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: 7th Mar 2026, 04:29:13am EST
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Session Overview |
| Date: Monday, 18/May/2026 | |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Welcome Reception Location: The Forum Hotel (adjacent to Darden) - Camellia Promenade |
| Date: Tuesday, 19/May/2026 | ||||
| 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 T1-1: Preferences, Experiences, and Investor Behavior Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Huseyin Gulen, Purdue University Dinner Table Alphas 1: University of Maryland; 2: University of Texas at Dallas; 3: Harvard Business School |
Track T2-1: Real Assets, Insurance, and Real Estate Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amir Kermani, UC Berkeley The Economics of Insurance Guaranty Funds 1: Harvard Business School; 2: Wharton; 3: ASU |
Track T3-1: Asset Pricing: Theory Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Mike Gallmeyer, UVA Discussant: Philipp Illeditsch, Texas A&M University CDX Markets, Time-Varying Fear,and Corporate Leverage 1: Imperial College Business School; 2: Carnegie-Mellon University |
Track T4-1: Climate and Corporate Finance Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Christoph Schiller, Ohio State University Discussant: Luke Stein, Babson College Money and Power Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| Track T5-1: Private Equity and Venture Capital Location: Classroom 240 Chair: Michael Ewens, Columbia University Discussant: Filippo Mezzanotti, Northwestern University How do Barbarians Get to the Gates? Private Equity Careers, Styles, and Returns University of Florida |
Track T6-1: Monetary Policy Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Nina Boyarchenko, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Monetary Policy and Investment Plans 1: University of Chicago Booth School of Business; 2: MIT Sloan School of Management |
Track T7-1: Banking and Credit Intermediation Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Lu Liu, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Discussant: Susan Cherry, University of Texas at Austin Interest-Rate Fee Substitution: Credit Facilitation in Segmented Markets 1: London Business School and CEPR; 2: Bank of England |
Track T8-1: Flows, Prices, and Institutional Investors Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Ian Appel, UVA Darden Discussant: Shuaiyu Chen, UVA Darden Asset Reclassification and Mutual Fund Flows Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University |
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| 9:15am - 9:30am |
Break |
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| 9:30am - 10:15am |
Track T1-2: Preferences, Experiences, and Investor Behavior Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Huseyin Gulen, Purdue University Risky for Me, Safe for Thee: How Parents Invest for Themselves vs. Their Children 1: Copenhagen Business School; 2: Indiana University Kelley School of Business |
Track T2-2: Real Assets, Insurance, and Real Estate Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amir Kermani, UC Berkeley Subsidizing the Cloud: U.S. State Incentives to Data Centers 1: University of Houston; 2: University of Notre Dame |
Track T3-2: Asset Pricing: Theory Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Mike Gallmeyer, UVA Discussant: Hongjun Yan, DePaul University Buy High, Cry Later: Beliefs-driven Cycles of Stock Market Participation BI Norwegian Business School |
Track T4-2: Climate and Corporate Finance Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Christoph Schiller, Ohio State University Discussant: Sehoon Kim, University of Florida Green Waste 1: Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University; 2: University of Chicago, United States of America |
| Track T5-2: Private Equity and Venture Capital Location: Classroom 240 Chair: Michael Ewens, Columbia University Discussant: Jessica Bai, Georgetown University Educating Entrepreneurs on VC contracts University of Hong Kong |
Track T6-2: Monetary Policy Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Nina Boyarchenko, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Credit Crunch in Housing under Regulation Q Stanford GSB |
Track T7-2: Banking and Credit Intermediation Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Lu Liu, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Discussant: Edward Kim, University of Michigan The Response of Debtors to Rate Changes 1: Nova School of Business & Economics; 2: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL); 3: Goethe University Frankfurt; 4: Purdue University |
Track T8-2: Flows, Prices, and Institutional Investors Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Ian Appel, UVA Darden Discussant: David Solomon, Boston College The Hidden Cost of Stock Market Concentration: When Funds Hit Regulatory Limits University of Chicago |
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| 10:15am - 10:30am |
Break |
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| 10:30am - 11:15am |
