Corporate Finance Program Meeting
Organized by Shai Bernstein, C. Fritz Foley, and Antoinette Schoar
April 7-8, 2016
University of Chiciago-Gleacher Center
Friday, April 8
8:00 am

Replicating Private Equity with Value Investing, Homemade Leverage, and Hold-to-Maturity Accounting

Erik Stafford, Harvard University
9:20 am

Does Career Risk Deter Potential Entrepreneurs?

Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER
Richard Townsend, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Ting Xu, University of Toronto and NBER
10:30 am

Bankruptcy and Investment: Evidence from Changes in Marital Property Laws in the U.S. South, 1840-1850

Peter Koudijs, New York University
Laura Salisbury, York University and NBER
11:20 am

The Labor Market Effects of Credit Market Information

Marieke Bos, Stockholm School of Economics
Emily L. Breza, Harvard University and NBER
Andres Liberman, New York University
1:10 pm

Flexible Prices and Leverage

Francesco D’Acunto, Georgetown University
Ryan Liu, University of California, Berkeley
Carolin Pflueger, University of Chicago and NBER
Michael Weber, Purdue University and NBER
2:00 pm

The Market For Financial Adviser Misconduct

Mark L. Egan, Harvard University and NBER
Gregor Matvos, Northwestern University and NBER
Amit Seru, Stanford University and NBER
3:10 pm

Consistent Good News and Inconsistent Bad News

Rick Harbaugh, Indiana University
John W. Maxwell, Indiana University
Kelly Shue, Yale University and NBER
4:00 pm

Diagnostic Expectations and Credit Cycles

Pedro Bordalo, University of Oxford
Nicola Gennaioli, Bocconi University
Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University and NBER