SI 2020 Asset Pricing

Ralph S. J. Koijen and Sydney C. Ludvigson, Organizers

July 9-10, 2020

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, July 9
Joint Session with MEFM
11:30 am
Zhengyang Jiang, Northwestern University and NBER
Hanno Lustig, Stanford University and NBER
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University and NBER
Mindy Z. Xiaolan, University of Texas at Austin

The U.S. Public Debt Valuation Puzzle (slides)
Discussants: Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University
Jules H. van Binsbergen, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
12:30 pm
Ricardo J. Caballero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Alp Simsek, Yale University and NBER

Monetary Policy with Opinionated Markets (slides)
Discussants: Alexi Savov, New York University and NBER
Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Federal Reserve Board of Governors and NBER (slides)
Money Market Stress and Banks
1:30 pm
Gara Afonso, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Marco Cipriani, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Adam Copeland, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Anna Kovner, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Gabriele La Spada, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Antoine Martin, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

The Market Events of Mid-September 2019 (slides)
Ricardo Correa, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Wenxin Du, Harvard University and NBER
Gordon Y. Liao, Circle

U.S. Banks and Global Liquidity (slides)
Discussant: Darrell Duffie, Stanford University and NBER (slides)
2:25 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 10
10:00 am
Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Federal Reserve Board of Governors and NBER
Adair Morse, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Information Transmission from the Federal Reserve to the Stock Market: Evidence from Governors’ Calendars
Discussant: Narayana R. Kocherlakota, University of Rochester and NBER (slides)
11:00 am
Break
11:05 am
Laurent E. Calvet, EDHEC Business School
Claire Celerier, University of Toronto
Paolo Sodini, Stockholm School of Economics
Boris Vallee, Harvard University

Can Security Design Foster Household Risk-Taking?
Discussant: Jonathan A. Parker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER (slides)
12:05 pm
Break
12:15 pm
Panel Discussion Related to the Ongoing Covid-19 Crisis
Panel #1
Tarek Alexander Hassan, Boston University and NBER
Stephan Hollander, Tilburg University
Laurence van Lent, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
Ahmed Tahoun, London Business School

Firm-Level Exposure to Epidemic Diseases: Covid-19, SARS, and H1N1
Panel #2
Valentin Haddad, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Alan Moreira, University of Rochester and NBER
Tyler Muir, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

When Selling Becomes Viral: Disruptions in Debt Markets in the COVID-19 Crisis and the Fed's Response (slides)
Panel #3
Stefano Giglio, Yale University and NBER
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER
Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER
Stephen Utkus, University of Pennsylvania

Inside the Mind of a Stock Market Crash
1:15 pm
Break
1:30 pm
Emilien Gouin-Bonenfant, Columbia University
Matthieu Gomez, Columbia University

A Q-Theory of Inequality
Discussant: Amir Sufi, University of Chicago and NBER
2:30 pm
Itzhak Ben-David, The Ohio State University and NBER
Jiacui Li, University of Utah
Andrea Rossi, University of Arizona
Yang Song, University of Washington

Non-Fundamental Demand and Style Returns
Discussant: Martin Lettau, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
Combination Session: Global Fixed Income and Currency Markets
Robin Greenwood, Harvard University and NBER
Samuel Hanson, Harvard University and NBER
Jeremy C. Stein, Harvard University and NBER
Adi Sunderam, Harvard University and NBER

A Quantity-Driven Theory of Term Premiums and Exchange Rates
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Walker D. Ray, London School of Economics
Dimitri Vayanos, London School of Economics and NBER

A Preferred-Habitat Model of Term Premia and Currency Risk (slides)
Discussant: Hanno Lustig, Stanford University and NBER
4:55 pm
Adjourn