2026 FIRS Conference

Financial Intermediation Research Society

May 28-30, 2026

Miami, Florida

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Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 17th Apr 2026, 06:18:16pm EDT

Agenda Overview

Session

CEO and Employee Compensation

Time:

Saturday, 30/May/2026:

10:30am - 12:15pm

Session Chair: Pedro Matos, University of Virginia

Presentations

Human Capital Metrics and CEO Pay

Zhexu Ai², M. Diane Burton³, Lingling Wang¹, Karen Wruck⁴

¹University of Connecticut, United States of America; ²Wagner College; ³Cornell University; ⁴Ohio State University

Discussant: Ethan Rouen (Harvard Business School)

Employee Forgivable Loans

Alexandru Barbu¹, Yiran Wang²

¹INSEAD and Wharton, France; ²INSEAD

Discussant: Chris Clifford (University of Kentucky)

When the Tax Break Breaks: CEO Pay and Turnover Following TCJA

Ilona Babenko¹, Ben Bennett², Dragana Cvijanovic³

¹ASU, United States of America; ²Texas Christian University; ³Cornell University

Discussant: Kevin Murphy (University of Southern California)