Maria Semenova presented at the ICBFS 2026 at the University of Padua.
On September 10-11, Maria Semenova (Head of the LaBS) participated in the International Conference in Banking and Financial Studies 2026 at the University of Padua and presented a paper co-authored with Nikita Kozlov (research intern at the laboratory) titled "Political Connections Matter: How Russian Banks Engage in Government Credit Support Programs."
Political connections in the Russian banking sector: a new paper by Nikita Kozlov (LaBS) and Maria Semenova (LaBS head)
A new paper "A New Approach to Identifying Political Connections: Evidence from the Russian Banking Sector" by Nikita Kozlov (LaBS) and Maria Semenova (LaBS head) was published in Journal of Corporate Finance Research.
Maria Semenova participated in the 15th International Conference of the Financial Engineering and Banking Society
Maria Semenova (LaBS Head) presented the paper "The Paradox of Participation: Political Connections and Bank Mortgage Lending Under Government Support Programs in Russia" (co-authored with Nikita Kozlov, LaBS HSE) at the 15th International Conference of the Financial Engineering and Banking Society on May, 21-23, 2026 in the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. within
A new paper by Sedki Zaiane (LaBS) and Maria Semenova (LaBS head): Climate risk and bank liquidity creation in MENA region: a dual threshold–quantile approach
Paper "Climate risk and bank liquidity creation in MENA region: a dual threshold–quantile approach" by Sedki Zaiane (LaBS) and Maria Semenova (LaBS head) was published in International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management
Maria Semenova participated at the research seminar at Nazarbayev University (Astana)
Maria Semenova (LaBS Head) presented the paper "The Paradox of Participation: Political Connections and Bank Mortgage Lending Under Government Support Programs in Russia" (co-authored with Nikita Kozlov, LaBS HSE) at the research seminar at Nazarbayev University (Astana) on April, 3, 2026.