Track T1-3: Preferences, Experiences, and Investor Behavior Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Huseyin Gulen, Purdue University Attention Allocation and Fund Flows: Evidence from Institutional Investors 1: University of Notre Dame; 2: Monash University, Australia |
Track T2-3: Real Assets, Insurance, and Real Estate Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amir Kermani, UC Berkeley The Commercial Real Estate Ecosystem 1: Booth School of Business, University of Chicago; 2: Graduate school of Business, Columbia University |
Track T3-3: Asset Pricing: Theory Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Mike Gallmeyer, UVA Discussant: Robert Parham, University of Virginia A Theory of Speculation on Token-Based Platform UT Austin |
Track T4-3: Climate and Corporate Finance Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Christoph Schiller, Ohio State University Discussant: Nora Pankratz, University of Toronto The Cost of Net Zero 1: Penn State U; 2: Penn State U |
| Track T5-3: Private Equity and Venture Capital Location: Classroom 240 Chair: Michael Ewens, Columbia University Discussant: Yifei Mao, Santa Clara University Transferable Skills? Founders as Venture Capitalists 1: Harvard Business School; 2: NBER; 3: Georgetown University |
Track T6-3: Monetary Policy Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Nina Boyarchenko, Federal Reserve Bank of New York A Model of U.S. Monetary Policy and the Global Financial Cycle 1: Chicago Booth; 2: Princeton University |
Track T7-3: Banking and Credit Intermediation Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Lu Liu, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Discussant: Janet Gao, Georgetown University Banks as Stewards 1: Federal Reserve Bank of New York; 2: UC Berkeley; 3: Wharton - Univeristy of Pennsylvania |
Track T8-3: Flows, Prices, and Institutional Investors Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Ian Appel, UVA Darden Discussant: Pat Akey, ESSEC Does Sustainable Investing Weaken Stock Reactions to Cash Flow News? 1: University of Houston; 2: Rutgers Business School; 3: Michigan State University; 4: University of Notre Dame; 5: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
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| 11:15am - 11:30am |
Break |
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| 11:30am - 12:15pm |
Track T1-4: Preferences, Experiences, and Investor Behavior Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Huseyin Gulen, Purdue University A Bound on Price Impact and Disagreement 1: Harvard Business School; 2: University of Lausanne, Swiss Finance Institute; 3: University of Washington in St. Louis |
Track T2-4: Real Assets, Insurance, and Real Estate Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amir Kermani, UC Berkeley 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 |
Track T3-4: Asset Pricing: Theory Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Mike Gallmeyer, UVA Discussant: Vadim Elenev, Johns Hopkins University The rise of shareholder capitalism: macroeconomic implications Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
Track T4-4: Climate and Corporate Finance Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Christoph Schiller, Ohio State University Discussant: Cynthia Yin, Cornell University Financing Investment in Electricity 1: HEC Paris; 2: Columbia; 3: Wharton |
| Track T5-4: Private Equity and Venture Capital Location: Classroom 240 Chair: Michael Ewens, Columbia University Discussant: Simon Oh, Columbia Business School Overallocated Investors and Secondary Transactions 1: University of Virginia; 2: University of Amsterdam; 3: Harvard Business School |
Track T6-4: Monetary Policy Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Nina Boyarchenko, Federal Reserve Bank of New York The Equity Constraint Channel of Monetary Policy UIUC |
Track T7-4: Banking and Credit Intermediation Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Lu Liu, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Discussant: Xu Lu, Foster School of Business - UW Earnings Information Spillovers and Depositor Contagion 1: Duke University; 2: University of Pennsylvania; 3: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Track T8-4: Flows, Prices, and Institutional Investors Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Ian Appel, UVA Darden Persistence in Alphas without Persistence in Skill 1: Northern Illinois University; 2: Dartmouth College, NBER, Kepos Capital |
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| 12:15pm - 1:45pm |
Lunch with SFS Annual Meeting & Presentation of Journal Awards Location: Darden School of Business Abbott Center Dining Room |
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| 1:45pm - 2:30pm |
Track T1-5: Preferences, Experiences, and Investor Behavior Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Huseyin Gulen, Purdue University Navigating through fear and greed: The Experience-driven disposition effect 1: University of Pennsylvania; 2: USI Lugano; 3: Tianjin University |
