2018 Program

12:00-12:45 p.m.

Lunch and pick up conference materials (Dodge Hall Room 50)

12:45-1:00 p.m.

Opening remarks by Dean Raj Echambadi with announcements by Jayant Kale

Session 1

Session Chair: Linlin Ma

1:00-2:30 p.m.

“Persistent Blessings of Luck”
Presenter: Yizhou Xiao (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Discussant: Lucy White (Boston University)

“FinTechs and the Market for Financial Analysis”
Presenter: Jillian Grennan (Duke University)
Discussant: Gerard Hoberg (University of Southern California)

2:30-3:00 p.m.

Break

Session 2

Session Chair: KC Zheng

3:00-4:30 p.m.

“Reciprocal Lending Relationships in Shadow Banking”
Presenter: Yi Li (Federal Reserve Board)
Discussant: Amiyatosh Purnanandam (University of Michigan)

“Real Option Exercise: Empirical Evidence”
Presenter: Jerome P. Taillard (Babson College)
Discussant: Evgeny Lyandres (Boston University)

6:00-9:00 p.m.

Reception: Skywalk Observatory, Prudential Building

8:15-9:00 a.m.

Breakfast

Session 3

Session Chair: Felipe Cortes

9:00-10:30 a.m.

“The Limits of Limited Liability: Evidence from Industrial Pollution”
Presenter: Ian Appel (Boston College)
Discussant: Charles Hadlock (Michigan State University)

“Going Mobile, Investor Behavior, and Financial Fragility”
Presenter: Xiao Cen (Columbia University)
Discussant: Daniel Bergstresser (Brandeis University)

10:30-11:00 a.m.

Break

Session 4

Session Chair: John Bai

10:45-11:30 a.m.

“Naughty Firms, Noisy Disclosure: The Effects of Cartel Enforcement on Corporate Disclosure”
Presenter: Alminas Zaldokas (HKUST)
Discussant: Vikram Nanda (UT Dallas)

11:45-12:45 p.m.

Lunch

Session 5

Session Chair: Kandarp Srinivasan

12:45-2:15 p.m.

“The Origins and Real Effects of the Gender Gap: Evidence from CEOs' Formative Years”
Presenter: Mike Simutin (University of Toronto)
Discussant: Simi Kedia (Rutgers University)

“Option Skills”
Presenter: Jian Hua (Baruch College)
Discussant: Slava Fos (Boston College)

2:15-2:45 p.m.

Break

Session 6

Session Chair: Anya Mkrtchyan

2:45-3:30 p.m.

“The Impact of Right-to-Work Laws on Worker Wages: Evidence from Collective Bargaining Agreements”
Presenter: Andras Danis (Georgia Tech)
Discussant: Debarshi Nandy (Brandeis University)

3:30 p.m.

Closing remarks by Rajesh Aggarwal