2017 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
Announcements: Jayant Kale

1:00-2:00 p.m.

“Import Competition and Household Debt”
Chair: KC Zheng
Presenter: Jean-Noel Barrot (MIT)
Discussant: Amiyatosh Purnanandam (University of Michigan)

2:00-2:15 p.m.

Break

2:15-3:15 p.m.

“Bankruptcy Spillovers”
Chair: Tiantian Gu
Presenter: Benjamin Iverson (Northwestern University)
Discussant: Gordon Phillips (Dartmouth College)

3:15-3:30 p.m.

Break

3:30-4:30 p.m.

“Proxy Advisory Firms: The Economics of Selling Information to Voters”
Chair: Felipe Cortes
Presenter: Nadya Malenko (Boston College)
Discussant: Suresh Sundaresan (Columbia University)

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.

“Measuring Social Connectedness”
Chair: John Bai
Presenter: Theresa Kuchler (New York University)
Discussant: N. R. Prabhala (University of Maryland)

10:00-10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15-11:15 a.m.

“Credit Rating Changes and Stock Price Informativeness”
Chair: Anya Mkrtchyan
Presenter: Felipe Cortes (Northeastern University)
Discussant: Lukas Schmid (Duke University)

11:15-11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30-12:30 p.m.

“Unemployment Insurance with Informal Labor Markets: Evidence from Brazil”
Chair: Pegaret Pichler
Presenter: Janis Skrastins (Washington University)
Discussant: Andrew Samwick (Dartmouth College)

12:30-1:45 p.m.

Lunch

1:45-2:45 p.m.

“Drivers of Effort: Evidence from Employee Absenteeism”
Chair: Nicole Boyson
Presenter: Margarita Tsoutsoura (University of Chicago)
Discussant: Todd Gormley (Washington University)

2:45-3:00 p.m.

Break

3:00-4:00 p.m.

“Incentives and Competition in the Airline Industry”
Chair: Linlin Ma
Presenter: Carola Schenone (University of Virginia – McIntire)
Discussant: Jun Yang (Indiana University)

4:00 p.m.

Closing remarks by Rajesh Aggarwal