Corporate Finance 2023

Tentative Schedule

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Friday, April 21, 2023

• Lunch

• The Externalities of Finance, Session Chair TBD. 1:00-3:00pm
  • Power banks: do tax equity investors add value to renewable power projects?
    • Authors: Sophie Shive* (University of Notre Dame)
    • Discussant: Daniel Garrett (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Retention
    • Authors: Xiao Cen* (Texas A&M University), Yue Qiu (Temple University), Tracy Yue Wang (University of Minnesota)
    • Discussant: Kelly Shue (Yale University)
  • ESG: A Panacea for Market Power?
    • Authors: Philip Bond (University of Washington), Doron Levit (University of Washington) – Presenter TBD
    • Discussant: Dan Green (Harvard University)

• Coffee Break – 3:00-3:30pm

• The Market for Capital, Session Chair TBD. 3:30-5:30pm
  • Collateral Reallocation
    • Authors: Jason Donaldson* (Washington University in St. Louis), Denis Gromb (HEC Paris), Giorgia Piacentino (Columbia University)
    • Discussant: Brett Green (Washington University in St. Louis)
  • Ownership Concentration and Performance of Deteriorating Syndicated Loans
    • Authors: Mariassunta Giannetti* (Stockholm School of Economics), Ralf Meisenzahl (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
    • Discussant: Manasa Gopa (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • Capital Supply Shocks and Investment
    • Authors: Olivier Darmouni* (Columbia University), Andre Sutherland (MIT)
    • Discussant: Nicolas Crouzet (Northwestern University)

• Dinner

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Saturday, April 22, 2023

• Breakfast

• Household Finance and Labor, Session Chair TBD. 8:30-10:30am
  • Dual Credit Markets: Income Risk, Household Debt, and Consumption
    • Authors: David Matsa (Northwestern University), Brian Melzer* (Dartmouth University), Michal Zator (University of Notre Dame)
    • Discussant: Sasha Indarte (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Skin in the Game: Colleges’ Financial Incentives and Student Outcomes
    • Authors: Nano Barahona (UC Berkeley), Cauê Dobbin (CEMFI ), Hanson Ho (University of Chicago), Sebastián Otero (UC Berkeley), Constantine Yannelis* (University of Chicago)
    • Discussant: Ankit Kalda (Indiana University)
  • Can Human Capital Explain Income-based Disparities in Financial Services?
    • Authors: Ruidi Huang (Southern Methodist University), James Linck (Southern Methodist University), Erik Mayer* (Southern Methodist University), Christopher Parsons (University of Southern California)
    • Discussant: Neil Bhutta (Federal Reserve Board)

• Coffee Break: 10:30-11:00am

• Innovation and Private Capital Markets, Session Chair TBD. 11:00am-1:00pm
  • Entrepreneurs’ Diversification and Labor Income Risk
    • Authors: Jan Bena* (University of British Columbia), Andrew Ellul (Indiana University), Marco Pagano (Universit`a di Napoli Federico II), Valentina Rutigliano (University of British Columbia)
    • Discussant: Geoff Tate (University of Maryland)
  • All Clear for Takeoff: Evidence from Airports on the Effects of Infrastructure Privatization
    • Authors: Sabrina Howell (New York University), Yeejin Jang (University of New South Wales), Hyeik Kim (University of Alberta), Michael Weisbach* (Ohio State University)
    • Discussant: Tong Liu (MIT)
  • Does a VC’s Commitment Lead to Improved Investment Outcomes? Evidence from Climate Startups
    • Authors: Aaron Burt (University of Oklahoma), Jarrad Harford (University of Washington), Jared Stanfield* (University of Oklahoma), Jason Zein (University of New South Wales)
    • Discussant: Olivia Kim (NBER)

• Lunch