Corporate Finance Program Meeting

Andrea L. Eisfeldt and Victoria Ivashina, Organizers

April 12, 2019

Gleacher Center, Room 100, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL 60611

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, April 12
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Shai Bernstein, Harvard University and NBER
Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Beatriz Pousada, Stanford University

The Contribution of High-Skilled Immigrants to Innovation in the United States
Discussant: Carola Frydman, Northwestern University and NBER
9:20 am
Joshua L. Krieger, Harvard University
Danielle Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Dimitris Papanikolaou, Northwestern University and NBER

Missing Novelty in Drug Development (slides)
Discussant: William Mann, Emory University
10:10 am
Break
10:30 am
Jason R. Donaldson, Washington University in St Louis
Denis Gromb, INSEAD
Giorgia Piacentino, University of Southern California and NBER

Conflicting Priorities: A Theory of Covenants and Collateral
Discussant: Adriano A. Rampini, Duke University and NBER
11:20 am
C. Fritz Foley, Harvard University
Agustin M. Hurtado, University of Maryland
Andres Liberman, New York University
Alberto Sepulveda, SBIF

The Effects of Information on Credit Market Competition: Evidence from Credit Cards
Discussant: Mark Garmaise, University of California at Los Angeles
12:10 pm
Lunch-Executive Dining Room 621
1:10 pm
Antonio Falato, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Diana Iercosan, Federal Reserve System [FRS]
Filip Zikes, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Banks as Regulated Traders
Discussant: Juliane Begenau, Stanford University and NBER
2:00 pm
Zhengyang Jiang, Northwestern University and NBER
Arvind Krishnamurthy, Stanford University and NBER
Hanno Lustig, Stanford University and NBER

Dollar Safety and the Global Financial Cycle
Discussant: Hélène Rey, London Business School and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:10 pm
Christopher A. Parsons, University of Washington
Casey Dougal, Drexel University
Sheridan Titman, University of Texas at Austin and NBER

Urban Vibrancy and Value Creation
Discussant: Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER
4:00 pm
Break
4:20 pm
Xavier Gabaix, Harvard University and NBER
Ralph S. J. Koijen, University of Chicago and NBER

Granular Instrumental Variables
Discussant: Kelly Shue, Yale University and NBER
5:10 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Joint Reception and Dinner at Gleacher Center, Executive Dining Room 621