Financial History Workshop | Euronext

Financial History

Workshop

Tuesday 5 November 2024

Euronext Brussels, rue du Marquis 1, 1000 Brussels

Agenda for the day

8:30 - 9:30

Welcome coffee followed by a market opening bell ceremony

Presence of Kanaal Z and ABMfn

9:30 - 11:00

Paper session 1

Paper 1.1 "Prices and Informed Trading: Evidence from an Early Stock Market"

Presenter: John Turner (Queen’s University Belfast)
Co-authors: Graeme Acheson (University of Strathclyde) and Christopher Coyle (Queen’s University Belfast)

Paper 2.2 "Shifting Fortunes: Portfolio Allocation of Parisian Investors from the Bell Epoque to the Great Depression"

Presenter: Amaury De Vicq (University of Groningen)
Co-author: Angelo Riva (Paris School of Economics)

11:00 - 11:15

Coffee break

11:15 - 12:45

Paper session 2

Paper 2.1 "Value Investing in the Art Market: The Collection of the London National Gallery, 1824-1994"

Presenter: Luisa Bilcalho Ritzkat (London School of Economics)

Paper 2.2 "Bankers’ Skin-in-the-game and Security Issuance"

Presenter: Eva Mulder (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Co-authors: Peter Koudijs (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

12:45 - 14:15

Networking lunch including a visit to La Bourse Beurs, the former exchange building

Optional

14:15 - 15:45

Paper session 3

Paper 3.1 "Board of directors and Initial public Offerings: Evidence from Belgium a century ago"

Presenter: Luca Farè (University of Bergamo)
Co-authors: Marc Deloof (University of Antwerp), Michele Meoli (University of Bergamo) and Silvio Vismara (University of Bergamo)

Paper 3.2 "Naming and shaming inequality in voting rights: Evidence from Belgian dual-class shares"

Presenter: Leentje Moortgat (Ghent University)
Co-authors: Abe de Jong (University of Groningen) and Marc Deloof (University of Antwerp)

15:45 - 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 - 17:45

Keynote by Sibylle Lehman (University of Hohenheim) followed by a panel discussion

17:45 - 18:00

Networking drinks

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