Program for the 19th Biennial Conference of the European Association for

Comparative Economic Studies (EACES)

Barcelona, July 16-18, 2026

Thursday 16 July

12:00-12:30 Registration

12:30-13:30 Lunch

14:45-16:15 Contributed sessions

1A. Political economy and conflict (Room 1025)

Chair: Carlos Suarez

Anna Nicińska, University of Warsaw, Olga Popova (IOS, IZA), Joan Costa-Font (LSE, IZA). Networks of Privilege? Wealth

and Human Capital Effects of Communist Party Connections

Yegor Albitskii, Freie Universität Berlin. The Effect of Secondary Schools Expansion on Revolutionary Voting

Sinara Gharibyan, IOS Regensburg, Christian Ochsner (CERGE-EI), Monika Köppl-Turyna (EcoAustria). Gendered Voting

After War: Casualties, Victimisation and Nation Building

Carlos Suarez, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Germà Bel (Universitat de Barcelona), Paula Bel-Piñana (Universitat Abad Oliva).

Concrete Threats, Abstract Risks: Field Evidence of Infrastructure Use Under Persistent Political Violence

1B. Labour markets and inequality (Room 1031)

Chair: Norberto Pignatti

Jaan Masso, University of Tartu, Matti Sarvimäki (Aalto University), Aapo Stenhammar (University of Bonn). Opening

Borders: Self-Selection and Labor Market Returns to Migration During the EU Enlargement

Maciej Albinowski, Institute for Structural Research (IBS). What Explains the East-West Gap in Part-Time Employment in

Europe?

Gorana Krstić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Economics and Business, Aleksandra Anić (University of Belgrade, Faculty

of Economics and Business), Barry Reilly (University of Sussex). Female Occupational Intensity and Wages Across the

Unconditional Wage Distribution in Serbia

Norberto Pignatti, International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University (ISET), Thomas Dohmen (Bonn University,

University of Maastricht and IZA), Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University and IZA), Hartmut Lehmann (Department of

Economics, New Uzbekistan University, University of Bologna and IZA). Risk Attitudes and Informal Employment in Ukraine

16:30-18:00 Contributed sessions

2A. Assortative mating and mobility (Room 1025)

Chair: Anna Naszodi

Ana Kujundzic, International Demographic Inequality Lab (IDIL). Educational Assortative Mating and Household Income

Inequality: Evidence from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa

Ricard Grebol Jiménez, Uppsala University, Margarita Machelett (Banco de España), Jan Stuhler (UC3M), Ernesto

Villanueva (Banco de España). Assortative Mating, Inequality, and Rising Educational Mobility in Spain

Yuki Takahashi, Tilburg University, Chihiro Inoue (Kobe University), Asumi Saito (North Carolina State University). Does the

Gender Ratio at Colleges Affect High School Students’ College Choices?

Anna Naszodi, International Demographic Inequality Lab (IDIL). Using the Stylized U-shaped Trend as an Empirical

Selection Criterion for Homophily Measures

2B. Macroeconomic and policy shocks (Room 1031)

Chair: Jürgen Jerger

Jovana Mileusnic, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zorica Mladenovic (University of Belgrade).

The Impact of Nominal and Real uncertainty on Macroeconomic Variables: Empirical Evidence from Serbia

Olga Popova, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS), Regensburg, Bakhrom Mirkasimov (WIUT),

Vladimir Otrachshenko (National Bank of Slovakia), Nargiza Jurakulova (WIUT), Nargiza Alimukhamedova (WIUT). Do

Informal Institutions Smooth Well-Being During Economic Hardship? The Case of the Uzbek Gap

Svatopluk Kapounek, Mendel University in Brno, Evžen Kočenda (Charles University), Martin Stachoň (Mendel University in

Brno). Peer Effects in Bank Lending: Evidence from Bank–Firm and Bank–Bank Channels

