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October 2023

Greg Weitzner – Desautels Faculty of Management (McGill)

6 October 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Darden, FOB 294

Are Banks Really Informed? Evidence From Their Private Credit Assessments Mehdi Beyhaghi, Cooper Howes, Gregory Weitzner Abstract In classic theories of financial intermediation, banks mitigate information frictions by monitoring and producing information about borrowers. However, it is difficult to test these theories without being able to observe banks’ private information.…

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Thomas Ernst (Maryland)

13 October 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
McIntire
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Mathias Kronlund – Freeman School of Business (Tulane)

17 October 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Darden, FOB 194

Growth-promoting Bonuses and Mergers and Acquisitions Abstract Approximately one-third of U.S. top executives receive bonuses explicitly tied to firm size measures like sales growth. We study how such “growth-promoting bonuses” influence firms’ mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities. We find that firms with such bonus structures are more prone to make…

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Ramona Dagostino – Simon Business School (Rochester)

20 October 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Darden, FOB 294
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Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva – Federal Reserve Board

27 October 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Darden, FOB 194

Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulation and Cross-Subsidies Abstract We study the consequences of state-level price (rate) regulation for U.S. homeowners’ insurance, a $15 trillion market that provides households protection against climate losses. Using two distinct identification strategies and novel data on regulatory filings and ZIP code level rates, we…

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November 2023

University of Virginia Investing Conference (UVIC) 2023

3 November 2023 @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Darden

https://www.darden.virginia.edu/mayo-center/events/uvic

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Pari Sastry (Columbia)

10 November 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
McIntire
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Kornelia Fabisik (University of Bern)

13 November 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Darden, FOB 294
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Will Diamond (University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School)

20 November 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Darden, FOB 194
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December 2023

Dmitriy Muravyev – Eli Broad Graduate School of Management (MSU)

1 December 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Darden, FOB 194

An Anatomy of Retail Option Trading Abstract The recent surge in retail option trading has sparked concerns about gambling and significant losses. We study a novel account-level dataset of about $20 billion in retail trades over 2020 to 2022 to show that these concerns may be exaggerated. Option trades account…

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Mayo/ICI Virtual Symposium “Inflation: The Macroeconomy and Implications for Asset Management”

1 December 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Zoom

12:10 p.m. - 12:40 p.m. Paper Presentation “Memory & Beliefs: Evidence from the Field” Michael Weber, Associate Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business 12:40 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. Panel Discussion & Q&A Joe Davis, Global Chief Economist & Head of Investment Strategy Group, Vanguard Kristina Hooper,…

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February 2024

Felix Feng (U Washington)

2 February @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
McIntire

Location: Rouss Robertson Hall 227 Felix will present the following paper (preliminary work - draft not available). Progress, Delays, and the Timeliness of Reporting Abstract: This paper studies the optimal contractual arrangement when managers have private information about the progress and delays during firm operations or product development. The optimal contract may…

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Alon Brav – Fuqua School of Business (Duke)

13 February @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Darden, FOB 194
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Aditya Chaudhry (OSU)

16 February @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Aditya will present the following paper: The Impact of Prices on Analyst Cash Flow Expectations Abstract: Analyst cash flow expectations deviate from rational expectations and correlate with stock prices. Does this correlation arise solely because these biased expectations are shared by investors who impact prices? Or do prices impact analyst…

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Murillo Campello – Cornell University, Johnson Graduate School of Business

23 February @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Darden, FOB 294

Uncertainty Creates Zombie Firms: Implications for Industry Dynamics and Creative Destruction Abstract We show how the threat of “uncertainty-induced zombification” — creditors’ willingness to keep their distressed borrowers alive when faced with uncertainty — shapes various industry  dynamics. Under a real options framework, we demonstrate that unlevered firms become reluctant…

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