Call for Papers
CSEF- CEPR Conference on Labor and Finance
Submission Deadline: March 1st, 2026 at 23:59 CET
Hosted by Villa Orlandi Conference Centre, University of Naples Federico II, Capri
26-27 June 2026
Keynote Speaker: Gordon Phillips (Dartmouth College and NBER)
The Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF) and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) invite submissions of papers on the interaction between financial and labor markets. Possible topics include:
- Technological innovation, job-skill matches and firms’ employment policies.
- Role of employees in the governance and financing of companies.
- Responses of wages, employment, and career trajectories to shocks.
- Risk-sharing arrangements between firms and workers.
The conference aims to bring together researchers in financial and labor economics to examine issues from both disciplines’ perspectives. Gordon Phillips’ keynote lecture will be on “Labor Reallocation and Unemployment Spells: The Role of Credit”.
Participants are expected to stay for the whole event. The conference will be held at the Villa Orlandi Conference Centre of the University of Naples Federico II, in Anacapri (Capri), Italy. It will begin with a welcome lunch on Friday, June 26, and end in the early afternoon of Saturday, June 27, 2026. A short presentation session will be reserved for Ph.D. job market candidates (who are required to submit their CVs). Submissions are open to members of the scientific committee.
Funding for the conference is provided by CSEF, Unicredit Foundation, and the University of Naples Federico II.
Scientific committee
Jan Bena (University of British Columbia), Zoë B. Cullen (Harvard Business School and CEPR), Isil Erel (Ohio State University), Paolo Fulghieri (University of North Carolina), Isaac Hacamo (Indiana University), Mitchell Hoffman (University of California at Santa Barbara and CEPR), Thomas Le Barbanchon (Bocconi University and CEPR) , David Matsa (Northwestern University and NBER), Ernst Maug (University of Mannheim and CEPR), Claudio Michelacci (EIEF and CEPR), Paige Parker Ouimet (University of North Carolina and NBER), Gordon Phillips (Dartmouth and CEPR), Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford and CEPR), Raffaele Saggio (University of British Columbia and CEPR), Julien Sauvagnat (Bocconi University and CEPR), Fabiano Schivardi (LUISS, EIEF and CEPR), Elena Simintzi (University of North Carolina and CEPR), Jason Sockin (Cornell University), Constantine Yannelis (Cambridge University and CEPR).
HOW TO APPLY:
Authors who already have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:
- Going to https://hub.cepr.org/ and logging in
- After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/4984
- Click on “Step 1: Apply”
- Under “Apply to Attend” click “Yes”
- Tick the boxes that apply to you
- Tick “Would you like to submit a paper?”, upload your paper and supply the requested information
- Click “Submit form” to make the submission
Authors who do not have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:
1. Creating a new profile here https://hub.cepr.org/user/register
2. After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/4984
3. Click on “Step 1: Apply”
4. Under “Apply to Attend” click “Yes”
5. Tick the boxes that apply to you
6. Tick “Would you like to submit a paper?”, upload your paper and supply the requested information.
7. Click “Submit form” to make the submission.
If you have any difficulties registering for this meeting, please contact Jemila Benchikh, Events Officer at jbenchikh@cepr.org .
The deadline for replies is March 1, 2026 at 23:59 CET. We cannot accept submissions received after this date.
No funding will be provided for travel and accommodation expenses of the conference participants.
Yours sincerely,
The local organizing committee
Andrew Ellul, Lorenzo Incoronato, Monica Langella, Marco Pagano, Lorenzo Pandolfi, Luca Picariello, Annalisa Scognamiglio.