2020 Program

9:00-9:45 a.m.

“When A Master Dies: Speculation and Asset Float”
Authors: Julien Penasse (University of Luxembourg), Luc Renneboog (Tilburg
University), Jose A Scheinkman (Columbia University)
Discussant: Slava Fos (Boston College)

9:45-10:30 a.m.

“Gig‐Labor: Trading Safety Nets for Steering Wheels”
Authors: Vyacheslav Fos (Boston College), Naser Hamdi (Equifax), Ankit Kalda
(Indiana), Jordan Nickerson (Boston College)
Discussant: Simi Kedia (Rutgers)

10:30-10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45-11:30 a.m.

“Investor Tax Credits and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. States”
Authors: Matthew Denes (Carnegie Mellon University), Sabrina Howell (NYU), Filippo
Mezzanotti (Northwestern University), Xinxin Wang (UCLA), Ting Xu (Virginia)
Discussant: Dan Bergstresser (Brandeis University)

11:30-12:15 p.m.

“Trading Credit (Subsidies) for Votes: The Effect of Local Politics on Small Business Lending”
Authors: Sahil Raina (University of Alberta), Sheng‐Jun Xu (University of Alberta)
Discussant: Boris Vallée (Harvard Business School)

12:15-1:00 p.m.

Lunch break

1:00-1:45 p.m.

“Trading and Shareholder Democracy”
Authors: Doron Levit (University of Washington), Nadya Malenko (University of
Michigan), Ernst Maug (University of Mannheim)
Discussant: Diego Garcia (University of Colorado)

1:45-2:30 p.m.

“The Dark Side of Regulation on Fast Informed Trading”
Author: Jun Aoyagi (UC Berkeley)
Discussant: Sugato Bhattacharyya (University of Michigan)

2:30-2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45-3:30 p.m.

“An Application of Causal Forest in Corporate Finance: How does Financing Affect Investment?”
Authors: Huseyin Gulen (Purdue), Candace E. Jens (Tulane), T. Beau Page (Tulane)
Discussant: Mitchell Petersen (Northwestern University)

3:30-4:15 p.m.

“Discrimination in the Auto Loan Market”
Authors: Alexander Butler (Rice), Erik Mayer (Southern Methodist University), James
Weston (Rice University)
Discussant: Charles Hadlock (Michigan State University)

4:15 p.m.

Conference ends