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, 09:49:27pm PST
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Session Overview |
| Date: Thursday, 12/Mar/2026 | |||||||||
| 11:30am - 5:00pm |
Registration Location: Pacific Foyer - 2nd Floor |
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| 1:00pm - 5:00pm |
Exhibitors Location: 2nd Floor |
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| 1:30pm - 3:15pm |
The Dynamics of Human Capital Accumulation Location: Adriatic Chair: Julian Atanassov, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Technology, Regulations, and Asset Prices Location: Aegean Chair: Nancy Xu, Boston College |
Fund Performance Location: Baltic Chair: Yuri Tserlukevich, Arizona State University |
Factors and Fundamentals Location: Bering Chair: Ferhat Akbas, University of Illinois Chicago |
Institutional Investors, Executives, and Corporate Governance Location: Caribbean Chair: Noah Stoffman, Indiana University |
Politics, Institutions, and Regulatory Performance Location: Caspian Chair: Rajesh Narayanan, Louisiana State University |
Risky Asset Demand Location: Pacific 1 Chair: Yu An, Johns Hopkins University |
Market Frictions, Anomalies, and Behavioral Drivers Location: Pacific 2 Chair: Dmitriy Muravyev, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Unconventional Determinants of Asset Prices Location: Pacific 3 Chair: Ljubica Georgievska, New York University |
| 3:15pm - 3:30pm |
Coffee Break Location: Pacific Foyer - 2nd Floor |
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| 3:30pm - 5:15pm |
Distortions and Allocations in the Labor Market Location: Adriatic Chair: Janet Gao, Georgetown University |
Expectations and Asset Prices Location: Aegean Chair: Liyan Yang, University of Toronto |
Capital Structure and Financing Location: Baltic Chair: Pavel Zryumov, University of Rochester |
Elasticities and Demand for Stocks Location: Bering Chair: John Shim, University of Notre Dame |
Public and Private Funds Location: Caribbean Chair: Chotibhak Jotikasthira, Southern Methodist University |
Liquidity, Fragility, and Monetary Transmission Location: Caspian Chair: Andrew Winton, University of Minnesota |
Aspects of the Stochastic Discount Factor Location: Pacific 1 Chair: Seth Pruitt, Arizona State University |
Bond Market Microstructure: Auctions, Dealers, and Public Finance Location: Pacific 2 Chair: Giang Nguyen, Pennsylvania State University |
Insiders and Outsiders Location: Pacific 3 Chair: Vyacheslav Fos, Boston College |
| 5:30pm - 6:30pm |
Keynote Address Location: Atlantic D - 1st Floor Keynote Speaker: Itay Goldstein, University of Pennsylvania |
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| 6:30pm - 7:30pm |
Evening Reception Location: Atlantic Foyer - 1st Floor |
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| Date: Friday, 13/Mar/2026 | |||||||||
| 7:30am - 5:00pm |
Registration Location: Pacific Foyer - 2nd Floor |
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| 7:45am - 5:00pm |
Exhibitors Location: 2nd Floor |
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| 8:00am - 9:45am |
Doctoral Symposium - Shock Transmission Location: Adriatic Chair: Andres Almazan, University of Texas at Austin |
Policy Risk and Asset Prices Location: Aegean Chair: Alessandro Melone, Ohio State University |
Funds and Corporate Governance Location: Baltic Chair: Irene Yi, University of Toronto |
Cost of Credit: Transmission Mechanisms Location: Bering Chair: Camelia Minoiu, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
Corporate Financing and Hedging Location: Caribbean Chair: Fotis Grigoris, University of Iowa |
Networks, Knowledge, and M&A Outcomes Location: Caspian Chair: Liu Yang, University of Maryland |
Entrepreneurship and Labor Market Shocks Location: Pacific 1 Chair: William Mann, Emory University |
Banks and Monetary Policy Location: Pacific 2 Chair: Jincheng Tong, University of Toronto |
Machine Learning, Expectations, and Information in Derivative Pricing Location: Pacific 3 Chair: Pedro García-Ares, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México |
