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).

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 6th Mar 2026, 05:23:56pm PST

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Session Overview

Session

Imperfect Competition and Price Efficiency

Time:

Friday, 13/Mar/2026:

1:30pm - 3:15pm

Session Chair: Michael Sockin, University of Texas at Austin

Location: Pacific 1

Presentations

When Silicon Valley Meets Wall Street: A Theory of Financial Overengineering

Jun Aoyagi¹, Yuki Sato²

¹Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; ²Keio University

Discussant: Chaojun Wang (University of Pennsylvania)

Aoyagi-288-When Silicon Valley Meets Wall Street.pdf

Institutional Ownership Concentration and Informational Efficiency

Yan Xiong¹, Liyan Yang², Zexin Zheng³

¹University of Hong Kong; ²University of Toronto; ³Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Discussant: Alberto Teguia (University of British Columbia)

Xiong-309-Institutional Ownership Concentration and Informational Efficiency.pdf

Riding or Attacking the Bubble? Equity Bubbles and Capital Structure Arbitrage

Paul Zimmermann

Université Catholique de Lille

Discussant: Chen Wang (University of Notre Dame)

Zimmermann-738-Riding or Attacking the Bubble Equity Bubbles and Capital Structure Arbitrage.pdf