SI 2024 Entrepreneurship

Yael Hochberg, Josh Lerner, and David T. Robinson, Organizers

July 15, 2024

Ballroom A

Format: 20 minutes for the author, 15 minutes for the discussant, 10 minutes for general discussion and questions from the audience.

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 15
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
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8:30 am
Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
Gaia Dossi, University College London
Matthew Smith, Department of the Treasury
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER
Owen M. Zidar, Princeton University and NBER
Eric Zwick, University of Chicago and NBER

America's Missing Entrepreneurs
Discussant: John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
9:15 am
Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
Harun Alp, Federal Reserve Board
Jeremy Pearce, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Marta Prato, Bocconi University

Career Choice of Entrepreneurs, Inventors and Economic Growth
Discussant: Morten Sorensen, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:00 am
Mikaela Backman, Jӧnkӧping International Business School
Christopher S. Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Erwan Dujeancourt, Stockholm University
Samuel Mann, RAND Corporation

Sexual Orientation, Entrepreneurship, and Firm Survival
Discussant: Michael Ewens, Columbia University and NBER
10:45 am
Break
11:15 am
Edie Hotchkiss, Boston College
Benjamin Iverson, Brigham Young University
Xiang Zheng, University of Connecticut

Can Small Businesses Survive Chapter 11?
Discussant: Ofer Eldar, University of California, Berkeley
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Patrick Bolton, Columbia University
Shannon X. Liu, University of Toronto
Ramana Nanda, Imperial College London
Savitar Sundaresan, Imperial College London

Moral Hazard in Experiment Design: Implications for Financing Innovation
Discussant: Benjamin N. Roth, Harvard University
1:45 pm
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER
Plamen T. Nenov, Norges Bank
Vitor Santos, Norwegian Business School
Alp Simsek, Yale University and NBER

Stock Market Wealth and Entrepreneurship
Discussant: Tania Babina, Columbia University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Lisa Abraham, RAND Corporation
Benjamin K. Master, RAND Corporation
Brian Phillips, RAND Corporation
Gabriel Hassler, RAND Corporation

The Changing Nature of Entrepreneurship in the U.S.: Evidence from Shopify
Discussant: Andrey Fradkin, Boston University
3:45 pm
Emanuele Colonnelli, University of Chicago and NBER
Marcio Cruz, IFC, World Bank Group
Mariana Pereira-Lopez, World Bank
Tommaso Porzio, Columbia University and NBER
Chun Zhao, Stanford University

Startups in Africa
Discussant: Nava Ashraf, London School of Economics
4:30 pm
Adjourn
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