| 9:45am - 10:00am |
Coffee Break Location: 2nd Floor |
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| 10:00am - 11:45am |
Doctoral Symposium - Finance and Institutions Location: Adriatic Chair: Andres Almazan, University of Texas at Austin |
Beliefs Location: Aegean Chair: Hongjun Yan, DePaul University |
ESG and Strategic Firm Choices Location: Baltic Chair: Zoey Zhou, Columbia University |
Financial Inclusion I Location: Bering Chair: Isaac Hacamo, Indiana University |
Unintended Regulation Location: Caribbean Chair: James Weston, Rice University |
Financing and Oversight in M&A Location: Caspian Chair: Richard Thakor, University of Minnesota |
Information Acquisition and Mutual Fund Trading Location: Pacific 1 Chair: Zoran Ivkovich, Michigan State University |
QJF Special Session Location: Pacific 2 Chair: Fernando Zapatero, Boston University |
Market Microstructure: Recent Developments in Trading Location: Pacific 3 Chair: Marc Lipson, University of Virginia |
| 12:00pm - 1:15pm |
Luncheon, Membership Meeting and Presidential Address Location: Atlantic E - 1st Floor Meals are by advance ticket purchase only and must be purchased online during conference registration. |
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| 1:30pm - 3:15pm |
Doctoral Symposium - Corporate Finance Location: Adriatic Chair: Andres Almazan, University of Texas at Austin |
Investor Behavior Location: Aegean Chair: Dexin Zhou, Baruch College |
The Allocation of Green Capital: Markets and Government Incentives Location: Baltic Chair: Aymeric Bellon, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Financial inclusion II Location: Bering Chair: Jacelly Cespedes, University of Minnesota |
Information and Markets Location: Caribbean Chair: Russell Jame, University of Kentucky |
Intermediation Location: Caspian Chair: Veronika Pool, Vanderbilt University |
Imperfect Competition and Price Efficiency Location: Pacific 1 Chair: Michael Sockin, University of Texas at Austin |
Beliefs and Macroeconomic Risk Transmission Location: Pacific 2 Chair: Altan Pazarbaşı, University of Iowa |
Forecasting with Machine Learning Location: Pacific 3 Chair: Fahiz Baba-Yara, Indiana University |
| 3:15pm - 3:30pm |
Coffee Break Location: Pacific Foyer - 2nd Floor |
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| 3:30pm - 5:15pm |
Access to Finance Location: Adriatic Chair: Paul Beaumont, McGill University |
Volatility, Risk, and Returns Location: Aegean Chair: Zhi Da, University of Notre Dame |
Attention to ESG and the Consequent Effects Location: Baltic Chair: Sumudu Watugala, Indiana University |
Emerging Markets Location: Bering Chair: Meghana Ayyagari, George Washington University |
Speculation, Hedging, and Rollover Risk in International Financial Markets Location: Caribbean Chair: Fabricius Somogyi, Northeastern University |
The Real Effects of Polarization and Partisanship Location: Caspian Chair: Runjing Lu, University of Toronto |
Regulation, Private Capital, and Banks Location: Pacific 1 Chair: Shohini Kundu, University of California, Los Angeles |
Expectations and Banking Location: Pacific 2 Chair: Dejanir Silva, Purdue University |
Blockchain & GenAI Location: Pacific 3 Chair: Kuntara Pukthuanthong, University of Missouri |
| 5:30pm - 6:30pm |
Keynote Address Location: Atlantic D - 1st Floor Keynote Speaker: Raghuram Rajan, University of Chicago |
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| 6:30pm - 7:30pm |
Evening Reception Location: Atlantic Foyer - 1st Floor |
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| Date: Saturday, 14/Mar/2026 | |||||||||
| 7:30am - 5:00pm |
Registration Location: Pacific Foyer - 2nd Floor |
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| 7:45am - 5:00pm |
Exhibitors Location: 2nd Floor |
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| 8:00am - 9:45am |
Corporate Investment and Financing Location: Adriatic Chair: Vijay Yerramilli, University of Houston |
Measuring Behavior with AI Location: Aegean Chair: Pablo Azar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