Track T2-5: Real Assets, Insurance, and Real Estate Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amir Kermani, UC Berkeley Intangible Intensity 1: University of California, Los Angeles; 2: University of Michigan |
Track T3-5: Asset Pricing: Theory Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Mike Gallmeyer, UVA Discussant: Bo Sun, Darden School of Business Financial Market Fragility in the Era of AI Planning 1: The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania; 2: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Track T4-5: Climate and Corporate Finance Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Christoph Schiller, Ohio State University Discussant: Anthony Rice, Villanova University Borders Bear the Brunt: State Environmental Review and Severed Agglomerations 1: Monash University; 2: Penn State University; 3: University of Oklahoma |
| Track T5-5: Private Equity and Venture Capital Location: Classroom 240 Chair: Michael Ewens, Columbia University Discussant: Reiner Braun, Technical University of Munich Retail Capital as a Stepping Stone in Venture Capital: Theory and Empirics 1: Stockholm University; 2: Columbia Business School |
Track T6-5: Monetary Policy Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Nina Boyarchenko, Federal Reserve Bank of New York What Does It Take? Quantifying Cross-Country Transfers in the Eurozone 1: Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis; 2: Northwestern Kellogg; 3: Boston College; 4: Stanford GSB |
Track T7-5: Banking and Credit Intermediation Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Lu Liu, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Discussant: David Zhang, Rice University Pricing Power in the Mortgage Market: Evidence from GSE Fee Waivers 1: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; 2: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
Track T8-5: Flows, Prices, and Institutional Investors Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Ian Appel, UVA Darden How (Not) to Identify Demand Elasticities in Dynamic Asset Markets 1: University of Rochester; 2: University of Pennsylvania |
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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 T1-6: Preferences, Experiences, and Investor Behavior Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Huseyin Gulen, Purdue University Partisan Corporate Speech 1: Washington University in St. Louis; 2: Harvard Business School |
Track T2-6: Real Assets, Insurance, and Real Estate Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amir Kermani, UC Berkeley 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 |
Track T3-6: Asset Pricing: Theory Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Mike Gallmeyer, UVA Discussant: Burton Hollifield, Carnegie Mellon University Heterogeneous Beliefs, Asset Prices, and Business Cycles 1: UCLA; 2: Purdue; 3: PUC |
Track T4-6: Climate and Corporate Finance Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Christoph Schiller, Ohio State University Discussant: Ruidi Huang, Southern Methodist University Rewiring Supply Chains Through Uncoordinated Climate Policy 1: University of Sydney; 2: Swiss Finance Institute and University of Zurich; 3: Nova School of Business and Economics, CEPR, ECGI; 4: Swiss Finance Institute and University of St. Gallen, Norges Bank |
| Track T5-6: Private Equity and Venture Capital Location: Classroom 240 Chair: Michael Ewens, Columbia University Discussant: Oleg Gredil, Tulane University Freeman School Cash or Stock? Agency Frictions in Venture Capital Distributions Cornell University |
Track T6-6: Monetary Policy Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Nina Boyarchenko, Federal Reserve Bank of New York A Model of Fed Information Effect University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Track T7-6: Banking and Credit Intermediation Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Lu Liu, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Discussant: Andres Shahidinejad, Northeastern University Credit Pricing, Rate Shocks, and Intermediary Discretion: An Auto Finance Field Study 1: UCLA Anderson; 2: University of Utah |
Track T8-6: Flows, Prices, and Institutional Investors Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Ian Appel, UVA Darden Discussant: Daniel Neuhann, University of Texas at Austin On the Recovery and Usage of Demand Elasticities in Dynamic Settings 1: The Ohio State University; 2: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; 3: University of Utah; 4: Purdue University |
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| 3:30pm - 3:45pm |
Break |
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| 3:45pm - 4:30pm |
Presidential Address and RAPS & RCFS Keynote Location: Darden School of Business Abbott Auditorium Janice C. Eberly (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University) |
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| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Reception Location: Darden School of Business South Lounge |
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| Date: Wednesday, 20/May/2026 | ||||
