Digital Rails and Bank Intermediation, Rui Almeida (Deutsche Bundesbank; Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE), Björn Imbierowicz (Deutsche Bundesbank).

Dynamic Models for Climate Extremes, Marco Bidoia (Ca' Foscari University of Venice and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei), Andrew Harvey (University of Cambridge),  Davide Palumbo (Ca' Foscari University of Venice and University of Cambridge)

Corporate Venture Investments in Generative AI: A Focus on the USA and China, Maya Cara (University College London), Lora Dimitrova (University of Exeter Business School), Haibo Jiang (Université du Québec à Montréal).

Credit Risk Assessment with Stacked Machine Learning, Francesco Columba (Banca d'Italia), Manuel Cugliari (Banca d'Italia), Stefano Di Virgilio (Banca d'Italia).

Anatomy of a Safe Asset: Bund Market Structure and Reform, Mark Kerssenfischer (Deutsche Bundesbank), Konrad Lucke (Goethe University Frankfurt), Willy Scherrieble (Deutsche Bundesbank).

AI Optimism, Thorsten Lehnert (University of Luxembourg), Olaf Zevering (Abnormal AI).

Opaque by Design? Leveraging Large Language Models to Analyze Financial Reports Readability Under Intellectual Property Litigation, Lev Muchnik (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Yevgeny Mugerman (Bar-Ilan University; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Boaz Noiman (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Orly Sade (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem).

Artificial Intelligence and Financial Tail Risks, Javier Ojea-Ferreiro (Bank of Canada), Andrea Ugolini (University of Milano-Bicocca), Juan C. Reboredo (University of Santiago de Compostela).

The Collateral Illusion: Real versus Nominal Collateral and Default in Turkish Auto Lending, A. Raif Ünlü (Özyeğin University).