Monday, July 15
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Does One-Size-Fits-All Minimum Wage Cause Financial Stress to Small Businesses? Evidence from 15 Million Establishments

Sudheer Chava, Georgia Tech
Alexander Oettl, Georgia Institute of Technology and NBER
Manpreet Singh, Georgia Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Barton H. Hamilton, Washington University in St Louis
9:45 am

The Post Entry Growth and Survival of Business Startups: The Role of Founding Teams

Joonkyu Choi, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Nathan Goldschlag, U.S. Census Bureau
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
J. Daniel Kim, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Jorge Guzman, Columbia University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from Alternative Vehicles in Private Equity

Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Jason Mao, State Street Global Exhange
Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Nan Zhang, State Street Global Exhange

Discussant:
Steven N. Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER
11:30 am

More Cash Flows, More Options? The Effect of Cash Windfalls on Small Firms

Jacelly C. Cespedes, University of Minnesota
Xing Huang, Washington University in St Louis
Carlos R. Parra, PUC Chile

Discussant:
Toni Whited, University of Michigan and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Common Ownership and Startup Growth

Ofer Eldar, University of California, Berkeley
Jill Grennan, Emory University
Kate Waldock, Georgetown University

Discussant:
Martin C. Schmalz, University of Oxford
2:15 pm

Gender, Race, and Entrepreneurship: A Randomized Field Experiment on Venture Capitalists and Angels

Ilya A. Strebulaev, Stanford University and NBER
Will Gornall, University of British Columbia

Discussant:
Yael Hochberg, Rice University and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Founder-CEO Compensation and Non-Diversifiable Risk in Venture-Capital Backed Firms

Michael Ewens, Columbia University and NBER
Ramana Nanda, Imperial College London
Christopher T. Stanton, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Kathryn L. Shaw, Stanford University and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn