SI 2016 Corporate Finance

Malcolm Baker, Amit Seru, Johannes Stroebel, and Antoinette Schoar, Organizers

July 11-12, 2016

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 11
10:20 am
Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER
Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Yale University and NBER
Neale Mahoney, Stanford University and NBER
Jae Song, Social Security Administration

Bad Credit, No Problem? The Credit and Labor Market Consequences of Bad Credit Reports
11:10 am
Efraim Benmelech, Northwestern University and NBER
Carola Frydman, Northwestern University and NBER
Dimitris Papanikolaou, Northwestern University and NBER

Financial Frictions and Employment during the Great Depression
1:00 pm
Michael J. Boehm, TU Dortmund University
Daniel Metzger, Stockholm School of Economics
Per Stromberg, Stockholm School of Economics

“Since you’re so rich, you must be really smart”: Talent and the Finance Wage Premium
1:50 pm
Steven N. Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER
Morten Sorensen, Dartmouth College and NBER

Are CEOs Different? Characteristics of Top Managers
3:10 pm
Nathan Foley-Fisher, Federal Reserve Board
Borghan Narajabad, Federal Reserve Board
Stephane Verani, Federal Reserve Board

Self-Fulfilling Runs: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
4:00 pm
Rainer Haselmann, Goethe University Frankfurt and SAFE
Thomas K. Kick, Deutsche Bundesbank
Vikrant Vig, Northwestern University and NBER

The Political Economy of Bank Bailouts
Tuesday, July 12
9:00 am
Mark L. Egan, Harvard University and NBER
Ali Hortaçsu, University of Chicago and NBER
Gregor Matvos, Northwestern University and NBER

Deposit Competition and Financial Fragility: Evidence from the US Banking Sector
9:50 am
Eduardo Davila, Yale University and NBER
Itay Goldstein, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Optimal Deposit Insurance
11:10 am
Xavier Giroud, Columbia University and NBER
Holger Mueller, New York University and NBER

Redistribution of Local Demand Shocks through Firm's Internal Networks
1:00 pm
Atif R. Mian, Princeton University and NBER
Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER
Emil Verner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Household Debt and Business Cycles Worldwide
1:50 pm
Tyler Muir, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Arvind Krishnamurthy, Stanford University and NBER

How Credit Cycles across a Financial Crisis
3:10 pm
Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, EPFL
Robert Prilmeier, Tulane University
René M. Stulz, The Ohio State University and NBER

Why Does Fast Loan Growth Predict Poor Performance For Banks?
4:00 pm
Adriano A. Rampini, Duke University and NBER

Financing Durable Assets