Financial Regulation and Governance

Empirical methods to evaluate financial regulation

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19/04/2017 - 20/04/2017

Location

Florence

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Level

Advanced, Intermediate

Approach

Qualitative, Quantitative

Delivery mode

Residential

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This course will introduce participants to the scientific literature on the methodological aspects in empirical banking, in particular in the empirical methods to evaluate financial regulation.

Topics covered

Overview: Current empirical methods to evaluate regulatory policies
Techniques: Heteroskedastic Modelling, Duration Analysis and Applications, Matching, Difference-in-Difference, Event Studies and Applications, Elements of an Identification Strategy.

The course will present the relevant research methodologies used in empirical banking, with a special emphasis on intertemporal (e.g., duration analysis and event study) and cross-sectional methods (e.g., matching).

Steven Ongena

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