New Developments in Long-Term Asset Management
Organized by Luis M. Viceira and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen
Supported by Norges Bank Investment Management
April 18, 2026
The Gleacher Center, Room 621, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL
Friday, April 17
6:00 pm
Group Dinner
Saturday, April 18
7:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am

On the Recovery and Usage of Demand Elasticities in Dynamic Settings

Carter K. Davis, The Ohio State University
Mahyar Kargar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jiacui Li, University of Utah
Dejanir Silva, Purdue University

Discussant:
Péter Kondor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
8:50 am

Mimicking Finance

Lauren Cohen, Harvard University and NBER
Yiwen Lu, University of Pennsylvania
Quoc H. Nguyen, DePaul University

Discussant:
Theis I. Jensen, Yale University
9:40 am
Break
10:00 am

When the tide goes out: The Effect of QE on the Structure of the Financial System

Matteo Leombroni, Boston College
Philippe van der Beck, Harvard University
Ciaran Rogers, HEC Paris

Discussant:
Bo Becker, Stockholm School of Economics
10:50 am
Break
11:00 am
Keynote, Market Macrostructure
Valentin Haddad, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Tyler Muir, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:50 pm
Break
1:50 pm

Forecast-agnostic Portfolios

Hongye Guo, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Jessica Wachter, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Purifying the Equity Premium

Christopher Polk, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Tuomo Vuolteenaho, Joint Effects
2:00 pm

Tax Incentives and Venture Capital Risk-Taking

Murillo Campello, University of Florida and NBER
Guilherme Junqueira, University of Florida

Discussant:
Vrinda Mittal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Private Credit at Scale: Evidence from US Regulatory Data

Young Soo Jang, The Pennsylvania State University
Dasol Kim, Office of Financial Research
Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Thomas Flanagan, The Ohio State University
3:50 pm
Adjourn