Friday, November 5
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

The Distributional Effects of Student Loan Forgiveness

Sylvain Catherine, University of Pennsylvania
Constantine Yannelis, University of Cambridge

Discussant:
Deborah J. Lucas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
9:45 am

Do Employees Cheer for Private Equity? The Heterogeneous Effects of Buyouts on Job Quality

Will Gornall, University of British Columbia
Oleg Gredil, Tulane University
Sabrina T. Howell, New York University and NBER
Xing Liu, Tsinghua University

Discussant:
Paola Sapienza, Stanford University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Why is Intermediating Houses so Difficult? Evidence from iBuyers

Greg Buchak, Stanford University
Gregor Matvos, Northwestern University and NBER
Tomasz Piskorski, Columbia University and NBER
Amit Seru, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER
11:45 am

Ratios of Changes: How Real Estate Shocks Did Not Affect Corporate Investment

Ivo Welch, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Discussant:
David Thesmar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Effects of International Tax Provisions on Domestic Labor Markets

Daniel G. Garrett, University of Pennsylvania
Eric C. Ohrn, Grinnell College
Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Mitchell A. Petersen, Northwestern University and NBER
2:15 pm

How Costly Are Cultural Biases? Evidence from FinTech

Francesco D’Acunto, Georgetown University
Pulak Ghosh, India Institute of Management Bangalore
Alberto G. Rossi, Georgetown University

Discussant:
Emily Breza, Harvard University and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Gender Quotas and Support for Women in Board Elections

Marina Gertsberg, University of Melbourne
Johanna Mollerstrom, George Mason University
Michaela Pagel, Washington University in St Louis and NBER

Discussant:
Laura Starks, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
4:15 pm

Racial Disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program

Sergey Chernenko, Purdue University
David S. Scharfstein, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Michael Faulkender, University of Maryland
5:00 pm
Adjourn