JavaScript is Disabled
Your browser's JavaScript functionality is disabled. It has to be enabled to use this function of ConfTool.
Here you can find information on how to enable JavaScript
If you have any problems, please contact the organizers at MFAConferences@midwest-finance.org.

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, 07:50:38pm PST

Only Sessions at Date / Time

Session Overview

Session

Trading

Time:

Saturday, 14/Mar/2026:

10:00am - 11:45am

Session Chair: Mirela Sandulescu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Location: Pacific 3

Presentations

The Rise of Derivatives and Off-Exchange Trading and Its Impact on Price Discovery and Volatility

Pankaj Jain¹, Lai Xu², Zhaoque {Chosen} Zhou³

¹University of Memphis; ²Syracuse University; ³Washington University in St. Louis

Discussant: Thomas Ernst (University of Maryland)

Jain-353-The Rise of Derivatives and Off-Exchange Trading and Its Impact.pdf

Attention on Insider Trading: EDGAR Visits, Investor Sophistication, and Informational Advantage

Mingzhi Du

University of Toledo

Discussant: Boone Bowles (Texas A&M University)

Du-437-Attention on Insider Trading.pdf

Animal Spirits on Steroids: Evidence From Retail Options Trading in India

Vikas Agarwal³, Pulak Ghosh⁴, Nagpurnanand Prabhala¹, Haibei Zhao²

¹Johns Hopkins University; ²Lehigh University; ³Georgia State University; ⁴Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Discussant: Pedro García-Ares (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México)

Agarwal-789-Animal Spirits on Steroids.pdf

2026 Midwest Finance Annual Meeting

March 12-14, 2026

Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago, IL

Conference Agenda