Monday, July 13
10:30 am
Log-in plus Welcome
Plenary Session
10:45 am

Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the United States (slides)

Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER
J. Daniel Kim, University of Pennsylvania
Javier Miranda, Friedrich-Schiller University

Refined by Fire: The Great Depression and Entrepreneurship (slides)

Christos Makridis, Arizona State University
Erin L. McGuire, Mondelez International

Product Innovation and Credit Market Disruptions (slides)

Sara Moreira, Northwestern University and NBER
João Granja, University of Chicago
12:15 pm
Break
12:30-2 pm
3 Break-outs…3 each with discussants (20 minutes each + 15 min discussion + 15 min Q&A/slippage)

Private Equity
Moderator: Steven N. Kaplan

Investment Committee Voting and the Financing of Innovation

Andrey Malenko, Boston College
Ramana Nanda, Imperial College London
Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Savitar Sundaresan, Imperial College London

Private Equity Fund Debt: Capital Flows, Performance, and Agency Costs

James F. Albertus, Carnegie Mellon University
Matthew R. Denes, Carnegie Mellon University

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

Direct Lending in the U.S. Middle Market

Tetiana Davydiuk, Johns Hopkins University
Tatyana Marchuk, Nova School of Business and Economics
Samuel Rosen, Temple University
Gender, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Moderator: Josh Lerner

Gender Stereotypes and Entrepreneur Financing

Camille Hebert, University of Toronto

Networking Frictions in Venture Capital and the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship

Sabrina T. Howell, New York University and NBER
Ramana Nanda, Imperial College London

Discriminatory Lending: Evidence from Bankers in the Lab (slides)

Michelle Brock, EBRD
Ralph De Haas, EBRD

Discussant:
Zoe B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER
New Empirical Directions
Moderator: David T. Robinson

Research with Private Sector Microdata: The Case of NETS/D&B (slides)

Leland D. Crane, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Ryan Decker, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Human Interactions and Financial Investment: A Video-Based Approach

Allen Hu, University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business
Song Ma, Yale University and NBER

Launching with a Parachute: The Gig Economy and Entrepreneurial Entry

John M. Barrios, Yale University and NBER
Yael Hochberg, Rice University and NBER
Hanyi Yi, Boston College

Discussant:
Manuel Adelino, Duke University and NBER
2:00 pm
Adjourn
Virtual Happy Hour