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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Corporate Finance Program Meeting

Thomas Philippon and Jeffrey Wurgler, New York University, Organizers

April 10, 2015

University of Chicago
Gleacher Center, Booth School of Business (Downtown Chicago)
Room 100
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL

PROGRAM

8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	FIRM LEVERAGE Erik P. Gilje, University of Pennsylvania Do Firms Engage in Risk-Shifting? Empirical Evidence Discussant: Benjamin Iverson, Northwestern University
9:30 am	Xavier Giroud, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Holger Mueller, New York University and NBER Firm Leverage and Unemployment during the Great Recession Discussant: Andrea Eisfeldt, University of California at Los Angeles and NBER
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	HOUSEHOLD LEVERAGE Manuel Adelino, Duke University Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Felipe Severino, Dartmouth College Changes In Buyer Composition And The Expansion Of Credit During The Boom
	Atif Mian, Princeton University and NBER Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER Fraudulent Income Overstatement on Mortgage Applications During the Credit Expansion of 2002 to 2005
12:00 pm	Lunch- Executive Dining Room 621
1:00 pm	OTHER TOPICS Claire Celerier, University of Zurich Boris Vallee, Harvard University Returns to Talent and the Finance Wage Premium Discussant: Steven Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER
2:00 pm	Harrison Hong, Princeton University and NBER Inessa Liskovich, Princeton University Crime, Punishment and the Halo Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility Discussant: Raymond Fisman, Columbia University and NBER
3:00 pm	Break
3:15 pm	GOVERNANCE Jose Azar, Charles River Associates Martin Schmalz, University of Michigan Isabel Tecu, Charles River Associates Anti-Competitive Effects of Common Ownership Discussant: Sheridan Titman, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
4:15 pm	Craig Doidge, University of Toronto Alexander Dyck, University of Toronto Hamed Mahmudi, University of Oklahoma Aazam Virani, University of Arizona Can Institutional Investors Improve Corporate Governance Through Collective Action? Discussant: Bernard Black, Northwestern University
5:15 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Joint Reception and Dinner University of Chicago Gleacher Center-Executive Dining Room 621 450 North Cityfront Drive Chicago, IL

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