SI 2026 Corporate Finance
Antoinette Schoar and Amir Sufi, Organizers
July 13-14, 2026
Ballroom A
Format: 20 minutes for the author, 15 minutes for the discussant, 15 minutes for Q&A.
| Monday, July 13 | ||
| 10:30 am | Introductions | |
| 10:40 am |
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER Adam Isen, Johns Hopkins University Adi Sunderam, Harvard University and NBER Eric Zwick, The University of Chicago and NBER What (Small) Firms Don't Do With Cash Windfalls |
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| 11:30 am |
Morten Bennedsen, University of Copenhagen Margarita Tsoutsoura, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER Daniel Wolfenzon, Columbia University and NBER The Talent Gap in Family Firms |
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| 12:20 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 pm |
Murillo Campello, University of Florida and NBER Gustavo S. Cortes, University of Florida Sergio H. Rocha, Monash University Dissecting the Product Market Consequences of Bankruptcy: Evidence from 300 Million Retail Transactions |
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| 2:00 pm | Break | |
| 2:50 pm |
Christopher R. Stewart, The University of Chicago Li Azinovic-Yang, The University of Chicago John D. Kepler, Stanford University Ava Speros, The University of Chicago Rising Customer Durability, Falling Business Dynamism |
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| 3:40 pm |
Marina Gertsberg, University of Melbourne Michaela Pagel, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER Ekaterina Volkova, University of Melbourne Him Too? Analyzing the Effects of Epstein Connections |
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| 4:30 pm | Adjourn | |
| Tuesday, July 14 | ||
| 9:10 am |
Amy W. Huber, University of Pennsylvania Stefan J. Huber, University of Pennsylvania Bella Jinqi. Shan, University of Pennsylvania Christina Zhu, University of Pennsylvania Buying from the Family: Private Equity-Owned Insurers and Their Affiliated Investments |
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| 10:00 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am |
Ulf Axelson, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Igor Makarov, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Leveraging to Lend: A Theory of Lax Credit |
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| 11:20 am |
Nittai K. Bergman, Tel Aviv University Alejandro Casado, Banco de España Rajkamal Iyer, Imperial College London Itay Saporta-Eksten, Tel Aviv University Estimating the Impact of Loan Supply Shocks |
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| 12:10 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:10 pm |
Viral V. Acharya, New York University and NBER Raghuram Rajan, The University of Chicago and NBER Zhi Quan (Bill) Shu, New York University When is Less More? Bank Arrangements for Liquidity vs Central Bank Support |
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| 2:00 pm |
Jian Li, Columbia University Yiming Ma, Columbia University and NBER Caterina Mendicino, European Central Bank Dominik Supera, Columbia University Bank to Non-Bank Lending and the Reallocation of Credit |
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| 2:50 pm | Break | |
| 3:20 pm |
Matteo Benetton, University of California, Berkeley Benjamin M. Hébert, Stanford University and NBER Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Deposit Competition Beyond Rates |
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| 4:10 pm |
Sergey Chernenko, Purdue University David S. Scharfstein, Harvard University and NBER Private Credit and Financial Stability |
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |