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Thomas Lambert

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Associate Professor of Finance at Erasmus University Rotterdam, interested in political economy, entrepreneurship, banking, and corporate finance. Check out our initiative http://poleconfin.org

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Trump's Fed attacks puncture veneer of central bank independence If U.S. President Donald Trump's public attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell have achieved one thing, it has been to thrust the issue of central bank independence firmly into the spotlight. But this raises the question, what does 'independence' really mean?

Interesting @reuters.com article, referring to my research on central bank *de facto* independence 👇

www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

23.07.2025 11:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The economic consequences of Donald Trump’s second coming Preparing for a post-American world (part 2)

Great Free Lunch op-ed by @martinsandbu.ft.com discussing the @cepr.org eBook on the Economic Consequences of the Second Trump Administration that I coedited with Gary Gensler, Simon Johnson and Beatrice Weder di Mauro

www.ft.com/content/0892...

26.06.2025 15:34 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

Join us next week for the launch of The Economic Consequences of the Second Trump Administration edited with Gary Gensler, @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, @upanizza.bsky.social, @wederdim.bsky.social

@gvagrad.bsky.social

12.06.2025 12:41 — 👍 7    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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New research projects will bring scientific insights within a year Announcement of grants from the Dutch Research Council for curiosity-driven, innovative research.

Not all research takes years. Four impactful RSM projects have received €50,000 Dutch Research Council grants to deliver quick insights within a year- on global mobility, green lending, political risk, ESG performance, and climate-driven shifts in housing markets. Read more: ow.ly/hqRU50W3ZKB

05.06.2025 15:43 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
In a time of large shocks and rising inequality, the political divide is growing. Polarization forces changes to private and public governance, reshaping financial markets, corporate strategies and public policy.

How does corporate governance adjust in a more conflictual world? How do a divided society and politicized corporations respond to major societal challenges such as climate change or economic decline? How do inequality and politicization shape governance choices and the trade-offs faced by voters, businesses and governments? How can organisations foster trust and cohesion in an era of polarization?

The conference invites theoretical and empirical papers on these and related themes.

The conference keynote will be delivered by Nobel Laureate: 

Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics and CEPR)

This conference results from the merger of the conferences on Political Economy of Finance previously organised by PolEconFin and the Stigler Center, respectively. This revamped conference series is held annually and alternates between Europe and the United States.

The event, jointly hosted by the Stigler Center and The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), aims to bring together researchers active at the intersections between Economics, Finance, Political Science, Philosophy, and Law.

This conference is by invitation-only.

This edition is co-funded by Imperial College London and Erasmus Initiative ‘Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity’ at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

In a time of large shocks and rising inequality, the political divide is growing. Polarization forces changes to private and public governance, reshaping financial markets, corporate strategies and public policy. How does corporate governance adjust in a more conflictual world? How do a divided society and politicized corporations respond to major societal challenges such as climate change or economic decline? How do inequality and politicization shape governance choices and the trade-offs faced by voters, businesses and governments? How can organisations foster trust and cohesion in an era of polarization? The conference invites theoretical and empirical papers on these and related themes. The conference keynote will be delivered by Nobel Laureate: Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics and CEPR) This conference results from the merger of the conferences on Political Economy of Finance previously organised by PolEconFin and the Stigler Center, respectively. This revamped conference series is held annually and alternates between Europe and the United States. The event, jointly hosted by the Stigler Center and The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), aims to bring together researchers active at the intersections between Economics, Finance, Political Science, Philosophy, and Law. This conference is by invitation-only. This edition is co-funded by Imperial College London and Erasmus Initiative ‘Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity’ at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

📢 #CallForPapers 5th Stigler Center-CEPR #Conference Governance in a Polarized World

The event aims to bring together researchers active in Economics, Finance, Political Science, Philosophy, and Law.

Keynote: Jean Tirole

📆Deadline: 22 June 2025

Find out more: cepr.org/events/stigl...
#EconSky

21.03.2025 13:18 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 3
How Mega-Donors Influence Politics in the US | RSM StudyRotterdam school of Management, Erasmus University logoRotterdam school of Management, Erasmus University compact logo New research reveals how mega-donors’ political contributions impact US legislators' voting patterns, aligning policies with wealthy interests and deepening inequality. Learn more.

Super nice and important work by my colleague Guosong Xu showing that legislators' voting patterns have increasingly aligned with the interests of the affluent and become less attuned to the priorities of lower-income constituents:
www.rsm.nl/discovery/20...

11.02.2025 09:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
ENTFIN CfP

ENTFIN CfP

❗ Submission deadline ... ❗

... to submit a paper to the ENTFIN's 2025 Annual Meeting at @rsmerasmus.bsky.social is approaching

Please send your submissions by March 23, 2025 to entfin2025@rsm.nl

More info entfin.org

07.02.2025 10:30 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Absorption de KissKissBankBank par Ulule : les raisons d'une fusion L’absorption de KissKissBankBank par Ulule n’est pas une surprise. Ulule a mieux tiré parti des retombées positives entre projets que sa rivale.

Notre nouvel article dans de @france.theconversation.com "Concentration sur le marché français du crowdfunding : le rôle des retombées positives entre projets"
theconversation.com/absorption-d... @belleflamme.bsky.social

02.02.2025 16:13 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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21.01.2025 12:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Spillovers in Crowdfunding We use novel entrepreneur-backer data to study the extent to which spillovers arise between projects displayed on crowdfunding platforms. We find that backers decide to back a particular project base....

New paper "Spillovers in Crowdfunding" with @belleflamme.bsky.social & Armin Schwienbacher in the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (open access) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

👉 We show the essential role #platforms play in connecting backers with entrepreneurs in crowdfunding

20.01.2025 16:48 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

My first @bsky.app post ever 😀

20.01.2025 13:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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