Corporate Finance Program Meeting

David Sraer and Philip Strahan, Organizers

November 16, 2018

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Charles Suites, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, November 15
6:30 pm
Dinner, Bambara Restaurant at Hotel Marlowe (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Friday, November 16
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
Cost of Capital
8:30 am

The Benchmark Inclusion Subsidy (slides)
Discussant: Hui Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
9:20 am

Private Equity Indices Based on Secondary Market Transactions (slides)
Discussant: Arthur Korteweg, University of Southern California
10:10 am
Break
Start-ups
10:30 am

Entrepreneurial Spillovers from Corporate R&D
Discussant: Shai Bernstein, Harvard University and NBER
11:20 am

How Sensitive is Young Firm Investment to the Cost of Outside Equity? Evidence from a UK Tax Relief (slides)
Discussant: Jessica Jeffers, HEC Paris
12:10 pm
Lunch- Parkview Room
Banking: Evidence from History
1:10 pm

The Effects of Banking Competition on Growth and Financial Stability: Evidence from the National Banking Era
Discussant: Peter Koudijs, New York University
2:00 pm

Bank Equity and Banking Crises
Discussant: Randall S. Kroszner, University of Chicago and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
Finance and Local Information
3:10 pm

Going the Extra Mile: Distant Lending and Credit Cycles
Discussant: Philipp Schnabl, New York University and NBER
4:00 pm

Financing Dies in Darkness? The Impact of Newspaper Closures on Public Finance
Discussant: Manuel Adelino, Duke University and NBER
4:50 pm
Adjourn