Department of Banking and Finance

Submitted by AngelikaKS on Wed, 04/15/2020 - 17:09
Faculty/school/department
Faculty of Management
Size of the team
number of researchers number of supporting staff number of PhD students
21
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8
PI
PI name
Angelika Kędzierska-Szczepaniak
PI bio

 

Research interests: research on the banking systems in European Union member states, corporate banking in Poland, financing of environmental investments by banks and non-banking institutions, credit risk management (especially modern techniques of credit risk mitigation), transactional banking as a limited risk service, e-banking in Polish commercial banks, financing of residential housing in Poland, implementation and financing of investments under public-private partnerships and mortgage banking.

Educational background: Graduate of the Faculty of Transport Economics at the University of Gdansk. Obtained a doctorate degree, then a post-doctorate degree in economic sciences followed by an associate professor title at the University of Gdansk.

 

 

 

Contact person and e-mail
Contact person
Angelika Kędzierska-Szczepaniak
Contact person e-mail
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Short description of research profile

Our research potential covers the following scientific areas:

  • Building a Rational System of Public Finance that is the basis of stable and long-term economic growth
  • Retreat from mandatory pension funds in countries of the Eastern and Central Europe in result of financial and fiscal crisis: Causes, effects and recommendations for fiscal rules (National Science Center)
  • The implementation of modern elements of education at the University of Gdansk (European Social Fund)
  • Innovative Model for Social and Economic Benefits and Costs of Infrastructure Projects
  • Risk Management in Local Government Activities with particular focus on catastrophic risk
Publications

Representative publications

1. Bielawska Kamila: Economic activity of Polish pensioners in the light of quantitative research, w: Equilibrium, vol. 14, nr 1, 2019, ss. 149-165, DOI:10.24136/eq.2019.007Turner John A., Latulippe Denis, Bielawska Kamila [i in.] : Partial retirement and pension policy in industrialized countries, w: Work and pension - phased and partial retirement: a selection of papers presented during the Budapest Public Pension Seminar 2018 / Mészáros József, Társadalombiztosítási Könyvtár, 2019, Gondolat, ISBN 978-963-693-937-3, ss. 9-16
2. Szopik-Depczyńska Katarzyna, Kędzierska-Szczepaniak Angelika, Szczepaniak Krzysztof [i in.] : Innovation in sustainable development: an investigation of the EU context using 2030 agenda indicators, w: Land Use Policy, nr 79, 2018, ss. 251-262, DOI:10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.08.004
3. Jastrzębska Maria: State action aimed at limiting financial exclusion in Poland in terms of sustainable and inclusive development, w: Optimum. Studia Ekonomiczne, nr 4 (98), 2019, ss. 28-43, DOI:10.15290/oes.2019.04.98.03
4. Gwizdała Jerzy Piotr: Risk in the investment activity of local-government units in Poland, w: The challenges of local government financing in the light of European Union regional policy: (conference proceedings) / Mrkývka Petr [i in.] ( red. ), Publications of the Masaryk University, theoretical series, edition Scientia, nr 636, 2018, Masaryk University, ISBN 978-80-210-9086-6, ss. 193-202
5. Szreder Mirosław, Gwizdała Jerzy Piotr: Possible future developments of sample surveys in finance, w: Argumenta Oeconomica Cracoviensia, nr 18, 2018, ss. 69-82, DOI:10.15678/AOC.2018.1804

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Technology Expertise

1. Cooperation with insurance companies and brokerage houses.  In 2019 (July and December) performing two expertise for insurance broker joint-stock company Mentor SA in a team of academics from Faculty of Management on the assessment of the market position, the stability of investment team and efficiency of investment performance of investment institutions offering Employee Capital Plans.

2. Cooperation with investment companies, i.e. Skarbiec TFI SA in organising a conference on Employee Capital Plans - a new form of occupational pension schemes with auto-enrolment mechanism) in November 2019.

3. One of the researchers (K. Bielawska) is a leader in cooperation of the University of Gdansk with Social Insurance Institution (ZUS).

4. One of the reseachers (K. Bielawska) is Member of the European Network for Research on Supplementary Pensions (since 2016 Executive Committee Board Member), the network members represent academia and business.