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  • Brent Ambrose (Penn State)

    McIntire, RRH 410

    Brent Ambrose will present the following paper: Do Appraiser and Borrower Race Affect Mortgage Collateral Valuation? (Link) Abstract: We examine racial bias in property appraisals using a national sample of refinanced mortgages from 2000 to 2007. Our data allow us to observe the race of the appraiser and homeowner in Read more…

  • Alexander Butler – Jones Graduate School of Business (Rice)

    Darden, FOB 194

    A Market-based Measure of Climate Risk for Cities Abstract We use information from financial markets to construct a comprehensive measure of cities’ economic exposure to climate-related risks. Studying a large sample of municipal bonds issued by U.S. cities, we document substantial variation in how municipal bond prices respond to innovations Read more…

  • Victoria Ivashina (HBS)

    McIntire, RRH 410

    Victoria Ivashina will present the following paper (click link in title for paper). Bank Runs and Interest Rates: A Revolving Lines Perspective with Falk Brauning Abstract: Revolving credit is at the core of the banking business. Corporate revolving credit lines are demandable claims; thus, similar to a traditional bank run Read more…

  • Brownbag: Marco Cipriani (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

    Darden, FOB 294

    Tracing Bank Runs in Real Time Abstract We use high-frequency interbank payments data to trace deposit flows in March 2023 and identify twenty-two banks that suffered a run, significantly more than the two that failed but fewer than the number with large negative stock returns. The runs were driven by Read more…

  • Juanita González-Uribe – London School of Economics

    Darden, FOB 194

    Managerial Springboards: Employee Spillovers of Startup Accelerators Abstract: We study whether accelerators shape employees’ careers. Drawing on employee-level resume data across the Americas and a Colombian natural experiment with wage records, we find that employees of accelerator-backed startups are more likely to become managers in other firms, earn higher wages, Read more…

  • Jessica Jeffers – HEC Paris

    Darden, FOB 194

    Collusion through Common Leadership Abstract This paper studies whether common leadership, defined as two firms sharing executives or board directors, contributes to collusion. Using an explicit measure of labor market collusion from unsealed court evidence, we find that the probability of collusion between two firms increases by 12 percentage points Read more…

  • Nuno Clara – Duke University, Fuqua School of Business

    Darden, FOB 194

    Investments that Make our Homes Greener: The Role of Regulation Abstract The operation of residential buildings is responsible for roughly 22% of the global energy consumption and 17% of the CO2 emissions. We study the investments triggered by a regulatory intervention requiring rented properties to satisfy minimum energy efficiency standards. Read more…

  • Matt Denes – Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business

    Darden, FOB 294

    How Big is Small? The Economic Effects of Access to Small Business Government Support Abstract Industry size standards that determine eligibility for U.S. small business support have vastly increased over the past decade. We exploit quasi-random variation in the implementation of size standard increases to study the effects on small Read more…