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…