SI 2023 Corporate Finance

Antoinette Schoar and Amir Sufi, Organizers

July 10-11, 2023

Ballroom A

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 10
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:30 am
Introductions
9:40 am

The Shifting Finance of Electricity Generation
Discussant: Steve Cicala, Tufts University and NBER
10:30 am

Irreplaceable Venture Capitalists
Discussant: Morten Sorensen, Dartmouth College and NBER
11:20 am
Break
11:40 am

The Value of Ratings: Evidence from their Introduction in Securities Markets
Discussant: Michael R. Roberts, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:40 pm

How Do Health Insurance Costs Affect Firm Labor Composition and Technology Investment?
Discussant: David A. Matsa, Northwestern University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Job Transitions and Employee Earnings After Acquisitions: Linking Corporate and Worker Outcomes
Discussant: Rebecca Zarutskie, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
3:50 pm

Closing the Revolving Door
Discussant: Elisabeth Kempf, Harvard University and NBER
4:40 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 11
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:10 am

Can Finance Save the World? Measurement and Effects of Bank Coal Exit Policies
Discussant: Jonathan Karpoff, University of Washington
10:00 am

ESG: A Panacea for Market Power?
Discussant: Andrey Malenko, Boston College
10:50 am
Break
11:19 am
Joint Session with Risks of Financial Institutions
11:20 am

The Secular Decline in Interest Rates and the Rise of Shadow Banks
Discussant: Adi Sunderam, Harvard University and NBER
12:10 pm
Lunch
1:10 pm

Central Banks as Dollar Lenders of Last Resort: Implications for Regulation and Reserve Holdings
Discussant: Arvind Krishnamurthy, Stanford University and NBER (slides)
2:00 pm
Break
2:20 pm
Panel on Recent Bank Runs and Financial Instability
Viral Acharya, New York University and NBER
Gregor Matvos, Northwestern University and NBER
Manju Puri, Duke University and NBER
Philipp Schnabl, New York University and NBER
Slides
3:50 pm
Adjourn
Martin Feldstein Lecture follows at 4:00 pm