Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Saturday, 31/May/2025
7:30am - 10:30amConference Registration
8:30am - 10:15amNetworks
Location: Studio 4
Session Chair: Briana Chang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
 

The Network Structure of Data Economy

Qiushi Huang1, Bo Bian2, Ye Li3, Huan Tang4

1Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 2University of British Columbia; 3University of Washington; 4University of Pennsylvania

Discussant: Daniel Timothy Chen (Princeton University)



The Different Networks Of Firms Implied By The News

Victor Hilt2, Gustavo Schwenkler1

1Santa Clara University; 2Wellington Management

Discussant: Alexandr Kopytov (University of Rochester)



Greening thy Neighbor: How the US Inflation Reduction Act Drives Climate Finance Globally

Daniel Marcel te Kaat1, Alexander Raabe2, Yuanjie Tian3

1University of Groningen; 2Asian Development Bank; 3Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Discussant: Edward Shore (University of New South Wales)

 
8:30am - 10:15amLeverage
Location: Studio 5
Session Chair: Abhiroop Mukherjee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
 

Uncertainty Creates Zombie Firms: Implications for Industry Dynamics and Creative Destruction

Kevin Aretz1, Murillo Campello2, Gaurav Kankanhalli3, Kevin Schneider4

1University of Manchester; 2University of Florida; 3University of Pittsburgh; 4University of Cambridge

Discussant: Eyub Yegen (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)



Corporate Credit Conditions Around the World: Novel Facts Through Holistic Data

Nina Boyarchenko, Leonardo Elias

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Discussant: Seongjin Park (Nanyang Technological University)



The Real Effects of Debt Relief: Evidence from Independent School Districts in Texas

Thomas Seunghyun Lee

University of Texas at Austin

Discussant: Varun Sharma (Indiana University)

 
8:30am - 10:15amSupplying Liquidity
Location: Studio 6
Session Chair: John Chi-Fong Kuong, Chinese University of Hong Kong
 

Stealthy Shorts: Informed Liquidity Supply

Amit Goyal1, Adam Reed2, Esad Smajlbegovic3, Amar Soebhag3

1University of Lausanne; 2University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 3Erasmus University Rotterdam

Discussant: Xinran Zhang (Central University of Finance and Economics)



Dual Trading, Fee Competition, and Price Discovery at the Market Close

Jingxiong {Tony} Hu1, Jiaheng Yu2

1University of Warwick; 2University of Hong Kong

Discussant: Dominik Roesch (University at Buffalo)



The Market for 0-Days-to-Expiration: The Role of Liquidity Providers in Volatility Attenuation

Greg Adams1, Jean-Sebastien Fontaine1, Chayawat Ornthanalai2

1Bank of Canada; 2University of Toronto

Discussant: Karamfil Todorov (Bank for International Settlements)

 
8:30am - 10:15amRuns
Location: Studio 7
Session Chair: Yiming Ma, Columbia University
 

Two Centuries of Systemic Bank Runs

Rustam Jamilov1, Tobias König2, Karsten Müller3, Farzad Saidi2

1All Souls College; 2University of Bonn; 3National University of Singapore

Discussant: Thomas Flanagan (Ohio State University)



Investor Fragility, Bargaining Power, and Pricing Implications for Short-Term Funding Markets

Yi Li, Sean Tibay, Ashley Wang

Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Discussant: Jonathan Wallen (Harvard University)



CEO Ownership, Risk Management, and Bank Runs at Unlimited Liability Banks during the 1890s

Jennifer Rhee1, Haelim Anderson2, Jaewon Choi3

1Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; 2Bank Policy Institute; 3University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Discussant: Tianyue Ruan (National University of Singapore)

 
8:30am - 10:15amCorporate Governance
Location: Studio 8
Session Chair: Ron Masulis, University of New South Wales
 

See the Gap: Firm Returns and Shareholder Incentives

Eitan Goldman, Jinkyu Kim, Wenyu Wang

Indiana University

Discussant: Ekaterina Volkova (University of Melbourne)