| 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 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 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 Who Benefits from Remote Work? 1: UNC Kenan Flagler; 2: NYU Stern |
Track W6-1: Macro-Finance Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Alp Simsek, Yale 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 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 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 Expense Shocks Matter CFPB (personal capacity) |
Track W3-2: Corporate Finance: Theory Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Barney Hartman-Glaser, UCLA Fund Proliferation, Decentralization, and 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 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 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 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 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 |
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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 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 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 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 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 Betting on Credit Betas 1: Fidelity; 2: MIT; 3: Insper |
Track W8-3: FinTech and AI in Finance Location: Classroom 270 How Good is Generative AI Personal Financial Advice? 1: MIT Sloan; 2: Stanford GSB |
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| 11:15am - 11:30am |
Break |
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Skill Mismatch Over The Technology Lifecycle 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Why Do Firms Engage in Open-Source Software Development? UT Austin |
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| 3:45pm - 4:30pm |
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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| 4:30pm - 6:30pm |
Reception Location: The Forum Hotel (adjacent to Darden) - The Grove Terrace |
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| Date: Thursday, 21/May/2026 | ||||
| 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 TH1-1: Empirical Asset Pricing Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Thummim Cho, Korea University Business School Resolving the Zero-Beta Rate Puzzle Duke University |
Track TH2-1: Capital Structure, Debt, and Valuation Location: Classroom 130 Chair: Amiyatosh Purnanandam, University of Texas, Austin Discussant: Dave 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 |
Track TH3-1: Market Microstructure Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Chester Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University Discussant: Amber Anand, Syracuse University Scale Economies in Liquidity Provision: Evidence from Designated Market Makers 1: Universidad de los Andes, Chile; 2: Universidad de los Andes, Chile; 3: Universidad Andres Bello, Chile |
Track TH4-1: Institutional Investors and Market Frictions Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Yiming Ma, Columbia Business School Facing Default? 1: Yale; 2: Wharton; 3: Reichman University; 4: Indiana |
| Track TH5-1: Policy Shocks and Regulation Location: Classroom 240 Chair: Paola Sapienza, Stanford Discussant: David Zhang, Rice University Do GSEs Subsidize Mortgage Lending? The Ohio State University |
Track TH6-1: International Finance Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Andrea Vedolin, Boston University Discussant: Leyla Han, Boston University Sovereign Credit Risk, U.S. Monetary Policy, and the Role of Financial Intermediaries 1: European Central Bank; 2: University of Wisconsin-Madison; 3: Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
Track TH7-1: Learning, Beliefs, and Disagreement Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Marianne Andries, USC When Competition Backfires: Broker Learning and Commission Fees 1: Princeton University; 2: Nanjing University; 3: University of Florida |
Track TH8-1: Depository Institutions and FinTech Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Kinda Hachem, Darden Productivity Enables Security: The Economics of Blockchain Settlement 1: Duke University; 2: NYU Stern School of Business; 3: University of Florida |
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| 9:15am - 9:30am |
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| 9:30am - 10:15am |
Track TH1-2: Empirical Asset Pricing Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Thummim Cho, Korea University Business School Discussant: Jane Jian Li, Columbia University Fiscal Imbalances and Asset Returns: Cross-Sector Economic Fluctuations under the Aggregate Budget Constraint 1: Universita' della Svizzera italiana and SFI; 2: Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 3: Rady School of Management, University of California San Diego; 4: Hong Kong University |
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 |
