Corporate Finance Program Meeting
Organized by Robin Greenwood and David Thesmar
November 6, 2020
Zoom.us
Friday, November 6
FORMAT: Authors have 17 minutes for Presentation, Discussants have 13 minutes, and 10 minutes for Discussion.
9:25 am
Welcome
9:30 am

Why is Dollar Debt Cheaper? Evidence from Peru

Bryan Gutierrez, SBS Peru
Victoria Ivashina, Harvard University and NBER
Juliana Salomao, University of Minnesota and NBER

Discussant:
Lorena Keller, Texas A&M University
10:10 am

Artificial Intelligence, Firm Growth, and Industry Concentration

Tania Babina, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Anastassia Fedyk, University of California, Berkeley
Alex X. He, University of Maryland, College Park
James Hodson, AI for Good

Discussant:
Thomas Philippon, New York University and NBER
10:50 am
Break
Debt Enforcement
11:00 am

Unlocking Access to Credit with Lockout Technology (slides)

Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Brett Green, Washington University in St. Louis
Catherine Wolfram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Efraim Benmelech, Northwestern University and NBER
11:40 am

Restructuring vs Bankruptcy

Jason R. Donaldson, Washington University in St. Louis
Edward Morrison, Columbia University and NBER
Giorgia Piacentino, University of Southern California and NBER
Xiaobo Yu, Columbia University

Discussant:
David S. Scharfstein, Harvard University and NBER
12:20 pm
Break
COVID Economics
1:00 pm

The Credit Line Channel

Daniel Greenwald, New York University and NBER
John Krainer, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Pascal Paul, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Discussant:
Laura Blattner, Stanford University
1:40 pm

Did the Paycheck Protection Program Hit the Target?

João Granja, University of Chicago
Christos Makridis, Arizona State University
Constantine Yannelis, University of Cambridge
Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
ESG
2:30 pm

Exit vs. Voice

Eleonora Broccardo, University of Trento
Oliver D. Hart, Harvard University and NBER
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Harrison Hong, Columbia University and NBER
3:10 pm
Adjourn