Real Effects of Personal Liability: Evidence from Industrial Pollution

Noémie Bucourt

University of Toronto

Discussant: Sichen Shen (Wuhan University)



Non-Compete Agreements and the Market for Corporate Control

Andrey Golubov, Yuanqing Zhong

University of Toronto

Discussant: Yeejin Jang (University of New South Wales)

 
8:30am - 10:15amBeliefs
Location: Studio 9
Session Chair: Philip Bond, University of Washington
 

A Cognitive Foundation for Perceiving Uncertainty

Aislinn Bohren4, Josh Hascher3, Alex Imas3, Michael Ungeheuer1, Martin Weber2

1Aalto University, Finland; 2University of Mannheim; 3University of Chicago; 4University of Pennsylvania

Discussant: Tse-Chun Lin (The University of Hong Kong)



Information Partitioning, Learning, and Beliefs

Pascal Kieren1, Lukas Mertes2, Martin Weber2

1Heidelberg University; 2University of Mannheim

Discussant: Suk Lee (University of New South Wales)



An Arrow-Pratt Theory of Preference for Early Resolution of Uncertainty

Hengjie Ai1, Ravi Bansal2, Hongye Guo3, Amir Yaron4

1University of Wisconsin, Madison; 2Duke University; 3University of Hong Kong; 4University of Pennsylvania

Discussant: Yizhou Xiao (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

 
10:15am - 10:30amCoffee Break
10:30am - 12:15pmConsumer Credit
Location: Studio 4
Session Chair: Sumit Agarwal, National University of Singapore
 

Screening Using a Menu of Contracts in Imperfectly Competitive and Adversely Selected Markets

Arthur Taburet

Duke University

Discussant: Poorya Kabir (National University of Singapore)



Short-Term Lending and Usury Limits: Consumer Impact and Market Adaptation

Mark Jansen1, Zack Liu2, Ryan Voges3, Peter Won4

1University of Utah; 2University of Houston; 3University of Utah; 4University of Utah

Discussant: Shashwat Alok (Indian School of Business)



The Impact of Credit Scores: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Maya Shaton1, Nimrod Segev2, Tali Bank2

1Ben-Gurion University; 2Bank of Israel

Discussant: Egle Karmaziene (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

 
10:30am - 12:15pmCleaner Economy
Location: Studio 5
Session Chair: Uday Rajan, University of Michigan
 

ESG Incidents and Fundraising in Private Equity

Teodor Duevski1, Chhavi Rastogi2, Tianhao Yao3

1HEC Paris; 2International Finance Corporation; 3Singapore Management University

Discussant: Mayank Kumar (Boston University)



Funding the Fittest? Pricing of Climate Transition Risk in the Corporate Bond Market

Yasmine Van der Straten1, Maurice Bun2, Martijn Boermans2

1University of Amsterdam; 2De Nederlandsche Bank

Discussant: Will Liu (City University of Hong Kong)



ESG Investing and Stock Return Comovements

Marcin Kacperczyk1, Lin Peng2, Jing Xie3

1Imperial College London; 2Baruch College; 3University of Macau

Discussant: Shane Miller (University of Michigan)

 
10:30am - 12:15pmHousing
Location: Studio 6
Session Chair: Leming Lin, University of Pittsburgh
 

Housing and Fertility

Bernardus van Doornik1, Dimas Fazio2, Tarun Ramadorai3, Janis Skrastins4

1Banco Central do Brasil; 2National University of Singapore; 3Imperial College London; 4Washington University in St. Louis

Discussant: Jing Li (Singapore Management University)



Financial Frictions and Geographical Diversification of National Homebuilders

Seohee Kim

Indiana University

Discussant: Hyun-Soo Choi (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)



Green Mortgages

Joao Cocco, Bernardo Mendes, Lakshmi Naaraayanan

London Business School

Discussant: Michael Boutros (University of Toronto)