Track TH3-2: Market Microstructure Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Chester Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University Discussant: Linda Du, Carnegie Mellon University Sparse Portfolios and Benchmarking in Corporate Bond Markets 1: London Business School; 2: University of Chicago |
Track TH4-2: Institutional Investors and Market Frictions Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Yiming Ma, Columbia Business School Prime Broker Credit Supply and the Stock Market: Evidence on Hedge Fund Transmission Federal Reserve Board |
| Track TH5-2: Policy Shocks and Regulation Location: Classroom 240 Chair: Paola Sapienza, Stanford Discussant: Leming Lin, University of Pittsburgh Taxes and Default Risk: Evidence From Establishment-Level Data 1: Fordham University; 2: Purdue University |
Track TH6-2: International Finance Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Andrea Vedolin, Boston University Discussant: Kaushik Vasudevan, Purdue University Exchange Rate Expectations and Currency Demand University of Geneva and Swiss Finance Institute |
Track TH7-2: Learning, Beliefs, and Disagreement Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Marianne Andries, USC Institutional Investors’ Subjective Risk Premia: Time Variation and Disagreement 1: Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California; 2: Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University; 3: Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University; 4: Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame |
Track TH8-2: Depository Institutions and FinTech Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Kinda Hachem, Darden Discussant: Naz Koont, Stanford The Value of Contingent Liquidity from Banks to Nonbank Financiers The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
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| 10:15am - 10:30am |
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| 10:30am - 11:15am |
Track TH1-3: Empirical Asset Pricing Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Thummim Cho, Korea University Business School The Implied Equity Term Structure 1: Tilburg University; 2: Federal Reserve New York |
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 |
Track TH3-3: Market Microstructure Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Chester Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University Discussant: Thomas Ernst, University of Maryland Latency and the Look-Ahead Bias in Trade and Quote Data 1: University of Notre Dame; 2: Indiana University; 3: WRDS, University of Pennsylvania |
Track TH4-3: Institutional Investors and Market Frictions Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Yiming Ma, Columbia Business School Liquidity Flows to Bank-Affiliated Broker Dealers: Insights from Volumes and Prices 1: Georgetown University; 2: Federal Reserve Board; 3: HBS |
| Track TH5-3: Policy Shocks and Regulation Location: Classroom 240 Chair: Paola Sapienza, Stanford Discussant: Jan Bena, University of British Columbia The “Chilling” Effect of Climate Laws on Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions 1: Xiamen University; 2: The University of Hong Kong; 3: University of Delaware |
Track TH6-3: International Finance Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Andrea Vedolin, Boston University Discussant: Umang Khetan, University of Iowa Hunting for Dollars 1: University of Basel; 2: Swiss Finance Institute |
Track TH7-3: Learning, Beliefs, and Disagreement Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Marianne Andries, USC Analysts' Belief Formation in Their Own Words Yale School of Management |
Track TH8-3: Depository Institutions and FinTech Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Kinda Hachem, Darden Discussant: Vladimir Yankov, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Deposit Competition Beyond Rates 1: Berkeley Haas; 2: Stanford GSB; 3: Berkeley Haas |
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| 11:15am - 11:30am |
Break |
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| 11:30am - 12:15pm |
Track TH1-4: Empirical Asset Pricing Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Thummim Cho, Korea University Business School Fundamental Volatility 1: PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University; 2: University of Iowa, United States of America |
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 |
Track TH3-4: Market Microstructure Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Chester Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University Discussant: Michael Piwowar, Milken Institute The European Best Bid and Offer (EBBO): From Fragmented Feeds to a Consolidated Tape LMU Munich |
Track TH4-4: Institutional Investors and Market Frictions Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Yiming Ma, Columbia Business School Do Institutional Investors Trade on Covenant Violations? 1: NYU Stern School of Business; 2: Frankfurt School of Finance & Management |
| Track TH5-4: Policy Shocks and Regulation Location: Classroom 240 Chair: Paola Sapienza, Stanford Discussant: Matthew Denes, Carnegie Mellon University Tax Incentives and Venture Capital Risk-Taking 1: University of Florida; 2: NBER |