Jürgen Jerger, University of Regensburg. The Digital Euro – Conceptual Issues and Implications Beyond the Euro Area

Friday 17 July

9:00-10:30 Contributed sessions

3A. Sanctions and trade (Room 1025)

Chair: Iikka Korhonen

Dai Yamawaki, Hokkaido University. Economic Sanctions and Environmental Investment: Evidence from Russian Listed

Firms

Alexander Plekhanov, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Beata Javorcik (University of Oxford, EBRD and

CEPR), Wenzhang Zhang (University of Oxford). Brand New World: The Impact of Trade Sanctions on Firms’ Trademark

Registrations

Csaba Weiner, ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Agnieszka Głodowska (Krakow University of Economics,

Poland), Agnieszka Hajdukiewicz (Krakow University of Economics, Poland), Bożena Pera (Krakow University of Economics,

Poland). EU Sanctions and Visegrad Countries’ Trade with Russia: Evidence from Two Sanctions Episodes

Iikka Korhonen, Bank of Finland, Heli Simola (Bank of Finland). From Sanctions to Price Surges: The Dynamics of Russia’s

Import Prices

3B. Monetary policy and financial shocks (Room 1031)

Chair: Jan-Egbert Sturm

Alexandra Bogner, University of Regensburg. How do Financial Markets React to Central Bank Communication: A Text

Analysis of ECB Press Statements

Shigeki Ono, Asahikawa City University. U.S. Monetary Policy Shocks and BRICS Financial Markets

Michael Neugart, Technical University of Darmstadt, Jens J. Krüger (Technical University of Darmstadt). Two Crises, Split

Reactions: NATO’s Military Spending Dynamics

Jan-Egbert Sturm, KOF, ETH Zurich, Jakob de Haan (University of Groningen), Rasmus Wiese (University of Groningen).

Structural Reforms and the Labour Income Share: Opposing Effects of Financial Sector and Real Economy Reforms

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:30 Contributed sessions

4A. Green industrial policy (Room 1025)

Chair: Yumiko Nakahara

Andrea Éltető, Institute of World Economics, CERS. Green or Autonomous? The Challenges and Contradictions of EU

Industrial Policy in the Member States

Attila Havas, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Totti Könnölä (Insight Foresight Institute), Matthias K. Weber (AIT

Austrian Institute of Technology). Navigating the Security-Sustainability-Innovation Nexus: First Results of a Multi-Level,

Multi-Domain Foresight Process

Magdolna Sass, Institute of World Economics, CERS and University of Szeged, Andrea Éltető (Institute of World

Economics, CERS). Green Transition or Green Dependency? Multinational Co-Location, EV Batteries and Developmental

Trade-offs in Hungary

Yumiko Nakahara, Kyushu Sangyo University. Comparative Analysis of TSMC’s Greenfield Subsidiaries in Japan and

Germany: A South–North FDI Perspective

4B. Climate and infrastructure (Room 1031)

Chair: Hamza Mohammad Syed

Marek Folprecht, Prague University of Economics and Business. Flood Damage Simulator A Tool for Assessing Property

Risk

Vladimir Otrachshenko, National Bank of Slovakia, Roman Vasil’ (National Bank of Slovakia and Charles University).

Temperature and Firms’ Performance: Outcomes, Mechanisms, and Coping Strategies

Tereza Varejkova, American University. Large-Scale Irrigation and Water Use Inequality in South Africa

Hamza Mohammad Syed, London School of Economics and Political Science. Power to progress: Electricity Supply,

Inequality and Development in Rural India

4C. Historical political economy and political change (Room 1029)

Chair: Won Yong Kim

Julia Zimmermann, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Gerda Asmus-Bluhm (University of Hohenheim), Andrei Markevich

(University of Helsinki), Marvin Suesse (Trinity College Dublin). Institutional Reform and Revolutionary Mobilization:

Evidence from Late Imperial Russia

Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, St. John’s University. Capitalism in the Caucasus: Comparative Analysis of Structural