Climate and Pricing Location: Baltic Chair: Ai He, University of South Carolina |
Consumer Financial Behavior and Education Location: Bering Chair: Umit Gurun, University of Texas at Dallas |
Startup and Innovations Location: Caribbean Chair: Daniel Bias, Vanderbilt University |
Commercial Real Estate Location: Caspian Chair: Yuliya Demyanyk, University of Illinois Chicago |
Asset Prices Location: Pacific 1 Chair: Ram Yamarthy, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
Corporate Investment: New Perspectives Location: Pacific 2 Chair: Michael Wittry, Ohio State University |
Policy Design Location: Pacific 3 Chair: Amrita Nain, University of Iowa |
| 9:45am - 10:00am |
Coffee Break Location: 2nd Floor |
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| 10:00am - 11:45am |
Information Intermediaries in Financial Markets Location: Adriatic Chair: Alessio Piccolo, Indiana University |
Secondary Markets Location: Aegean Chair: Jack Bao, University of Delaware |
Law, Information and Finance Location: Baltic Chair: Stefan Zeume, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Housing Markets and Mortgage Dynamics Location: Bering Chair: Marco Giacoletti, University of Notre Dame |
Bond, Stock, and Bond Mutual Fund Performance Location: Caribbean Chair: Brian Henderson, George Washington University |
Seniority, Collateral, and Adverse Selection in Lending Markets Location: Caspian Chair: Gunjan Seth, University of Southern California |
Capital Structure Location: Pacific 1 Chair: Hyunseob Kim, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
Household Finance Location: Pacific 2 Chair: Shashwat Alok, Indian School of Business |
Trading Location: Pacific 3 Chair: Mirela Sandulescu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 12:00pm - 1:15pm |
Luncheon Location: Atlantic E - 1st Floor Meals are by advance ticket purchase only and must be purchased online during conference registration. |
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| 1:30pm - 3:15pm |
Liquidity, Fragility, and Incentives in Financial Markets Location: Adriatic Chair: Stefano Pegoraro, University of Notre Dame |
FinTech in Household and Small Business Finance Location: Aegean Chair: Nagpurnanand Prabhala, Johns Hopkins University |
Bond Pricing and Returns Location: Baltic Chair: Brian Henderson, George Washington University |
Market Design Across Financial Products Location: Bering Chair: Lulu Wang, Northwestern University |
Congressional Stock Trading and Politicized Lending Location: Caribbean Chair: Amanda Heitz, Tulane University |
Mortgage and Housing Supply Location: Caspian Chair: Gene Amromin, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
Modern Banking Issues Location: Pacific 1 Chair: Edward Kim, University of Michigan |
Insurance Markets Location: Pacific 2 Chair: Irina Stefanescu, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
Politics and Finance Location: Pacific 3 Chair: Kunal Sachdeva, University of Michigan |
| 3:15pm - 3:30pm |
Coffee Break Location: Pacific Foyer - 2nd Floor |
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| 3:30pm - 5:15pm |
Dollar Dominance, Spillovers, and the Structure of Global Financial Risk Location: Adriatic Chair: Craig Brown, Purdue University |
Multinationals' investment and financing Location: Aegean Chair: Nandini Gupta, Indiana University |
Bond Market Fragility and Resilience Location: Baltic Chair: Yoshio Nozawa, University of Toronto |
Social Finance Location: Bering Chair: Yessenia Tellez, Virginia Tech |
The Dynamics of Bank Competition Location: Caribbean Chair: Priyank Gandhi, Rutgers University |
Green Banking Location: Caspian Chair: Shaojun Zhang, Ohio State University |
Payment Systems Location: Pacific 1 Chair: Thomas Flanagan, Ohio State University |
Macroeconomic Factors and Cross-Market Asset Pricing Location: Pacific 2 Chair: Sang Byung Seo, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Trading Corporate Debt Location: Pacific 3 Chair: Pankaj Jain, University of Memphis |