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 of Governors
Borghan Narajabad, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Stephane Verani, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Self-Fulfilling Runs: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
4:00 pm
Rainer Haselmann, Goethe University Frankfurt
Thomas K. Kick, Deutsche Bundesbank
Vikrant Vig, Stanford 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, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (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