Finance Theory Group PhD Summer School

“Frictions in Firms and Markets”

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

June 26-29, 2019

Jon M. Huntsman Hall (JMHH)
3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

 

AGENDA:

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

6:30 – 8:30     Welcome Reception – The Study Hotel

Thursday, June 27, 2019: Incentive Issues

7:30 – 8:30    Breakfast – The Forum – Huntsman Hall
8:30 – 9:00    Welcome
9:00 – 12:00   Bruno Biais, HEC Paris (Plenary) – JMHH G06 The Dhirubhai Ambani Auditorium
12:00 – 1:30    Lunch – 8th Floor Huntsman Hall
1:30 – 4:00     Parallel Sessions
                         Itay Goldstein, Wharton (Banking) – JMHH 340
                         Zhiguo He, University of Chicago (Capital Structures) – JMHH 345
                         Tomasz Piskorski, Columbia (Household) – JMHH 350
4:00 – 5:30    Informal Interactions (presenters and participants) –
5:30 – 6:30    Dinner – Huntsman Hall
6:30 – 8:00   Evening Paper Presentations – JMHH 340, 345, 350, 360

Friday, June 28, 2019: Informational Issues

8:00 – 9:00    Breakfast – The Forum – Huntsman Hall
9:00 – 12:00   Paul Pfleiderer, Stanford (Plenary) – JMHH G06 The Dhirubhai Ambani Auditorium
12:00 – 1:30    Lunch – 8th Floor Huntsman Hall
1:30 – 4:00     Parallel Sessions
                        Vincent Glode, Wharton (Decentralized Trading) – JMHH 340
                        Nadya Malenko, Boston College (Communication) – JMHH 345
                        Liyan Yang, U. of Toronto (Centralized Trading) – JMHH 350
4:00 – 5:30     Informal Interactions (presenters and participants)
5:30 – 6:30     Dinner – Huntsman Hall
6:30 – 8:00    Evening Paper Presentations – JMHH 340, 345, 350, 360

Saturday, June 29, 2019: Behavioral Issues

8:00 – 9:00    Breakfast – The Forum – Huntsman Hall
9:00 – 12:00   David Hirshleifer, U. of California at Irvine (Plenary) – JMHH G06 The Dhirubhai Ambani Auditorium
12:00 – 1:30    Lunch – 8th Floor Huntsman Hall
1:30 – 4:00     Parallel Sessions
                         Snehal Banerjee, U. of California at San Diego (Heterogeneous Beliefs) – JMHH 340
                         Simon Gervais, Duke (Overconfidence) – JMHH 345
                         Uday Rajan, Michigan (Ambiguity Aversion) – JMHH 350
4:00 – 5:30     Informal Interactions (presenters and participants)
6:00 – 10:00   Farewell Reception/Dinner – Museum of the American Revolution***

***Buses will depart Huntsman Hall for the Museum promptly at 5:30 pm.
     Return buses will depart the Museum for drop-off at The Study promptly at 9: 45 pm and 10:00 pm.

 

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For information on The Finance Theory Group, please visit https://www.financetheory.org/

For information on The Rodney L White Center for Financial Research, please visit https://rodneywhitecenter.wharton.upenn.edu/