Current Program

Saturday, December 7, 2024

12:30 PM Pre-Meeting Coffee

1:00 PM Introductory Remarks 

1:10 PM to 3:10 PM Session 1

Chairperson: Joey Engelberg

When Political Connections Backfire: Social Protests, Asset Damage, and Firms’ Response

Authors: Navid Neshat
Discussant/Presenter: Elisabeth Kempf

Stealthy Shorts: Informed Liquidity Supply

Authors: Amit Goyal, Adam V. Reed, Esad Smajlbegovic, Amar Soebhag
Discussant/Presenter: Slava Fos

Eliciting Expectations

Authors: Samuel Hartzmark, Abigail Sussman
Discussant/Presenter: Spencer Kwon

3:10 PM to 3:40 PM Break

3:40 PM to 5:00 PM Session 2

Chairperson: Bob Parrino

Inflation and Trading

Authors: Philip Schnorpfeil, Michael Weber, Andreas Hackethal
Discussant/Presenter: Ricardo De la O

Gambling Away Stability: Sports Betting’s Impact on Vulnerable Households

Authors: Scott R. Baker, Justin Balthrop, Mark J. Johnson, Jason Kotter, Kevin Pisciotta
Discussant/Presenter: Arpit Gupta

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

Sunday, December 8, 2023

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Session 3
Chairperson: Jeffrey Pontiff

Some Anonymous Options Trades Are More Equal than Others

Authors: Christopher Schwarz, Xing Huang, Philippe Jorion
Discussant/Presenter: Chester Spatt

How Does Active Involvement Benefit Investors? Evidence from 85 Billion Cell Phone Signals

Authors: Jack (Xiaoyong) Fu
Discussant/Presenter: Ran Duchin

Watching the Watchdogs: Tracking SEC Inquiries using Geolocation Data

Authors: William Gerken, Steven Irlbeck, Marcus Painter, Guangli Zhang
Discussant/Presenter: Roger Silvers

3:00 PM to 3:30 PM Break

3.30 PM to 5:00 PM Session 4

Early Ideas Session

Chairperson: Mark Huson

Kristine Hankins (Kentucky) Driving a bargain: Negotiation skill and price dispersion

James Weston (Rice) How fixed are corporate fixed effects?

Chen Wang (Notre Dame) Granular origins of aggregate belief formation

Augustin Hurtado (Maryland) Measuring Hispanic immigration

John Hund (Georgia) Drugs, dollar stores, and permanent decline

Boone Bowles (Texas A&M) Do investors learn differently? Evidence from EDGAR filings co-downloading

6:15 PM Conference Dinner—Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, The Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 S Las Vegas Blvd (Conference Registrants Only)