SFS Cavalcade North America 2026
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia
May 18-21, 2026
Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 18th Apr 2026, 05:22:17am EDT
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Daily Overview |
| 8:00am - 3:00pm |
Registration Location: Darden School of Business, Rosenblum Entrance Hall Breakfast will be available Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings from 8 AM - 10AM. Refreshments will be available throughout the day. |
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| 8:30am - 9:15am |
Track W1-1: Government Policies and Financial Markets Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Vadim Elenev, Johns Hopkins University Discussant: Anastassia Fedyk, UC Berkeley Haas Innovation Policy and Inventors’ Productivity: Evidence from Global AI Initiatives 1: University of Technology Sydney, UTS Business School, Sydney, Australia; 2: University of New South Wales, UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia; 3: University of Texas at Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of Business, Richardson, USA |
Track W2-1: Household Finance and Retirement Behavior Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Shan Ge, NYU Discussant: Irina Stefanescu, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Financial Advisors and Retirees' Risk-Taking 1: Arizona State University; 2: Washington University in St. Louis; 3: Indiana University |
Track W3-1: Corporate Finance: Theory Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Barney Hartman-Glaser, UCLA Discussant: Giorgia Piacentino, USC Information-Concealing Credit Architecture 1: Yale University; 2: University of Washington; 3: University of Pennsylvania |
Track W4-1: Climate and Asset Pricing Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Lorenzo Garlappi, UBC Discussant: Shaojun Zhang, Ohio State University, University of British Columbia Do carbon markets undermine private climate initiatives? 1: Virginia; 2: ESSEC; 3: Houston; 4: UNC |
| Track W5-1: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology Adoption Location: Classroom 240 Chair: David Robinson, Duke University Discussant: Matthew Denes, Carnegie Mellon University Who Benefits from Remote Work? 1: UNC Kenan Flagler; 2: NYU Stern |
Track W6-1: Macro-Finance Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Alp Simsek, Yale University Discussant: Xiang Fang, HKU Inflation Uncertainty: Measurement, Causes, and Consequences 1: Harvard Business School; 2: NYU Stern; 3: University of Michigan |
Track W7-1: Asset Pricing: Credit and Derivatives Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Francis Longstaff, UCLA Anderson School Discussant: Vrinda Mittal, Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC Chapel Hill Pricing Government Contract Risk Premia: Evidence from the 2025 Federal Lease Terminations 1: Rochester Institute of Technology; 2: Yale School of Management |
Track W8-1: FinTech and AI in Finance Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Pedro Matos, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Discussant: Mark Chen, Georgia State University Does Corporate Production of AI Innovation Create Value? 1: Schulich School of Business at York University; 2: HKU Business School and ECGI; 3: School of Administrative Studies at York University |
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| 9:15am - 9:30am |
Break |
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| 9:30am - 10:15am |
Track W1-2: Government Policies and Financial Markets Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Vadim Elenev, Johns Hopkins University Discussant: Alessandro Villa, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Fiscal Redistribution Risk in Treasury Markets 1: London business school; 2: Stanford University, United States; 3: Federal Reserve Board |
Track W2-2: Household Finance and Retirement Behavior Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Shan Ge, NYU Discussant: Michael Gelman, University of Delaware Expense Shocks Matter CFPB (personal capacity) |
Track W3-2: Corporate Finance: Theory Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Barney Hartman-Glaser, UCLA Discussant: Shaun Davies, University of Colorado, Boulder Fragmentation of Shareholder Power 1: Boston College; 2: University of Toronto |
Track W4-2: Climate and Asset Pricing Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Lorenzo Garlappi, UBC Discussant: Ishita Sen, Harvard Business School Pricing Protection: Credit Scores, Disaster Risk, and Home Insurance Affordability 1: Federal Reserve Board; 2: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; 3: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; 4: University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Track W5-2: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology Adoption Location: Classroom 240 Chair: David Robinson, Duke University Discussant: Christina Brinkmann, Boston University HUSTLING FROM HOME? WORK FROM HOME FLEXIBILITY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ENTRY 1: Boston College; 2: Yale University; 3: Rice University |
Track W6-2: Macro-Finance Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Alp Simsek, Yale University Discussant: Leyla Han, Boston University How Markets Process Macro News: The Importance of Investor Attention Federal Reserve Board |
Track W7-2: Asset Pricing: Credit and Derivatives Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Francis Longstaff, UCLA Anderson School Discussant: Ljubica Georgievska, NYU Stren School of Business Pricing of Corporate Bonds: Evidence From a Century-Long Cross-Section 1: UNIV OF WISCONSIN-MADISON; 2: Kansas University; 3: University of Pennsylvania |
