Political Economy of Finance 2018
- May 17, 2018
May 17–18, 2018
ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Booth Harper Center, 5807 S Woodlawn Ave, Room C25
About the Conference
In the last twenty years political considerations have become important in financial economics: from the design of the rules that make financial markets viable to politically-motivated changes in bankruptcy law, from political connections in firms to the effects of political uncertainty on investments, politics is playing a greater role in finance research. Yet, this is the only conference dedicated to this topic. For this reason the Stigler Center at the University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Booth School of Business is hosting the second conference on the Political Economy of Finance.
The conference venue is the ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Booth Harper Center - Room C25, located in Hyde Park ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ at .
Program
Thursday, May 17
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
(with Kun Li) Phong T. H. Ngo, Australian National University Discussant: John Matsusaka, University of Southern California |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
(with Hao Zhouand Zhengwei Wang) Bo Li, Tsinghua University Discussant: Jacopo Ponticelli,Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Break |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
(with Christine Dobridge, Rawley Heimer, and Stefan Lewellen) Pat Akey, University of Toronto Discussant: Brian Richter, University of Texas - Austin McCombs School of Business; University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Booth School of Business |
| 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
(with Nittai Bergman and Hyunseob Kim) Efraim Benmelech, Northwestern UniversityKellogg School of Management Discussant: Martin Schmalz, University of Michigan Ross School of Business |
| 6:00 p.m. | Cocktail Reception(Harper 104) |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Dinner (Harper 104) Keynote Address Sir Paul Tucker,Chair, Systemic Risk Council and Former Deputy Governor, Bank of England |
Friday, May 18
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
(with Lubos Pastor) Pietro Veronesi, University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Booth School of Business Discussant:Ian Dew-Becker,Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
(with Fabio Braggion and Haikun Zhu) Alberto Manconi, Bocconi University Discussant: Kris Mitchener,Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Political Networks and Firm Values in South Korea Francis D. Kim, Indian School of Business & EHESS Discussant:Johan Chu, University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Booth School of Business |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Depositors Disciplining Banks: The Impact of Scandals Mikael Homanen, City University of LondonCass Business School Discussant: Randall Kroszner, University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Booth School of Business |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
(with Deniz Igan, Wolf Wagner, and Quxian Zhang) Thomas Lambert,Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Management Discussant: Amit Seru, Stanford University Graduate School of Business |
| 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
(with Matilde Bombardini, Raymond J. Fisman, and Francesco Trebbi) Marianne Bertrand, University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Booth School of Business Discussant: Gregor Matvos, University of Texas - Austin McCombs School of Business |
| 4:30 p.m. | Conference Ends |
Logistics
The conference venue is the ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Booth Harper Center - Room C25, located in Hyde Park ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ at . There are a number of hotels with special University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ rates, details below. Ask for the University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ rate when making your booking (pending availability).
Hyatt Place ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ-South/University Medical Center – Closest to the conference venue.
5225 S. Harper Avenue, ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ, IL 60615
773.752.5300
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Club Quarters Wacker at Michigan
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Conference Organizers
- Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, University of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ Booth School of Business
- Paola Sapienza, Donald C. Clark/HSBC Chair in Consumer Finance & Professor of Finance, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
Program Committee
- Pat Akey
- Efraim Benmelech
- Viktar Fedaseyeu
- Raymond Fisman
- Stefan Lewellen
- Todd Mitton
- Brian Richter
- Paola Sapienza
- Francesco Trebbi
- Boris Vallee
- Vikrant Vig
- Paolo Volpin
- Yupana Wiwattanakantang
- Luigi Zingales
For more information, contact:
Sebastian Burca, Associate Director, Stigler Center
773.834.2054
sebastian.burca@chicagobooth.edu
Disclaimer: Students should never miss class to attend optional programming. The Deans’ Office will not support requests for absences due to participation on a trek, event, conference, or trip as excused.