SI 2019 Asset Pricing

Sydney C. Ludvigson and Thomas Philippon, Organizers

July 11-12, 2019

Ballroom A

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 10
6:00 pm
Dinner at Hotel Marlowe (Muse Salon)
(across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Thursday, July 11
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning session will be joint with Macro, Money and Financial Frictions
8:30 am
Hui Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Zhuo Chen, Tsinghua University
Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER
Jinyu Liu, University of International Business and Economics
Rengming Xie, CITIC Securities

Pledgeability and Asset Prices: Evidence from the Chinese Corporate Bond Markets
Discussant: Tao Zha, Emory University and NBER
9:30 am
Jules H. van Binsbergen, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
William F. Diamond, University of Pennsylvania
Marco Grotteria, London Business School

Risk Free Interest Rates
Discussant: Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Federal Reserve Board and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Moritz Lenel, Princeton University and NBER
Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University and NBER
Martin Schneider, Stanford University and NBER

The Short Rate Disconnect in a Monetary Economy
Discussant: Michael Woodford, Columbia University and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
1:00 pm
Maarten Meeuwis, Washington University in St. Louis
Jonathan A. Parker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Duncan Simester, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Belief Disagreement and Portfolio Choice
Discussant: Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER
2:00 pm
Ian Martin, London School of Economics
Dimitrios Papadimitriou, London School of Economics

Sentiment and Speculation in a Market with Heterogeneous Beliefs (slides)
Discussant: Eben Lazarus, University of California, Berkeley
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm
Tyler Muir, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Alan Moreira, University of Rochester and NBER
Bernard Herskovic, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Hedging Risk Factors
Discussant: Owen Lamont, Acadian Asset Management
4:15 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 12
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am
Shimon Kogan, Reichman University
Tobias J. Moskowitz, Yale University and NBER
Marina Niessner, Indiana University

Fake News: Evidence from Financial Markets
Discussant: Kent D. Daniel, Columbia University and NBER
9:30 am
Vitaly Orlov, University of St. Gallen
Alexander Cochardt, University of St. Gallen
Stephan Heller, Harvard Business School

In Military We Trust: The Effect of Managers' Military Background on Mutual Fund Flows
Discussant: Stefano Giglio, Yale University and NBER
11:00 am
Anisha Ghosh, McGill University
Christian Julliard, London School of Economics
Michael Stutzer, University of Colorado

The Market Cost of Business Cycle Fluctuations
Discussant: Jaroslav Borovička, New York University and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
1:00 pm
Harjoat Bhamra, Imperial College Business School
Christian Dorion, HEC Montreal
Alexandre Jeanneret, HEC Montreal
Michael Weber, University of Chicago and NBER

Low Inflation: High Default Risk AND High Equity Valuations
Discussant: Alessandra Peter, New York University and NBER
2:00 pm
Juliana Salomao, University of Minnesota and NBER
Liliana Varela, London School of Economics

Exchange Rate Exposure and Firm Dynamics
Discussant: Emil Verner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm
Laurent E. Calvet, EDHEC Business School
John Y. Campbell, Harvard University and NBER
Francisco Gomes, London Business School
Paolo Sodini, Stockholm School of Economics

The Cross-Section of Household Preferences
Discussant: Jessica Wachter, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
4:15 pm
Adjourn