Corporate Finance Program Meeting
Organized by Paige Ouimet and Lucian A. Taylor
April 17, 2026
Gleacher Center, Room 400, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL
Friday, April 17
8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
8:45 am

Dynamic Investment and Product Market Rivalry: The Network Q Model

M. Cecilia Bustamante, University of Maryland, College Park
Bruno Pellegrino, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Nicolas Crouzet, Northwestern University
9:35 am

CEO Ideology and Global Trade

Elisabeth Kempf, Harvard University and NBER
Mancy Luo, City St George's, University of London
Margarita Tsoutsoura, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER

Discussant:
Joseph Engelberg, University of California, San Diego
10:25 am
Break
10:55 am

Competing for Loan Informal Seniority: Implications and Evidence

Theo Martins, Central Bank of Brazil
Bernardo Ricca, Insper
Arthur Taburet, Duke University

Discussant:
Scott T. Nelson, University of Chicago
11:45 am

Who Pays for Payments?

Mark L. Egan, Harvard University and NBER
Gregor Matvos, Northwestern University and NBER
Amit Seru, Stanford University and NBER
Lulu Wang, Northwestern University
Vincent Yao, Georgia State University

Discussant:
Itamar Drechsler, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
12:35 pm
Lunch - Room 621
1:45 pm

Driving a Bargain: Negotiation Skill and Price Dispersion

Kristine Hankins, University of Kentucky
Tong Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Denis Sosyura, Arizona State University

Discussant:
Kelly Shue, Yale University and NBER
2:35 pm
Break
3:05 pm

A Unified Model of Delegated Capital Management

Jonathan B. Berk, Stanford University and NBER
Peter M. DeMarzo, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Michael S. Weisbach, The Ohio State University and NBER
3:55 pm
Break
4:25 pm

Does Fund Size Affect Private Equity Performance? Evidence from Donations to Private Universities

Abhishek Bhardwaj, Tulane University
Abhinav Gupta, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sabrina T. Howell, Harvard University and NBER
Kyle E. Zimmerschied, University of Arkansas

Discussant:
Arthur Korteweg, University of Southern California
5:15 pm
Adjourn
5:30 pm
Reception and Dinner at the Gleacher Center, Room 621