Conference Agenda

Session

Climate Finance I

Time:

Thursday, 28/May/2026:

1:30pm - 3:15pm

Session Chair: Kunal Sachdeva, University of Michigan

Presentations

Beyond the Storm: Climate Risk and Insurers of Last Resort

Ankit Kalda¹, Varun Sharma¹, Vikas Soni², Derek Wenning¹

¹Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, United States of America; ²USF

Discussant: Christoph Herpfer (UVA Darden)

Flooded House or Underwater Mortgage? The Macrofinancial Implications of Climate Change and Adaptation

Yasmine Van der Straten

Nova SBE, Portugal

Discussant: Deeksha Gupta (Johns Hopkins)

The Economics of Insurance Guaranty Funds

Boaz Abramson⁴, Parinitha Sastry¹, Ishita Sen², Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva³

¹University of Pennsylvania; ²Harvard Business School; ³Arizona State University; ⁴Columbia University

Discussant: Brian Jonghwan Lee (Emory University)