2025

Program for the 21st Annual Meeting of the Financial Research Association

Four Seasons Las Vegas

Saturday, December 6, 2025

12:30 PM Pre-Meeting Coffee

1:00 PM Introductory Remarks

1:10 PM to 3:10 PM Session 1

Chairperson: TBD

How Financial Conditions Affect Professional Conduct: Evidence from Opioid Prescriptions
Authors: Isil Erel, Shan Ge, Pengfei Ma
Discussant/Presenter: TBD

Boundaries of the Farm and the Death of Small Banks

Authors: Asli Uyanik
Discussant/Presenter: TBD

The Distributional Effect of Lending Rate Caps

Authors: Carlos Burga, Nikita Céspedes, Rafael Vivin, Diego Yamunaqué
Discussant/Presenter: Susan Cherry

3:10 PM to 3:40 PM Break

3:40 PM to 5:00 PM Session 2

Chairperson: TBD

Evaluation and Learning in R&D Investment

Authors: Alexander Frankel, Joshua Krieger, Daniel Li, Dimitris Papanikolaou
Discussant/Presenter: TBD

Is 24/7 Trading Better?

Authors: Patrick Blonien, Alexander Ober
Discussant/Presenter:

6:00 PM Wine Tasting—Rí Rá Irish Pub (+1/companion welcome)

Sunday, December 7, 2025

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Session 3
Chairperson: TBD

The “Great Reshuffling” and Entrepreneurship

Authors: Matthew Denes, Spyridon Lagaras, Margarita Tsoutsoura
Discussant/Presenter: TBD

Haven’t We Seen This Before? Return Predictions from 200 Years of News

Authors: AJ Chen, Gerard Hoberg, Miao Ben Zhang
Discussant/Presenter: TBD

How (Not) to Identify Demand Elasticities in Dynamic Asset Markets

Authors: Jules H. van Binsbergen, Benjamin David, Christian C. Opp
Discussant/Presenter:

3:00 PM to 3:30 PM Break

 

3.30 PM to 5:00 PM Session 4

Early Ideas Session

Chairperson: TBD

TBD from Early Ideas Submissions of Attendees

6:15 PM Conference Dinner (Conference Registrants Only)