Conference Agenda

Session

Bank Lending

Time:

Friday, 29/May/2026:

2:30pm - 4:15pm

Session Chair: Elena Loutskina, Darden School of Business

Presentations

How Costly is It for Firms to Find a New Bank?

mary amiti¹, anil kashyap², anna kovner³, david weinstein⁴

¹federal reserve bank of new york; ²university of chicago; ³federal reserve bank of richmond; ⁴columbia university

Discussant: Dalida Kadyrzhanova (Federal Reserve Board)

Bank Financing of Global Supply Chains

Laura Alfaro^2,3, Mariya Brussevich^4,5, Camelia Minoiu¹, Andrea Presbitero⁴

¹Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, United States of America; ²Harvard University; ³Inter-American Development Bank; ⁴International Monetary Fund; ⁵Ibmec-RJ

Discussant: Paul Freed (University of Virginia, Darden School of Business)

Bank Sentiment, Loan Loss Provisioning, and Lending

Junsung Bae², Allen Berger¹, Hyun-Soo Choi², Hugh H. Kim¹

¹University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business, United States of America; ²KAIST, Korea

Discussant: Amanda Heitz (Tulane University)