Conference Agenda

Session

Labor and Finance

Time:

Thursday, 28/May/2026:

1:30pm - 3:15pm

Session Chair: Janet Gao, Georgetown University

Presentations

Firms as Electoral Monopsonies

Carlos F Avenancio-Leon³, Adelina Barbalau², Cyndi {Xinyu} Hou¹, Alessio Piccolo¹

¹Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, United States of America; ²University of Alberta; ³University of California -- San Diego, Rady School of Management

Discussant: Doron Levit (University of Washington)

Big Data and Bigger Firms: A Labor Market Channel

Abhinav Gupta, Elena Siminitzi, Naman Nishesh

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States of America

Discussant: Gaurav Kankanhalli (University of Pittsburgh)

Task Efficiency and Signaling in the Age of GenAI: Effort Reallocation and Firm Value Effects

Shiwei Ye

Erasmus University, Netherlands, The

Discussant: Wenting Ma (University of Massachusetts Amherst)