 
10:30am - 12:15pmGovernance
Location: Studio 7
Session Chair: Tingjun Liu, Hong Kong University
 

Voting on Public Goods: Citizens vs. Shareholders

Robin Döttling1, Doron Levit2, Nadya Malenko3, Magdalena Rola-Janicka4

1Erasmus University Rotterdam; 2University of Washington; 3Boston College; 4Imperial College London

Discussant: Deeksha Gupta (Johns Hopkins University)



Leaks, Disclosures and Internal Communication

Snehal Banerjee1, Peicong {Keri} Hu2, Taejin Kim3

1University of Michigan; 2University of Hong Kong; 3Korea University

Discussant: Keeyoung Rhee (Sungkyunkwan University)



Kamikazes in Public Procurements: Bid-Rigging and Real Non-Market Outcomes

Dimas Fazio, Alminas Zaldokas

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Discussant: Kunru Zou (Hong Kong Baptist University)

 
10:30am - 12:15pmFintech Lending
Location: Studio 8
Session Chair: Yan Xiong, University of Hong Kong
 

Regulating Credit: Effects on Market Structure, Lender Technologies, and Credit Access

Susan Cherry

Stanford University

Discussant: Yang (Gloria) Yu (Singapore Management University)



Tech-Driven Intermediation in the Originate-to-Distribute Model

Sheila Jiang1, Zhiguo He2, Douglas Xu1

1University of Florida; 2Stanford University

Discussant: Junyuan Zou (INSEAD)



Open Banking and Digital Payments: Implications for Credit Access

Shashwat Alok1, Pulak Ghosh2, Nirupama Kulkarni3, Manju Puri4

1Indian School of Business; 2Indian Institute of Management; 3Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning; 4Duke University

Discussant: Mingzhu Tai (University of Hong Kong)

 
10:30am - 12:15pmLabour Markets
Location: Studio 9
Session Chair: Jianqiu Bai, Northeastern University
 

Exploitation Payoffs and Incentives for Exploration

Jangwoo Lee1, William Fuchs2, Martin Dumav3

1Chinese University of Hong Kong; 2University of Texas at Austin; 3University of Carlos III

Discussant: Di Li (Peking University)



Financial Innovation, Labor Markets, and Wage Inequality: Evidence from Instant Payment Systems

Jacelly Cespedes1, Carlos Burga2, Carlos Parra2, Bernardo Ricca3

1University of Minnesota; 2Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; 3Insper

Discussant: Jian Zhang (University of Hong Kong)



Human Capital, Competition and Mobility in the Managerial Labor Market

John Barry1, Noah Lyman2, Lin Zhao3

1Rice University; 2University of Warwick; 3Duke University

Discussant: Dimas Fazio (National University of Singapore)

 
12:30pm - 2:00pmLunch: FIRS Business Meeting, JFI Awards
Location: Grand Ballroom
Located on Level 3
2:30pm - 4:15pmBank Stability
Location: Studio 4
Session Chair: Anastasia Kartasheva, University of St Gallen
 

Bank Geographic Diversification And Funding Stability

Sebastian Doerr

Bank for International Settlements

Discussant: Anastasia Kartasheva (University of St Gallen)



Do Higher Interest Rates Make The Banking System Safer? Evidence From Bank Leverage

Ali Uppal

Imperial College London

Discussant: Teodora Paligorova (Federal Reserve Board)



Managing Overreaction During a Run

Caio Machado

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Discussant: Natalya Martynova (Deutsche Bundesbank)

 
2:30pm - 4:15pmProduct Markets
Location: Studio 5
Session Chair: Xiaoji Lin, University of Minnesota
 

The Product Market Consequences of Corporate Bankruptcy: New Evidence from 300 Million Retail Transactions

Murillo Campello2, Gustavo Cortes2, Sergio H. Rocha1

1Monash University; 2University of Florida

Discussant: Jaewon Choi (Seoul National University)



Firm Product Concentration and Asset Prices

Alexandre Corhay

University of Toronto

Discussant: Yu Li (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)



Adverse Selection and Endogenous Information

Joao Lucas Thereze Ferreira

Duke University

Discussant: Chao Ying (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

 
2:30pm - 4:15pmMethods
Location: Studio 6
Session Chair: Naveen Gondhi, INSEAD
 

Causal Inference for Asset Pricing

Valentin Haddad1, Zhiguo He2, Paul Huebner3, Peter Kondor4, Erik Loualiche5

1University of California, Los Angeles; 2Stanford University; 3Stockholm School of Economics; 4London School of Economics; 5University of Minnesota

Discussant: Sergei Glebkin (INSEAD)



AlphaManager: A Data-Driven-Robust-Control Approach to Corporate Finance

Murillo Campello1, Lin William Cong2, Luofeng Zhou3

1University of Florida; 2Cornell University; 3New York University

Discussant: Anton Tsoy (University of Toronto)



Addressing Anticipation Effects in Finance

Tomislav Ladika1, Elisa Pazaj1, Zacharias Sautner2

1University of Amsterdam; 2University of Zurich

Discussant: Arkodipta Sarkar (National University of Singapore)

 
2:30pm - 4:15pmFinancing in Low Income Countries
Location: Studio 7
Session Chair: S. Viswanathan, Duke University
 

The Welfare Benefits of Pay-As-You-Go Financing

Paul Gertler1, Brett Green2, Renping Li2, David Sraer1

1University of California, Berkeley; 2Washington University in St. Louis

Discussant: Dong Beom Choi (Seoul National University)



Small Firm Investment under Uncertainty: The Role of Equity Finance

Muhammad Meki

University of Oxford

Discussant: Angela Ma (Boston College)



Financial Stimulus and Microfinance Institutions in Emerging Markets

Carlos Burga

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Discussant: Sean Higgins (Northwestern University)

 
2:30pm - 4:15pmPolitics
Location: Studio 8
Session Chair: Jonathan Brogaard, University of Utah
 

Mega-Donors and Representation of the Wealthy in the Wake of Citizens United

Ilona Babenko1, Viktar Fedaseyeu2, Guosong Xu3

1Arizona State University; 2China Europe International Business School; 3Erasmus University

Discussant: Matthew Denes (Carnegie Mellon University)



Corporate Lobbying of Bureaucrats

Michelle Lowry1, Ekaterina Volkova2

1Drexel University, USA; 2University of Melbourne, Australia

Discussant: Pat Akey (University of Toronto)



Government Litigation Risk and the Decline in Low-Income Mortgage Lending

Erik Mayer1, Scott Frame2, Kristopher Gerardi3, Billy Xu4, Lawrence Zhao5

1University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2Structured Finance Association; 3Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; 4University of Rochester; 5Texas Tech University

Discussant: Keling Zheng (University of British Columbia)

 
2:30pm - 4:15pmCredit and Interest Rate Risk
Location: Studio 9
Session Chair: Patrick Augustin, McGill University
 

Excess Co-movement in Default Risk

Jan Ericsson1, Kristoffer Glover2, Alexandre Jeanneret3, Lucie Lu4

1McGill University; 2University of Technology Sydney; 3University of New South Wales; 4University of Melbourne

Discussant: Jongsub Lee (Seoul National University)



The Market for Sharing Interest Rate Risk: Quantities and Asset Prices

Umang Khetan1, Jian Li2, Ioana Neamtu3, Ishita Sen4

1University of Iowa; 2Columbia University; 3Bank of England; 4Harvard University

Discussant: Karamfil Todorov (Bank for International Settlements)



Bond Funds and Credit Risk

Jaewon Choi1, Amil Dasgupta2, Ji Yeol Jimmy Oh3

1Seoul National University; 2London School of Economics; 3Sungkyunkwan University

Discussant: Alex Dickerson (University of New South Wales)

 

 
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