20th Annual Finance Conference at WashU
Fall 2024
DATE November 14-15, 2024 (US Central Time)
LOCATION Charles F. Knight Center, Throop & Snow Way, St. Louis, MO
Time allocation: 25 minutes for each paper presentation, followed by 10 minutes for the discussion, and 5-10 minutes for audience participation.
All conference sessions will be held in Knight Center, room 200.
November 14, 2024
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Session 1:
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Session 1:
Home Ownership and CSR
Session Chair: Brett Green, WashU Olin Business |
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1:00 PM
When Private Firms Provide Public Goods: The Allocation of CSR Spending Presenter: Kim Fe Cramer, The London School of Economics and Political Science Discussant: Jordan Nickerson, Foster School of Business, University of Washington |
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1:45 PM
Unlocking Mortgage Lock-In: Evidence From a Spatial Housing Ladder Model Presenter: Julia Fonseca, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Discussant: Jonah Coste, Federal Housing Finance Agency |
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2:30 PM
Coffee Break; 2nd floor break area, Knight Center |
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Session 2:
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Session 2:
Money Management
Session Chair: Nicolae Garleanu, WashU Olin Business |
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2:45 PM
Fund Flows and Income Risk of Fund Managers Presenter: Wei Wu, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University Discussant: Philippe van der Beck, Harvard Business School, Harvard University |
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3:30 PM
The Subjective Risk and Return Expectations of Institutional Investors Presenter: Andrei S. Gonçalves, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University Discussant: Xiao Yin, Department of Economics and School of Management, University College London |
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4:15 PM
Coffee Break; 2nd floor break area, Knight Center |
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4:30 pm - 5:45 PM
Keynote Session: Antoinette Schoar, MIT Sloan School of Management |
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5:45 - 6:45 pm
PhD Poster Session + Cocktails |
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6:45 PM
Dinner at Kemper Art Museum; Kemper is located on campus and is a short walk from the Knight Center |
November 15, 2024
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8:00 am
Breakfast; Anheuser-Busch Dining Hall, 3rd floor, Knight Center |
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Session 3:
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Session 3:
Entrepreneurship
Session Chair: Todd Milbourn, WashU Olin Business |
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9:00 AM
Entrepreneur Experience and Success: Causal Evidence from Immigration Wait Lines Presenter: Abhinav Gupta, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Discussant: Ting Xu, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto |
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9:45 AM
Contract Completeness of Company Bylaws and Entrepreneurial Success Presenter: Paul Beaumont, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University Discussant: Spyridon Lagaras, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
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10:30 AM
Coffee Break; 2nd floor break area, Knight Center |
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Session 4:
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Session 4:
Novel Asset Pricing Perspectives
Session Chair: Guofu Zhou, WashU Olin Business |
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10:45 AM
Expected EPS x Trailing P/E Presenter: Alexander Chinco, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College Discussant: Francesca Bastianello, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business |
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11:30 AM
Asset Embeddings Presenter: Robert J. Richmond, Stern School of Business, New York University Discussant: Yuan Liao, Department of Economics, Rutgers University |
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12:15 PM
Lunch; Anheuser-Busch Dining Hall, 3rd floor, Knight Center |
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Session 5:
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Session 5:
Financial Intermediation
Session Chair: Anjan Thakor, WashU Olin Business
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2:00 PM
Taxation when markets are not competitive: Evidence from a loan tax Presenter: Rebecca DeSimone, London Business School Discussant: Arthur Taburet, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University |
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2:45 PM
The Economics of Market-Based Deposit Insurance Presenter: Edward Kim, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Discussant: Yakshup Chopra, Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami |
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3:30 PM
Conference Adjourns |