2026 Midwest Finance Annual Meeting

March 12-14, 2026

Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago, IL

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Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

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Session Overview

Session

Bond Market Microstructure: Auctions, Dealers, and Public Finance

Time:

Thursday, 12/Mar/2026:

3:30pm - 5:15pm

Session Chair: Giang Nguyen, Pennsylvania State University

Location: Pacific 2

Presentations

More Investors, More Problems? Bond Market Liberalization and Innovation

Cyrus Aghamolla¹, Renhui Fu², Richard Thakor³, Yanhui Wang⁴

¹Rice University; ²Shanghai Jiao Tong University; ³University of Minnesota; ⁴Dongbei University of Finance and Economics

Discussant: Hala Moussawi (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Aghamolla-331-More Investors, More Problems Bond Market Liberalization and Innovation.pdf

Treasury Auctions and Long-Term Bond Yields

Fabricius Somogyi¹, Jonathan Wallen², Lingdi Xu²

¹Northeastern University; ²Harvard University

Discussant: Eric Richert (University of Chicago)

Somogyi-681-Treasury Auctions and Long-Term Bond Yields.pdf

Dealer Quid Pro Quo in the Municipal Bond Market

Casey Dougal¹, Daniel Rettl², Vasily Yakimenko²

¹Florida State University; ²University of Georgia

Discussant: Renping Li (Tulane University)

Dougal-1075-Dealer Quid Pro Quo in the Municipal Bond Market.pdf