Corporate Finance Program Meeting

Isil Erel and Adi Sunderam, Organizers

April 12, 2024

Format: Authors 20 minutes, Discussants 15 minutes, Q&A 15 minutes. The presentations will not be available on YouTube

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, April 12
Continental Breakfast
8:29 am
CEO incentives
8:30am
Vyacheslav Fos, Boston College and NBER
Elisabeth Kempf, Harvard University and NBER
Margarita Tsoutsoura, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER

The Political Polarization of Corporate America
Discussant: Paola Sapienza, Stanford University and NBER
9:20am
Marius Guenzel, University of Pennsylvania
Tong Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Excess Commitment in R&D
Discussant: Michael Ewens, Columbia University and NBER
Break
10:40am
Alex Chinco, Baruch College
Itzhak Ben-David, The Ohio State University and NBER

Modeling Managers As EPS Maximizers
Discussant: Malcolm Baker, Harvard University and NBER
11:29 am
Disparities in Access to Finance
11:30am
Bronson Argyle, Brigham Young University
Sasha Indarte, University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin Iverson, Brigham Young University
Christopher Palmer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Explaining Racial Disparities in Personal Bankruptcy Outcomes
Discussant: Samuel Antill, Harvard University
Lunch - Room 621
1:30pm
Jacelly C. Cespedes, University of Minnesota
Erica Xuewei Jiang, University of Southern California
Carlos R. Parra, PUC Chile
Jinyuan Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles

Branching Out Inequality: The Impact of Credit Equality Policies
Discussant: Sergey Chernenko, Purdue University
Break
2:45 pm
Credit Markets
2:50pm
Rebecca De Simone, London Business School
Felipe Brugues, ITAM

Taxation When Markets Are Not Competitive: Evidence From A Loan Tax
Discussant: David Sraer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Break
4:10pm
Elena Carletti, Bocconi University
Filippo De Marco, Bocconi University
Vasso Ioannidou, City University of London
Enrico Sette, Bank of Italy

Corporate Runs and Credit Reallocation
Discussant: Anil K Kashyap, University of Chicago and NBER
Adjourn
Reception and Dinner at the Gleacher Center, Room 621