Macroeconomic Development in Armenia and Georgia

Won Yong Kim, Augsburg University. Monitoring Costs and Agency Problems in Non-Market Economies: Evidence from

Nighttime Light Data of North Korean State-Owned Enterprises

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:00 Contributed sessions

5A. AI, technology and productivity (Room 1025)

Chair: Antonio León

Germana Giombini, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Andrea Bacchiocchi (University of Urbino), Ludovica Segneri (University

of Urbino), Francesco Venturini (University of Urbino). Financial Risk and Technology Shifting: Firm-Level Evidence from the

Rise of AI

Francesco Venturini, University of Urbino, Julia Jablonska (1SGH Warsaw School of Economics), Aleksandra Parteka

(Gdansk University of Technology). Artificial Intelligence and Income Growth Divide: Evidence from Global Regional Data

Vahagn Jerbashian, University of Barcelona, Montserrat Vilalta-Bufi (University of Barcelona). Modern Technology Use at

Work

Antonio León, Bocconi University. Formal Jobs and the Cultural Right

5B. Institutions, convergence and migration (Room 1031)

Chair: Salavat Abylkalikov

Domagoj Račić, University of Zagreb, Valentina Vučković (University of Zagreb), Ružica Šimić Banović (University of

Zagreb). Towards the Political Capitalism Index: Methodology, Preliminary Findings and Implications for CEE Countries

Beata Farkas, University of Szeged. Dynamism in Integration and Intergovernmental Cooperation ‒ The “liberum veto”

Moment of the European Union

Timothy Yaw Acheampong, University of Szeged. Convergence Without Inclusion? The Speed of Income and Inequality

Convergence in CEE vs. the EU

Salavat Abylkalikov, University of Regensburg. The Great Uncoupling: Economic Implications of the Russo-Central Asian

Migration Rupture

15:10-15:45 PhD dissertation award: Pablo Muylle (Room 1025)

15:45-16:30 Coffee break

15:45-16:15 EcoSys journal meeting – during coffee break (Room 1025)

16:30-18:00 General Assembly (Room 1025)

20:30-22:30 Dinner (La Pomarada; for registered and invited participants)

Saturday 18 July

9:00-9:30 Coffee break

9: 30-11:00 Contributed sessions

7A. Markets and state capacity (Room 1025)

Chair: Jean-Baptiste Marigo

Justin Jihao HONG, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Qingyuan Chai (NYU Shanghai). Demographics and

Elite Persistence: Evidence from China’s Fertility Restrictions

Luca Scotti, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Market Power and Network Structure

Jean-Baptiste Marigo, University of Strasbourg, Axelle Heyert (University of Quebec in Montreal), Laurent Weill (University

of Strasbourg). When the Prince Is Not Charming: How Gender Bias in Folklore Shapes Intimate Partner Violence

7B. Media, security and regulation (Room 1031)

Chair: Liis Roosaar

Alina Verashchagina, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Debora Di Gioacchino (Sapienza University of Rome).

Media Exposure, Public Attitudes Toward Immigration, and Policy Support

Maria Siranova, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Martin Hodula (Czech National Bank), Ondrej Zavacky (Technical University

in Ostrava). Geopolitical Risks and Capital Flows: Intensive and Extensive Margin

Fabrizio Pompei, University of Perugia, Piotr Lewandoski (Institute for Structural Research, Poland), Wojciech Szymczak

(Institute for Structural Research, Poland). Labour and Product Market Regulation and Vulnerability

Liis Roosaar, University of Tartu, Pille Mõtsmees (University of Tartu). Testing the U-shape of Occupational Mobility in

Estonia

11:10-12:10 Keynote lecture (Room 1025)

Keynote – Prof. Hans-Joachim Voth, University of Zurich. Social Dynamics and Political Extremism: Evidence from the Rise

of the Nazi Party

12:10-13:00 Aperitif