Monday, July 19

Format: 20 minutes for the speaker, 10 minutes for the discussant, 10 minutes for Q&A

9:45 am

Welcome and Introductions

10:00 am

Rugged Entrepreneurs: The Geographic and Cultural Contours of New Business Formation

John M. Barrios, Yale University and NBER
Yael Hochberg, Rice University and NBER
Daniele Macciocchi, University of Miami

Discussant:
Stephan Siegel, University of Washington

10:45 am

Female Entrepreneurship and Trust in the Market

Nava Ashraf, London School of Economics
Alexia Delfino, Bocconi University
Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Randall Morck, University of Alberta and NBER

11:30 am

Did the Paycheck Protection Program Hit the Target?

João Granja, University of Chicago
Christos Makridis, Arizona State University
Constantine Yannelis, University of Cambridge
Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Benjamin Pugsley, University of Notre Dame

12:30 pm

Does Size Matter? The Real Effects of Subsidizing Small Firms

Matthew R. Denes, Carnegie Mellon University
Ran Duchin, Boston College
John Hackney, University of South Carolina

Discussant:
Zoe B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER

1:15 pm

Diversity and Performance in Entrepreneurial Teams

Paul Gompers, Harvard University and NBER
Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Kevin Huang, University of California, Los Angeles

Discussant:
Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago and NBER

2:00 pm

Partisan Entrepreneurship

Joseph Engelberg, University of California, San Diego
Jorge Guzman, Columbia University and NBER
Runjing Lu, University of Toronto
William Mullins, University of California, San Diego

Discussant:
Margarita Tsoutsoura, Washington University in St Louis and NBER

2:45 pm

Adjourn