Conference Agenda

Session

Human Capital

Time:

Saturday, 30/May/2026:

2:30pm - 4:15pm

Session Chair: Margarita Tsoutsoura, Washington University

Presentations

Luck as a Mixed Blessing

Janet Gao¹, Xu Tian², Wenyu Wang³, Yufeng Wu⁴

¹McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University; ²Terry College of Business, University of Georgia; ³Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University; and Kelley School of Business, Indiana University; ⁴Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University

Discussant: Michael Blank (Stanford University)

Economic Opportunity Costs: Banking Access and Educational (Dis)Investment

Sumit Agarwal¹, Yuqi Chang¹, Pulak Ghosh², Arkodipta Sarkar¹

¹National University of Singapore, Singapore; ²IIM Bangalore

Discussant: Kim Cramer (LSE)

Investing in Human Capital Incubation

Seung Hyeong Lee¹, Bryan Seegmiller¹, Miao Ben Zhang², Yufeng Wu³

¹Northwestern University; ²University of Southern California; ³Ohio State University

Discussant: Ali Sanati (American University)