Friday, April 18
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast (hosted by the NBER)
9:00 am

Precautionary Debt Capacity

Deniz Aydin, Washington University in St Louis
Olivia S. Kim, Harvard University

Discussant:
Olivier Darmouni, Columbia University
9:50 am

Capital Structure & Firm Outcomes: Evidence from Dividend Recapitalizations in Private Equity

Abhishek Bhardwaj, Tulane University
Abhinav Gupta, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sabrina T. Howell, New York University and NBER

Discussant:
David Sraer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
10:40 am
Break
11:25 am

Interest Rate Risk and Cross-Sectional Effects of Micro-Prudential Regulation

Juliane Begenau, Stanford University and NBER
Vadim Elenev, Johns Hopkins University
Tim Landvoigt, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Discussant:
Gregor Matvos, Northwestern University and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch - Room 621 (hosted by the NBER)
1:30 pm
Special session on entrepreneurship and innovation

Female Representation and Talent Allocation in Entrepreneurship: The Role of Early Exposure to Entrepreneurs

Mikkel Mertz, The Rockwool Foundation
Maddalena Ronchi, Northwestern University
Viola Salvestrini, Queen Mary University of London

Small-Scale Mentoring, Large-Scale Innovation: Evidence from a Superstar Firm

Colleen Chien, University of California, Berkeley
Jillian Grennan, Emory University
Jason Sandvik, Tulane University

New Technology Sectoral Disruptions

Tolga Caskurlu, University of Amsterdam
Gerard Hoberg, University of Southern California
Gordon M. Phillips, Dartmouth College and NBER

AI Personality Extraction from Faces: Labor Market Implications

Marius Guenzel, University of Pennsylvania
Shimon Kogan, Reichman University
Marina Niessner, Indiana University
Kelly Shue, Yale University and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

EXIM's Exit: The Real Effects of Trade Financing by Export Credit Agencies

Adrien Matray, Princeton University and NBER
Karsten Müller, National University of Singapore
Chenzi Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Poorya Kabir, National University of Singapore

Discussant:
Daniel Paravisini, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
4:20 pm

Investing in Customer Capital

Bianca He, University of Chicago
Lauren I. Mostrom, University of Chicago
Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Dimitris Papanikolaou, Northwestern University and NBER
5:10 pm
Adjourn
5:30 pm
Reception and Group Dinner - Gleacher Center (hosted by the NBER)