Finance Department Junior Conference
The Finance Department is pleased to announce the annual Junior Conference, to be held November 17-18th, 2017 in Hanson Hall 1-108.
Friday, November 17
12:00-1:00pm:
Conference Lunch
1:00-2:00pm:
Will Cong (Chicago), "Up-Cascaded Wisdom of the Crowd," with Yizhou Xiao
Paper (1.17 MB)
2:00-3:00pm:
Oliver Levine (Wisconsin-Madison), "Worldwide Taxes, Agency Conflict, and Investment", with James F. Albertus and Brent Glover
Paper (449.3 KB)
3:00-3:45pm:
Coffee Break with Finance Department Faculty
3:30-4:30pm:
Richard Thakor (Minnesota), “Trust in Lending” with Robert C. Merton
Paper (653.08 KB)
4:30-5:30pm:
Matthew Plosser (NY Fed), "The Role of Technology in Mortgage Lending" with Andreas Fuster, Philipp Schnabl, and James Vickery
Saturday, November 18
8:30-9:00am:
Breakfast
9:00-10:00am:
Erik Loualiche (Minnesota), “Firm Networks in the Great Depression” with Nicolas L. Ziebarth and Chris Vickers
Paper (921.34 KB)
10:00-10:30am:
Coffee Break
10:30-11:30am:
Felipe Varas (Duke), “Random Inspections and Periodic Reviews: Optimal Dynamic Monitoring” with Ivan Marinovic and Andrzej Skrzypacz
Paper (709.42 KB)
11:30-12:30pm:
Michaela Pagel (Columbia), “The Retirement-Consumption Puzzle: New Evidence on Individual Spending and Financial Structure” with Arna Olafsson
Paper (955.48 KB)
12:30pm:
Conference Lunch
REGISTRATION: If you wish to attend and register for the conference please fill out the form: https://goo.gl/forms/IkBlfJ3runNIFQtF3