Track TH6-4: International Finance Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Andrea Vedolin, Boston University Discussant: Colin Ward, University of Alberta Monetary Policy Predicts Currency Movements 1: University of Warwick; 2: UCLA; 3: HKU |
Track TH7-4: Learning, Beliefs, and Disagreement Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Marianne Andries, USC The Market’s Mirror: Revealing Investor Disagreement with LLMs 1: George Washington University; 2: Penn State University; 3: Indiana University |
Track TH8-4: Depository Institutions and FinTech Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Kinda Hachem, Darden Discussant: Jane Jian Li, Columbia University Bank Opacity and Deposit Rates 1: Washington University in St. Louis & CEPR; 2: MIT Sloan, NBER & CEPR; 3: Universitat Pompeu Fabra & BSE |
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| 12:15pm - 1:45pm |
Lunch Location: Darden School of Business Abbott Center Dining Room Foyer Lunch on Thursday will be a grab-and-go. |
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| 1:45pm - 2:30pm |
Track TH1-5: Empirical Asset Pricing Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Thummim Cho, Korea University Business School Discussant: Andrew Chen, Federal Reserve Board Limits To (Machine) Learning 1: Nanyang Technological University; 2: AQR Capital Management, Yale School of Management, and NBER; 3: Swiss Finance Institute, EPFL, and CEPR |
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 |
Track TH3-5: Market Microstructure Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Chester Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University Discussant: Kerry Back, Rice University Smart Contracting in Network Markets 1: Stanford Graduate School of Business; 2: The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
Track TH4-5: Institutional Investors and Market Frictions Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Yiming Ma, Columbia Business School Getting Called: The Risks of Investor Liquidity Provision to Private Funds USC Marshall |
| Track TH5-5: Policy Shocks and Regulation Location: Classroom 240 Chair: Paola Sapienza, Stanford Discussant: Jonathan Colmer, University of Virginia The Labor Market Effects of Carbon Pricing 1: EPFL & SFI; 2: Tilburg University; 3: Luiss; 4: Norges Bank |
Track TH6-5: International Finance Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Andrea Vedolin, Boston University Discussant: Todorov Karamfil, BIS Segmented Financial Integration London School of Economics |
Track TH7-5: Learning, Beliefs, and Disagreement Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Marianne Andries, USC Bias and Predictability in Analysts' Beliefs London Business School |
Track TH8-5: Depository Institutions and FinTech Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Kinda Hachem, Darden Discussant: Arthur Taburet, Duke University Strategic Bankruptcy and Corporate Negligence 1: Harvard Business School; 2: University of Georgia; 3: University of Michigan |
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| 2:30pm - 2:45pm |
Break |
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| 2:45pm - 3:30pm |
Track TH1-6: Empirical Asset Pricing Location: Classroom 120 Chair: Thummim Cho, Korea University Business School Discussant: Mirela Sandulescu, UNC Chapel Hill On the Moments of the Stochastic Discount Factor 1: London School of Economics; 2: University of Colorado Boulder |
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 |
Track TH3-6: Market Microstructure Location: Classroom 140 Chair: Chester Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University Discussant: Chester Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University Unpacking Retail Trading Costs: the Role of Options Trading and Limit Order Usage 1: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; 2: Chapman University; 3: Boston College |
Track TH4-6: Institutional Investors and Market Frictions Location: Classroom 150 Chair: Yiming Ma, Columbia Business School Catastrophic Climate Risk and The Limits of Private Markets. New York University |
| Track TH5-6: Policy Shocks and Regulation Location: Classroom 240 Chair: Paola Sapienza, Stanford Discussant: Andrea Lanteri, Duke University Credit Cycles and Creditor Rights 1: Bocconi University; 2: UCLA Anderson; 3: NUS Business School |
Track TH6-6: International Finance Location: Classroom 250 Chair: Andrea Vedolin, Boston University Discussant: Lorena Keller, Texas A&M Managing Emerging Market Currency Risk 1: Columbia Business School; 2: University of Hong Kong |
Track TH7-6: Learning, Beliefs, and Disagreement Location: Classroom 260 Chair: Marianne Andries, USC Correlation neglect in asset prices 1: University of Hong Kong; 2: The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and NBER |
Track TH8-6: Depository Institutions and FinTech Location: Classroom 270 Chair: Kinda Hachem, Darden How Do Government Guarantees Affect Deposit Supply? 1: The Ohio State University; 2: University of Michigan; 3: UCLA; 4: University of Texas at Austin |
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