Corporate Finance Program Meeting
Organized by Wei Jiang and Amit Seru
October 27-28, 2022
Intercontinental San Francisco, Room Intercon B, 888 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA
Thursday, October 27
6:30pm
Group Dinner at the Intercontinental San Francisco, Room Intercon C
Friday, October 28
7:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Small Business and Finance
8:00 am

Why Small Firms Fail to Adopt Profitable Opportunities

Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Sean Higgins, Northwestern University
Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Waldo Ojeda, Columbia University

Discussant:
Manuel Adelino, Duke University and NBER
9:00 am

Wide or Narrow? Competition and Scope in Financial Intermediation

Matteo Benetton, University of California, Berkeley
Greg Buchak, Stanford University and NBER
Claudia Robles Garcia

Discussant:
Philipp Schnabl, New York University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
Social Responsibility
10:15 am

Green Capital Requirements

Martin Oehmke, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Marcus Opp, Stockholm School of Economics

Discussant:
Peter M. DeMarzo, Stanford University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Socially Responsible Divestment

Alex Edmans, London Business School
Doron Y. Levit, University of Washington
Jan Schneemeier, Indiana University

Discussant:
Eduardo Dávila, Yale University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
Technology, Finance and Future of Work
1:30 pm

Housing Demand and Remote Work

John A. Mondragon, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Johannes Wieland, University of California, San Diego and NBER

Discussant:
Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Technological Progress and Rent Seeking

Vincent Glode, University of Pennsylvania
Guillermo Ordoñez, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Discussant:
Philip Bond, University of Washington
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Will Central Bank Digital Currency Disintermediate Banks?

Toni Whited, University of Michigan and NBER
Yufeng Wu, The Ohio State University
Kairong Xiao, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University and NBER
5:00 npm
Adjourn