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2022 Conference Program
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Friday, May 20, 2022
12:00 - 12:45 PM | Lunch and pick up conference materials (Dodge Hall Rooms 50 and 70) |
12:45 - 12:55 PM | Opening Remarks and Announcements (Dodge Hall Room 50) |
1:00 - 1:50 PM | “Corporate Disclosure: Facts or Opinions?” Authors: Shimon Kogan (Arison School of Business (IDC) and Wharton), Vitaly Meursault (FRB – Philadelphia) Discussant: David Solomon (Boston College) |
1:50 - 2:40 PM | “Entrepreneurship and the Platform Economy: Evidence from US Tax Returns” Authors: Matthew Dennes (Carnegie Mellon University), Spyridon Lagaras (Univ. of Pittsburg), Margarita Tsoutsoura (Cornell) Discussant: William Kerr (HBS) |
2:40 - 3:00 PM | Coffee Break |
3:00 - 3:50 PM | “Automation and Inequality in Wealth Management” Authors: Michael Reher (UCSD), Stanislav Sokolinski (Rutgers) Discussant: Jonathan Reuter (Boston College) |
3:50 - 4:40 PM | “The Effect of Going Public on Firm Performance and Commercialization Strategy: Evidence from International IPOs” Authors: Borja Larrain (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), Gordon Phillips (Dartmouth), Giorgo Sertsios (Univ. of Winsconsin – Milwaukee), Francisco Urzua I (City University of London) Discussant: Joan Farre-Mensa (Univ. of Illinois Chicago) |
5:15 - 9:00 PM | Reception (Alumni Center) |
Saturday, May 21, 2022
8:00 - 8:55 AM | Breakfast (Dodge Hall Room 70) |
9:00 - 9:50 AM | “Narrative Asset Pricing: Text Interpretable Systematic Risk Factors from News Text” Authors: Leland Bybee (Yale), Bryan Kelly (Yale), Yinan Su (Johns Hopkins) Discussant: Hui Chen (MIT) |
9:50 - 10:40 AM | “Bargaining with Private Equity: Implications for Hospital Prices and Patient Welfare” Authors: Tong Liu (Wharton) Discussant: Yufeng Wu (UIUC) |
10:40 - 11:00 AM | Coffee Break |
11:00 - 11:50 AM | “CEO Pet Projects” Author: Paul Decaire (Arizona State), Denis Sosyura (Arizona State) Discussant: Charlie Hadlock (Michigan State University) |
11:50 - 12:40 PM | “Why fire sale discounts are overstated: A study of misallocation and productivity in distressed airlines” Authors: Julian Franks (LBS), Gunjan Seth (LBS), Oren Sussman (Oxford), Vikrant Vig (LBS) Discussant: Wenyu Wang (Indiana University) |
12:40 - 1:45 PM | Lunch |
1:45 - 2:35 PM | “Payment Risk and Bank Lending” Authors: Ye Li (Ohio State), Yi Li (FRB – Board of Governors) Discussant: Francesco D'Acunto (Boston College) |
2:35 - 2:45 PM | Closing Remarks & Conference Ends |
COVID-19 Protocols
For visitors, Northeastern University's COVID-19 compliance protocol states that:
“Visitors who are on campus for a period longer than one day, including nonconsecutive days, must perform a wellness assessment as provided by the university prior to their campus visit. Visitors in this category must also attest to their vaccination status or confirmation of a negative PCR or viral antigen COVID test within 72 hours of their scheduled visit. These visitors must confirm their name, contact information, location, and reason for their visit using the Visitor Registration Form.”
Please refer to the campus visitors protocol for the latest information.
