SI 2024 Corporate Finance

Antoinette Schoar and Amir Sufi, Organizers

July 8-9, 2024

Ballroom A

Format: 20 minutes for the author, 15 minutes for the discussant, 15 minutes for Q&A.

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 8
10:30 am
Introductions
10:40 am
Paul Décaire, Arizona State University
John Graham, Duke University and NBER

Valuation Fundamentals
Discussant: Steven N. Kaplan, The University of Chicago and NBER
11:30 am
Niels Joachim Gormsen, The University of Chicago and NBER
Kilian Huber, The University of Chicago and NBER

Firms' Perceived Cost of Capital
Discussant: Mitchell A. Petersen, Northwestern University and NBER
12:20 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Jason R. Donaldson, Washington University in St. Louis
Naz Koont, Stanford University
Giorgia Piacentino, University of Southern California and NBER
Victoria Vanasco, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST)

A New Theory of Credit Lines (With Evidence)
Discussant: Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:50 pm
Ofer Eldar, University of California, Berkeley
Tanja Kirmse, Miami University
Michael D. Wittry, The Ohio State University

The Rise of Anti-Activist Poison Pills
Discussant: Alon Brav, Duke University and NBER
3:40 pm
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER
Matthew Smith, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Owen M. Zidar, Princeton University and NBER
Eric Zwick, The University of Chicago and NBER

Tax Policy and Investment in a Global Economy
Discussant: Michelle Hanlon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 9
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:10 am
Elio Nimier-David, Cornell University
David Sraer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
David Thesmar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

The Effects of Mandatory Profit-Sharing on Workers and Firms: Evidence from France (slides)
Discussant: Dirk Jenter, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
Todd Gormley, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER
Manish Jha, Georgia State University
Meng Wang, University of South Florida

The Politicization of Social Responsibility
Discussant: Vyacheslav Fos, Boston College and NBER
11:20 am
Emmanuel Yimfor, Columbia University
Johan Cassel, Vanderbilt University
James P. Weston, Rice University

Venturing into Racial Diversity on Startup Boards
Discussant: Song Ma, Yale University and NBER
12:10 pm
Lunch
1:10 pm
Jinyuan Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles
Shohini Kundu, University of California, Los Angeles
Tyler Muir, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Diverging Banking Sector: New Facts and Macro Implications
Discussant: Mark L. Egan, Harvard University and NBER
2:00 pm
João Granja, The University of Chicago
Yadav K. Gopalan, Indiana University

How (In)effective was Bank Supervision during the 2022 Monetary Tightening?
Discussant: Anna Kovner, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
2:50 pm
Break
3:20 pm
Parinitha R. Sastry, University of Pennsylvania
Ishita Sen, Harvard University
Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva, Arizona State University

When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets
Discussant: Pascal J. Noel, The University of Chicago and NBER
4:10 pm
Sergio A. Correia, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Stephan Luck, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Emil Verner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Failing Banks (slides)
Discussant: Manju Puri, Duke University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn