Program for the 21st Annual Meeting of the Financial Research Association
Four Seasons Hotel, 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 (Not) to Identify Demand Elasticities in Dynamic Asset Markets
Authors: Jules H. van Binsbergen, Benjamin David, Christian C. Opp
Discussant/Presenter: Willie Fuchs
Boundaries of the Farm and the Death of Small Banks
Authors: Asli Uyanik
Discussant/Presenter: Jess Cornaggia
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, Danielle Li, Dimitris Papanikolaou
Discussant/Presenter: Wesley Yin
How Financial Conditions Affect Professional Conduct: Evidence from Opioid Prescriptions
Authors: Isil Erel, Shan Ge, Pengfei Ma
Discussant/Presenter: David Matsa
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: Mike Ewens
Haven’t We Seen This Before? Return Predictions from 200 Years of News
Authors: AJ Chen, Gerard Hoberg, Miao Ben Zhang
Discussant/Presenter: Alan Moreira
Authors: Patrick Blonien, Alexander Ober
Discussant/Presenter: Chris Schwarz
3:00 PM to 3:30 PM Break
3.30 PM to 5:00 PM Session 4
Early Ideas Session
Chairperson: TBD
TBD from FRA Attendees’ Early Ideas Submissions
6:15 PM Conference Dinner (Conference Registrants Only)