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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Corporate Finance Program Meeting

Shai Bernstein and C. Fritz Foley, Organizers

April 7-8, 2016

University of Chicago
Gleacher Center, Booth School of Business (Downtown Chicago)
Room 100

450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL

PROGRAM

Thursday, April 7:
(Joint session with NBER Insurance Meeting, co-organized with Liran Einav and Ken Froot)
3:00 pm	Adriano Rampini, Duke University and NBER S. Viswanathan, Duke University and NBER Guillaume Vuillemey, HEC Paris Risk Management in Financial Institutions Discussant: Adi Sunderam, Harvard University and NBER
3:45 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Sabrina Howell, New York University Relaxing Constraints on Risk Management: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Discussant: Jean-Noel Barrot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:45 pm	Viral Acharya, New York University and NBER Thomas Philippon, New York University and NBER Matthew Richardson, New York University and NBER Measuring Systemic Risk for Insurance Companies Discussant: Jakub Kastl, Princeton University and NBER
5:30 pm	Adjourn
Friday, April 8:
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	PRIVATE EQUITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
	Erik Stafford, Harvard University Replicating Private Equity with Value Investing, Homemade Leverage, and Hold-to-Maturity Accounting Discussant: Steven Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER
9:20 am	Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of British Columbia and NBER Richard Townsend, Dartmouth College Ting Xu, University of British Columbia Experimenting with Entrepreneurship: The Effect of Job-Protected Leave Discussant: Joshua Rauh, Stanford University and NBER
10:10 am	Break
10:30 am	OTHER TOPICS
	Francesco D’Acunto, University of Maryland Ryan Liu, University of California at Berkeley Carolin Pflueger, University of British Columbia Michael Weber, University of Chicago Flexible Prices and Leverage Discussant: Michael Roberts, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:20 am	Mark L. Egan, University of Minnesota Gregor Matvos, University of Chicago and NBER Amit Seru, University of Chicago and NBER The Market For Financial Adviser Misconduct Discussant: Alexander Dyck, University of Toronto
12:10 pm	Lunch-Executive Dining Room 621
1:10 pm	PERSONAL CREDIT MARKETS
	Peter Koudijs, Stanford University and NBER Laura Salisbury, York University and NBER Bankruptcy and Investment: Evidence from Changes in Marital Property Laws in the U.S. South, 1840-1850 Discussant: Effi Benmelech, Northwestern University and NBER
2:00 pm	Marieke Bos, SOFI Stockholm University & SHOF, Stockholm School of Economics Emily L. Breza, Columbia University Andres Liberman, New York University The Labor Market Effects of Credit Market Information Discussant: Manuel Adelino, Duke University
2:50 pm	Break
3:10 pm	EXPECTATIONS
	Rick Harbaugh, Indiana University John W. Maxwell, Indiana University Kelly Shue, University of Chicago and NBER Consistent Good News and Inconsistent Bad News Discussant: Alex Edmans, London Business School
4:00 pm	Pedro Bordalo, University of London Nicola Gennaioli, Università Bocconi Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University and NBER Diagnostic Expectations and Credit Cycles Discussant: Bruce Carlin, University of California and NBER
4:50 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Reception and Dinner University of Chicago Gleacher Center-Executive Dining Room 621 450 North Cityfront Drive, Chicago, IL

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