Track W8-2: FinTech and AI in Finance Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Pedro Matos, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Discussant: Pauline Liang, Stanford GSB Financial Technologies, Labor Markets, and Wage Inequality: Evidence from Instant Payment Systems 1: University of Minnesota; 2: Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile; 3: Insper, Brazil |
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| 10:15am - 10:30am |
Break |
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| 10:30am - 11:15am |
Track W1-3: Government Policies and Financial Markets Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Vadim Elenev, Johns Hopkins University Discussant: Max Miller, Harvard University Partisan Fed London Business School |
Track W2-3: Household Finance and Retirement Behavior Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Shan Ge, NYU Discussant: Sanket Korgaonkar, University of Virginia Wealth Accumulation in College Savings Accounts and Educational Opportunities Vanderbilt University |
Track W3-3: Corporate Finance: Theory Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Barney Hartman-Glaser, UCLA Discussant: Daniel Chen, Princeton University Probability Pricing 1: Yale University; 2: New York University; 3: Oxford University |
Track W4-3: Climate and Asset Pricing Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Lorenzo Garlappi, UBC Discussant: John Orellana, Philadelphia Fed Beyond the Storm: Climate Risk and Insurers of Last Resort 1: Indiana University; 2: University of South Florida |
| Track W5-3: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology Adoption Location: Classroom 240 Chair: David Robinson, Duke University Discussant: Constantine Yanellis, Cambridge Sanctions Paradox: Do U.S. Export Restrictions Hurt Domestic Innovation? 1: Tsinghua University; 2: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 3: Sun Yat-sen University |
Track W6-3: Macro-Finance Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Alp Simsek, Yale University Discussant: Zhengyang Jiang, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Fluctuations in the Treasury General Account and their effect on the Fed’s balance sheet Federal Reserve Board |
Track W7-3: Asset Pricing: Credit and Derivatives Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Francis Longstaff, UCLA Anderson School Discussant: Yoshio Nozawa, University of Toronto Betting on Credit Betas 1: Fidelity; 2: MIT; 3: Insper |
Track W8-3: FinTech and AI in Finance Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Pedro Matos, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Discussant: Anastassia Fedyk, UC Berkeley Haas How Good is Generative AI Personal Financial Advice? 1: MIT Sloan; 2: Stanford GSB |
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| 11:15am - 11:30am |
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| 11:30am - 12:15pm |
Track W1-4: Government Policies and Financial Markets Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Vadim Elenev, Johns Hopkins University Discussant: Callum Jones, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Optimal Immigration and Long-Run Growth 1: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; 2: Anderson School, UCLA; 3: NBER |
Track W2-4: Household Finance and Retirement Behavior Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Shan Ge, NYU Discussant: Alessandro Previtero, Indiana University The Design of Retirement Plan Match Schedules 1: Yale University; 2: MIT Sloan; 3: Vanguard |
Track W3-4: Corporate Finance: Theory Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Barney Hartman-Glaser, UCLA Discussant: Brendan Daley, Johns Hopkins Data versus Information Sales under Financial Constraints 1: University of Rochester; 2: University of Wisconsin-Madison; 3: Stanford Graduate School Business |
Track W4-4: Climate and Asset Pricing Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Lorenzo Garlappi, UBC Discussant: Andreas Stathopoulos, UNC Chapel Hill El Niño and Currency Returns 1: Case Western Reserve University; 2: Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; 3: Cornell University; 4: Cambridge University |
| Track W5-4: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology Adoption Location: Classroom 240 Chair: David Robinson, Duke University Discussant: David Robinson, Duke University How Big is Small? The Economic Effects of Access to Small Business Government Support 1: US Census Bureau; 2: Carnegie Mellon; 3: Boston College; 4: University of Arkansas |
Track W6-4: Macro-Finance Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Alp Simsek, Yale University Discussant: Roberto Gomez Cram, LBS Under Pressure? Central Bank Independence Meets Blockchain Prediction Markets 1: UC Berkeley; 2: Warwick Business School; 3: HKUST Guangzhou |
Track W7-4: Asset Pricing: Credit and Derivatives Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Francis Longstaff, UCLA Anderson School Discussant: Matthias Fleckenstein, University of Delaware An Anatomy of Retail Option Trading 1: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; 2: Boston College |
Track W8-4: FinTech and AI in Finance Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Pedro Matos, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Discussant: Agustin Hurtado, University of Maryland Hidden Medical Debt and Consumer Access to Credit University of Virginia |
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| 12:15pm - 1:45pm |
Lunch with Keynote by Cavalcade Chair & Presentation of Cavalcade Awards Location: Darden School of Business Abbott Center Dining Room |
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| 1:45pm - 2:30pm |
