Seminar videos

Mortgages Around the World: Insights and Lessons for Policy

A Country at War – Experiences with Civil Preparedness in Ukraine

Financing the Green Transition: The Role of Private-Public Collaborations

Personal experiences and financial decision making - understanding inflation expectations

How to develop equity capital markets in the EU and the US

Bernanke, Diamond and Dybvig on why they started doing research on banks and financial crises

Skandia Award 2022: Opportunities and challenges of ESG investing

The Economics of Digital Currency Policy

Watch the lecture: How will the covid pandemic reshape residential and commercial property markets?

Silicon Valley Syndrome

Should we worry about the rising public debt?

Is diversity and inclusion lagging in Stockholm’s financial ecosystem? If so, why, and what can we do about it?

Gender and Minority Diversity - Developments Around The World

Women in Finance Talk- Securities Markets - 2020

Skandia Award 2020: "Stock Returns and Federal Reserve Communications"

Democratizing Finance through Big Data

To ban, to restrict, or to leave alone? Short sales in the 2020s

Short selling in financial markets is controversial. It is variously blamed for causing excess volatility and harm to investors. At the height of the corona crisis, several countries banned short selling altogether. At the same time, activist short-sellers continue to unearth fraud among listed companies, including recently at Luckin Coffee. Should short selling be banned? Does it need to be restricted? Or should it be left alone? Watch Professor Magnus Dahlquist and Professor Alexander Ljungqvist present their views joined by a panel of internationally acclaimed experts: Scott Bauguess; John C. Coffee; and Pedro Gurrola-Perez.

The COVID-19 crisis effects on Venture Capital/Startups

The spread of COVID-19 has led many governments to take drastic measures. The lockdown of large parts of society and economic life came as a profound shock to many economic actors, not the least innovative startups and their owners. Watch this moderated discussion led by Per Strömberg (SHoF) in which Olga Beck-Friis (PocketLaw), Staffan Helgesson (Creandum), Natalia Ilmark (Skandia Mutual life Insurance Co.) and Hampus Jakobsson (Climate Investor) discuss the state of venture capital portfolio companies, how the current situation is changing the dynamic of the startup ecosystem and what insights can be drawn to better navigate the winding roads ahead.

Household Welfare: Do We Need Big Data?

The retail banking sector is being transformed as big data is increasingly used to customize and shape retail bamking services. Listen to Professor John Campbell (Harvard University), Martin Flodén (Riksbanken), Shiler Khedri (ING) and Professor Gianluca Violante (Princeton University) in a panel discussion chaired by Professor Karolina Ekholm (Stockholm University and CEPR) on the transformation and how big data is becoming neccessary in monetary policy, financial stability and financial consumer protection. The workshop is brought to you by the CEPR network on household finance and SHoF in collaboration with the Think Forward Initative (TFI) and EIEF.

The Swedish response to COVID-19 – implications for politics, corporate governance, and financial markets

Watch the Swedish segment of the global Covid-19 webinar organised by the GCGE and ECGI, divided into two panels: Panel 1) Sweden’s policy response to Covid-19 from a medical; epidemiological; economic; and political perspective with Professor Johan Giesecke, Anna Kindberg Batra, Professor Per Krusell moderated by Professor Bo Becker, and Panel 2) Corporate governance and how policies play out for companies with Liv Forhaug (Martin & Servera), Petra Hedengran (Investor AB) and Martin Linder (Swedish Trade Union) moderated by Professor Per Strömberg.

Corporate Credit Market Developments - Expectations for the near future and how to prepare for debt restructuring

Watch this video in which Professor Bo Becker hosts a session about corporate credit markets and Covid-19 together with special guest Peter Ström from Swedbank, Head of Client Coverage, Large Corporate and Institutions. Tune in to find out more about the current situation, how the pandemic compares to other crises, what happens in current credit markets and what policies could be useful.

The Economic Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Watch this seminar led by Susanne Ackum from Nationalekonomiska Föreningen guested by former and current and leaders of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council together with Professor Karolina Ekholm, former State Secretary, Finansdepartementet and former Deputy Governor, Sweden’s Central Bank. Listen to this video to hear the experts’ comments on the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.