SFS Cavalcade North America 2026
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia
May 18-21, 2026
Conference Agenda
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Agenda Overview | |
| Location: Classroom 130 |
| 8:30am - 9:15am |
Track T2-1: Real Assets, Insurance, and Real Estate Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amir Kermani, UC Berkeley Discussant: Benjamin Collier, Wisconsin The Economics of Insurance Guaranty Funds 1: Harvard Business School; 2: Wharton; 3: ASU; 4: Columbia Business School |
| 9:30am - 10:15am |
Track T2-2: Real Assets, Insurance, and Real Estate Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amir Kermani, UC Berkeley Discussant: Alina Arefeva, UW-Madison Subsidizing the Cloud: U.S. State Incentives to Data Centers 1: University of Houston; 2: University of Notre Dame |
| 10:30am - 11:15am |
Track T2-3: Real Assets, Insurance, and Real Estate Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amir Kermani, UC Berkeley Discussant: Cameron LaPoint, Yale School of Management The Commercial Real Estate Ecosystem 1: Booth School of Business, University of Chicago; 2: Graduate school of Business, Columbia University |
| 11:30am - 12:15pm |
Track T2-4: Real Assets, Insurance, and Real Estate Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amir Kermani, UC Berkeley Discussant: Timothy Layton, University of Virginia Retention Costs or Human Capital Investments: A Dual Perspective on Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits 1: Columbia Business School, Columbia University; 2: University of Western Ontario |
| 1:45pm - 2:30pm |
Track T2-5: Real Assets, Insurance, and Real Estate Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amir Kermani, UC Berkeley Discussant: Ali Kakhbod, UC Berkeley Intangible Intensity 1: University of California, Los Angeles; 2: University of Michigan |
| 2:45pm - 3:30pm |
Track T2-6: Real Assets, Insurance, and Real Estate Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amir Kermani, UC Berkeley Discussant: Christoph Herpfer, UVA Darden Going for Broker? Intermediation in Health Insurance Markets 1: Department of Economics, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; 2: Sloan School of Management, MIT; 3: Department of Economics, DePaul University; 4: Carey School of Business, Johns Hopkins University |
| 8:30am - 9:15am |
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 |
| 9:30am - 10:15am |
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) |
| 10:30am - 11:15am |
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 |
| 11:30am - 12:15pm |
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 |
| 1:45pm - 2:30pm |
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 |
| 2:45pm - 3:30pm |
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 |
| 8:30am - 9:15am |
Track TH2-1: Capital Structure, Debt, and Valuation Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amiyatosh Purnanandam, University of Texas, Austin Discussant: David Denis, University of Pittsburgh Investment, Debt and Taxes 1: Washington University in St. Louis; 2: Duke University; 3: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; 4: San Diego State University |
| 9:30am - 10:15am |
Track TH2-2: Capital Structure, Debt, and Valuation Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amiyatosh Purnanandam, University of Texas, Austin Discussant: Aydogan Alti, UT Austin EPS-Maximizing Capital Structure 1: The Ohio State University; 2: Michigan State University |
| 10:30am - 11:15am |
Track TH2-3: Capital Structure, Debt, and Valuation Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amiyatosh Purnanandam, University of Texas, Austin Discussant: Vish Viswanathan, Duke University The Real Effects of Valuation Mistakes:\\ Estimates from Mergers and Acquisitions 1: HEC Paris; 2: University of Bern |
| 11:30am - 12:15pm |
Track TH2-4: Capital Structure, Debt, and Valuation Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amiyatosh Purnanandam, University of Texas, Austin Discussant: Martina Jasova, Barnard College Why Bank Net Interest Margins Are Stable - Insights from the Asset Side Vienna Graduate School of Finance and University of Vienna |
| 1:45pm - 2:30pm |
Track TH2-5: Capital Structure, Debt, and Valuation Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amiyatosh Purnanandam, University of Texas, Austin Discussant: Kose John, NYU Corporate Debt Structure Around the World 1: Imperial College Business School; 2: University of Lausanne; 3: Bocconi University |
| 2:45pm - 3:30pm |
Track TH2-6: Capital Structure, Debt, and Valuation Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amiyatosh Purnanandam, University of Texas, Austin Discussant: Travis Johnson, The University of Texas at Austin Valuation Models 1: Chicago Booth; 2: Arizona State University; 3: Wharton |