Track W1-5: Government Policies and Financial Markets Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Vadim Elenev, Johns Hopkins University Discussant: Deeksha Gupta, Johns Hopkins University Cap and Trade with Imperfect Hedging 1: HEC Paris; 2: UCLA |
Track W2-5: Household Finance and Retirement Behavior Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Shan Ge, NYU Discussant: Sheisha Kulkarni, University of Virginia Bank Fees and Household Financial Well-Being 1: Georgia Institute of Technology; 2: Washington University, St. Louis; 3: Harvard Business School |
Track W3-5: Corporate Finance: Theory Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Barney Hartman-Glaser, UCLA Discussant: David Robinson, Duke University Private Equity Continuation Vehicles: A Model of Strategic Asset Transfers 1: Carnegie Mellon University; 2: HBS; 3: Oxford Said |
Track W4-5: Climate and Asset Pricing Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Lorenzo Garlappi, UBC Discussant: Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva, ASU Economics of Property Insurance 1: Federal Reserve Bank of New York; 2: New York University, Stern School of Business |
| Track W5-5: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology Adoption Location: Classroom 240 Chair: David Robinson, Duke University Discussant: Neroli Austin, University of Michigan From Mainframes to Machine Learning: Skill Gaps over the Technology Life Cycle 1: London School of Economics; 2: University of Waterloo; 3: Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania |
Track W6-5: Macro-Finance Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Alp Simsek, Yale University Discussant: Andrea Presbitero, IMF Predicting Fiscal Armageddons The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
Track W7-5: Asset Pricing: Credit and Derivatives Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Francis Longstaff, UCLA Anderson School Discussant: Jongsub Lee, Seoul National University Which market leads price discovery? New conclusions from a new test Copenhagen Business School |
Track W8-5: FinTech and AI in Finance Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Pedro Matos, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Discussant: Dexin Zhou, Baruch College FinTech Brings a Bias from Psychology Labs to a Two-trillion-dollar Market 1: DePaul University; 2: Tsinghua University; 3: Xuanyuan Insurance Agency Co., Ltd; 4: Capital University of Economics and Business; 5: Baylor University |
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| 2:30pm - 2:45pm |
Break A snack station will be available Tuesday & Wednesday from 2:15 - 3:15 PM. |
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| 2:45pm - 3:30pm |
Track W1-6: Government Policies and Financial Markets Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Vadim Elenev, Johns Hopkins University Discussant: Antje Bendt, Australian National University Bailout Expectations, Default Risk and the Dynamics of Bank Credit Spreads University of Pennsylvania |
Track W2-6: Household Finance and Retirement Behavior Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Shan Ge, NYU Discussant: David Low, CFPB Debt and Liquid Wealth: Evidence from Pension Fund Withdrawals 1: Central Bank of Chile; 2: PUC Chile |
Track W3-6: Corporate Finance: Theory Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Barney Hartman-Glaser, UCLA Discussant: Hengjie Ai, University of Wisconsin-Madison Financing the Adoption of Clean Technology Duke University |
Track W4-6: Climate and Asset Pricing Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Lorenzo Garlappi, UBC Discussant: Matthew Gustafson, Pennsylvania State University Blame it on the weather: Market implied weather volatility and firm performance 1: Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University; 2: Bauer College of Business, University of Houston; 3: DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University; 4: BI Norwegian Business School; 5: College of Business and Analytics, Southern Illinois University |
| Track W5-6: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology Adoption Location: Classroom 240 Chair: David Robinson, Duke University Discussant: Richard Maxwell, UVA Darden Tradeoff between Entrepreneurship and Fertility: Evidence from China’s Nationwide Two-Child Policy 1: National Tsing Hua University; 2: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; 3: Peking University HSBC Business School |
Track W6-6: Macro-Finance Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Alp Simsek, Yale University Discussant: Yoshio Nozawa, University of Toronto The Global Credit Cycle 1: Federal Reserve Bank of New York; 2: CEPR and CESIfo |
Track W7-6: Asset Pricing: Credit and Derivatives Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Francis Longstaff, UCLA Anderson School Discussant: Darren Aiello, BYU Fairness by Design: Mortgage Lending and Regulation 1: KIT; 2: UC Berkeley; 3: UC Berkeley; 4: UC Berkeley |
Track W8-6: FinTech and AI in Finance Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Pedro Matos, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Discussant: Abhinav Gupta, UNC Kenan Flagler Why Do Firms Engage in Open-Source Software Development? UT Austin |
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| 3:45pm - 4:45pm |
Plenary Panel Session: US Treasury Debt and Fiscal Sustainability Location: The Forum Hotel (adjacent to Darden) - The Grove Ballroom Andrew Abel, University of Pennsylvania Michael Faulkender, University of Maryland Deborah Lucas, MIT Hanno Lustig, Stanford University Moderator: Joshua Rauh, Stanford University |
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| 4:45pm - 6:30pm |
Reception — Sponsored by Mayo Center for Asset Management Location: The Forum Hotel (adjacent to Darden) - The Grove Terrace |
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