Programme outline (subject to change)
| Time | Details |
|---|---|
| Sunday 24 May | |
| 13:00–13:25 | Registration & coffee |
| 13:25–13:30 | Welcome remarks |
| 13:30–15:30 | Discussant Session 1
Session Chair:TBC The (Under-)Disclosure of Environmental Innovation Leo Liu, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Elvira Sojli (attending), UNSW Sydney, Australia Wing Wah Tham, UNSW Sydney, Australia Cara Vansteenkiste, University of Sydney, Australia Discussant: Emilia Garcia-Appendini, University of St Gallen, Switzerland Financial Frictions and Pollution Abatement Over the Life Cycle Min Fang, University of Florida, USA Po-Hsuan Hsu, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Chi-Yang Tsou (attending), University of Manchester, UK Discussant: Marco Grotteria, London Business School, UK Green Waste: (Mis)allocation of Green Investment Subsidies Tom Meling (attending), The Ohio State University, USA Morten Grindaker, University of Chicago, USA Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago, USA Ingvil Gaarder, University of Chicago, USA Discussant: Per Strömberg, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden |
| 15:30–16:00 | Break |
| 16:00–17:00 | Short Presentations Session 1
Session Chair: TBC Shareholder Democracy and the Market for Voting Advice Odilon Camara (attending), University of Southern California, USA John Matsusaka, University of Southern California, USA Chong Shu, University of Utah, USA When the Tax Break Breaks: CEO Pay and Turnover Following TCJA Ilona Babenko (attending), Arizona State University, USA Ben Bennett, Texas Christian University, USA Dragana Cvijanovic, Cornell University, USA Financial Technologies, Labor Markets, and Wage Inequality: Evidence from Instant Payment Systems Jacelly Cespedes (attending), University of Minnesota, USA Carlos Burga, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile Carlos Parra, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile Bernardo Ricca, Insper, Brazil |
| 18:00-19:00 | Wine reception |
| 19:00-22:00 | Gala Dinner, with the support of Elsevier and the Journal of Financial Intermediation at The Scottish Café & Restaurant at the National Gallery; The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL |
| Monday 25 May | |
| 08:30–09:00 | Coffee |
| 09:00–11:00 | Discussant Session 2
Session Chair:TBC Complex Organizations, Leverage and Interest Rates Giovanna Nicodano (attending), University of Turin, Italy Luca Regis, University of Turin, Italy Discussant: Boris Nikolov, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Collateral Law and Enforcement Risk: Evidence from Native American Reservations Leo Leitzinger (attending), Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany Discussant: Geraldo Cerqueiro, Católica-Lisbon, Portugal The Effect of Takeovers on Knowledge Worker Productivity Andras Danis, Central European University, Austria Evgeny Gushchin (attending), Central European University, Austria Beate Thies, University of Vienna, Austria Discussant: Ernst Maug, University of Mannheim, Germany |
| 11:00–11:30 | Break |
| 11:30–13:00 | Keynote speech
Prof. Manju Puri, J.B. Fuqua Professor in Finance, Duke University |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch served at EFI |
| 14:00–16:00 | Discussant Session 3
Session Chair: TBC Firm Dynamics and Growth with Soft Budget Constraints Philippe Aghion, College de France; London School of Economics, UK Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris, France Mathias Dewatripont, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Johannes Matt (attending), London School of Economics, UK Discussant: Francesca Zucchi, European Central Bank Communist Imprints and Corporate Behavior Philip Schnorpfeil (attending), Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany Discussant: Ekaterina Volkova, University of Melbourne, Australia Dinner Table Alphas Huaizhi Chen (attending), University of Texas at Dallas, USA Sean Cao, University of Maryland, USA Lauren Cohen, Harvard Business School, USA Hugo Zhao, University of Maryland, USA Discussant: Spyridon Lagaras, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| 16:00–16:30 | Break |
| 16:30–17:30 | Short Presentations Session 2
Session Chair: TBC The 52-Week High and Corporate Announcement Returns Paul Hark (attending), University of Münster, Germany Nils Lohmeier, University of Münster, Germany Pascal Büsing, University of Münster, Germany Hannes Mohrschladt, University of Potsdam, Germany Impact Through Catalytic Finance Florian Hoffmann, KU Leuven, Belgium Vladimir Vladimirov (attending), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands The Strategic Regulatory Disclosure of Private Firms Kathleen Hanley (attending), Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA Qianqian Yu, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA |