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

Emerging Markets

Time:

Friday, 13/Mar/2026:

3:30pm - 5:15pm

Session Chair: Meghana Ayyagari, George Washington University

Location: Bering

Presentations

Crypto Capture of Foreign Aid

Sumit Agarwal¹, Peiyi Jin¹, Eswar Prasad², Daniel Rabetti¹

¹National University of Singapore; ²Cornell University

Discussant: Michael Sockin (University of Texas at Austin)

Agarwal-742-Crypto Capture of Foreign Aid.pdf

Behind Dollar Savings in Mutual Funds: Are Shifting Sands Threatening Financial Stability?

Bryan Gutierrez

University of Minnesota

Discussant: Ioana Neamtu (Federal Reserve Board of Governors)

Gutierrez-1050-Behind Dollar Savings in Mutual Funds.pdf

Crowding Out and Banking Crises

Pablo Hernando-Kaminsky

World Bank

Discussant: Yevhenii Usenko (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Hernando-Kaminsky-1096-Crowding Out and Banking Crises.pdf