2015 Program

11:30-12:45 p.m.

Lunch and pick up conference materials (Dodge Hall)

12:45-1:00 p.m.

Opening remarks: Hugh Courtney, Dean, D'Amore-McKim School of Business

1:00-2:00 p.m.

“Financial Conditions and the Diffusion of Information Technologies”
Presenter: Ashwini Agrawal (New York University)
Discussant: Vikram Nanda (Rutgers University / University of Texas – Dallas)

2:00-2:15 p.m.

Break

2:15-3:15 p.m.

“Law and Marriage: Insights into the Economics of Marriage from Changes in Marriage Property Laws”
Presenter: Peter Koudijs (Stanford University)
Discussant: Raymond Fisman (Columbia University)

3:15-3:30 p.m.

Break

3:30-4:30 p.m.

“Decision-Making under the Gambler's Fallacy: Evidence from Asylum Judges, Loan Officers, and Baseball Umpires”
Presenter: Kelly Shue (University of Chicago)
Discussant: Radhakrishnan Gopalan (Washington University – St. Louis)

6:00-9:00 p.m.

Conference reception at Skywalk Observatory, Prudential Building

8:00-9:00 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00-10:00 a.m.

“Do long term investors improve corporate decision making?”
Presenter: Ambrus Kecskés (York University)
Discussant: Pedro Matos (University of Virginia – Darden School)

10:00-10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15-11:15 a.m.

“The Geography of Innovation and Innovator Flows: Do Unions Matter?”
Presenter: Karthik Krishnan (Northeastern University)
Discussant: Sudheer Chava (Georgia Institute of Technology)

11:15-11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30-12:30 p.m.

“A Corporate Culture Channel: How Increased Shareholder Governance Reduces Firm Value”
Presenter: Jillian Popadak (Duke University)
Discussant: Gordon Phillips (University of Southern California)

12:30-1:45 p.m.

Lunch

1:45-2:45 p.m.

“The Stock Market and Bank Risk Taking”
Presenter: Antonio Falato (Board of Governors)
Discussant: Simi Kedia (Rutgers University)

2:45-3:00 p.m.

Break

3:00-4:00 p.m.

“Agency Conflicts Around the World”
Presenter: Boris Nikolov (University of Rochester/Swiss Finance Institute)
Discussant: Dirk Hackbarth (Boston University)

4:00 p.m.

Conference ends