Political Economy of Finance 2019
- October 03, 2019
October 3-4, 2019
Chicago, IL
About the Conference
In the last twenty years, political considerations have become important in financial economics. From political connections in firms to the effects of political uncertainty on investments and from the design of the rules that make financial markets viable to the politically-motivated changes in bankruptcy law, 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 Chicago Booth School of Business is launching the third conference on the Political Economy of Finance.
The conference will be by invitation only
The conference venue is the Gleacher Center, located in Chicago at .
Program
Thursday, October 3
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
(with Margarita Tsoutsoura) Elisabeth Kempf, University of Chicago Booth School of Business | View Slides Discussant: Laura Starks, University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
(with Mancy Luo and Massimo Massa) Alberto Manconi, Bocconi University Discussant: Asaf Manela, Washington University in St. Louis | View Slides |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Break |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Corruption, Intimidation, and Whistleblowing: An Empirical Approach Arieda Muço, Central European University | View Slides Discussant: Rafael Di Tella, Harvard Business School |
| 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
Nicola Limodio, Bocconi University | View Slides Discussant: Graeme Wood, The Atlantic |
| 6:00 p.m. | Cocktail Reception |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Keynote Address Anat Admati,Stanford University |
Thursday, October 3
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
(with Jacopo Ponticelli) Bo Li, Tsinghua University PCB School of Finance Discussant: Vikrant Vig, London Business School |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Financing Legislators (with Renée Adams) Thomas Mosk, Goethe University | View Slides Discussant: Deniz Igan, International Monetary Fund | View Slides |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Benjamin C.K. Egerod, University of Copenhagen | View Slides Discussant: Mara Faccio, Purdue University | View Slides |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
(with Joaquin Artes and Jeffrey F. Timmons) Brian Richter, University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business Discussant: Pat Akey, University of Toronto | View Slides |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Karsten Mu虉ller, Princeton University | View Slides Discussant: Julia Fonseca, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | (with Aleksandar Andonov and Roman Kra虉ussl) Joshua Rauh, Stanford University | View Slides Discussant: Michael S. Weisbach, Ohio State University | View Slides |
| 4:30 p.m. | Conference Ends |
The conference venue is the Gleacher Center, located in downtown Chicago at . There are a number of hotels in the area.
505 N. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60611
800.628.2112
85 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601
312.357.1200
75 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601
312.357.6400; Reservations: 203.905.2100
676 N. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60611
312.944.6664
Conference Organizers
- Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance & Charles M. Harper Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Gregor Matvos, Howard Berolzheimer Chair in Finance, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
Program Committee
- Pat Akey
- Efraim Benmelech
- Mara Faccio
- Viktar Fedaseyeu
- Raymond Fisman
- Stefan Lewellen
- Todd Mitton
- Brian Richter
- Boris Vallee
- Vikrant Vig
- Paolo Volpin
- Yupana Wiwattanakantang
For more information, contact:
Rachel Piontek, Assistant Director, Stigler Center
773.702.4033
rachel.piontek@chicagobooth.edu