu (Kobe University)  “Small Firm Innovative Investment, Bank Lending and Uncertainty”

Tatiana Cesaroni, Riccardo De Bonis and Luigi Infante (Bank of Italy) “Firms’ financial surpluses in advanced economies: the role of net foreign direct investments”

Daniela Federici, Valentino Parisi and Francesco Ferrante (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio) “Firms’ Exports and Corporate Taxes: Panel Data Evidence from Italy”

17.45 – End of sessions

13 October 2017

Morning Session

9.00 – Morning Session 3. Chair: Annalisa Ferrando (European Investment Bank)

Keynote speaker: Salvatore Zecchini (UN Economic Commission for Europe) “Pitfalls in innovation policy making”

Bellucci Andrea (European Commission and MoFiR), Luca Pennacchio (Parthenope University of Naples), Alberto Zazzaro (University of Naples Federico II, Polytechnic University of Marche, MoFiR, and CSEF) “Regional R&D subsidies and SMEs’ indebtedness”

Giulio Cainelli (University of Padua), Valentina Giannini, Enrico Guzzini, Donato Iacobucci (Polytechnic University of Marche)“Small business groups, bank financing and the great recession”

Alessandro Berti (University of Urbino) “The assessment and risk management in times of crisis”

11.00 – Coffee break

11.15 – Round Table “What policies for the growth of Italian SMEs?” Giuseppe Coco (University of Florence and Italian Ministry for Territorial Cohesion and the Mezzogiorno), Giuseppe Gramigna (SME Expert and Chief Economist), Andrea Prandini (Territorial Manager Marche Region Division - UBI BANCA), Ilario Favaretto (University of Urbino), Massimiliano Londei (Sinergia Consulenze s.r.l.). Chairman: Giuseppe Travaglini (University of Urbino) 

12.45 – Lunch

End of Conference

The conference official languages are Italian and English, with simultaneous translation. The roundtable will be in Italian (with English translation).