2022 Program

12:00-12:45 p.m.

Lunch and pick up conference materials (Dodge Hall Rooms 50 & 70)

12:45-12:55 p.m.

Opening remarks (Dodge Hall Room 50)

1:00-1:50 p.m.

“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 p.m.

“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 p.m.

Coffee break

3:00-3:50 p.m.

“Automation and Inequality in Wealth Management”
Authors: Michael Reher (UCSD), Stanislav Sokolinski (Rutgers)
Discussant: Jonathan Reuter (Boston College)

3:50-4:40 p.m.

“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 p.m.

Reception (Alumni Center)

8:00-8:55 a.m.

Breakfast (Dodge Hall Room 70)

9:00-9:50 a.m.

“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 a.m.

“Bargaining with Private Equity: Implications for Hospital Prices and Patient Welfare”
Authors: Tong Liu (Wharton)
Discussant: Yufeng Wu (UIUC)

10:40-11:00 a.m.

Coffee break

11:00-11:50 a.m.

“CEO Pet Projects”
Authors: Paul Decaire (Arizona State), Denis Sosyura (Arizona State)
Discussant: Charlie Hadlock (Michigan State University)

11:50-12:40 p.m.

“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 p.m.

Lunch

1:45-2:35 p.m.

“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 p.m.

Closing remarks