Location: Hotel Alex, Zermatt
| Time | Presenter | Discussant | Title |
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| Sunday, March 16 | |||
| 17:00 - 17:45 | Welcome reception | Lounge Bar | |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Introductory remarks | Kjell Nyborg | |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | SESSION 1 | Chair: Kjell Nyborg University of Zurich | |
| François Degeorge University of Lugano | Per Östberg University of Zurich | Agency Costs and Investor Returns in Private Equity: Consequences for Secondary Buyouts |
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| Enrique Schroth City University London | Alexander Wagner University of Zurich | Debt Renegotiation and Investment Decisions Across Countries | |
| from 20:00 | Dinner "Stuebli" | ||
| Monday, March 17 | |||
| 08:15 - 09:00 | SESSION 2 | Chair: Per Östberg University of Zurich | |
| Pierre Collin Dufresne Swiss Finance Institute at EPFL | Alexander Mürmann WU Vienna | Moral Hazard, Informed Trading, and Stock Prices | |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | Coffee, Snacks, Light refreshments | Lounge Bar | |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | SESSION 3 | Chair: Steven Ongena University of Zurich | |
| Cindy K. Soo University of Michigan | Jos Van Bommel University of Luxembourg | Quantifying animal spirits: news media and sentiment in the housing market |
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| Bastian von Beschwitz INSEAD | Markus Leippold University of Zurich | Media-Driven High Frequency Trading: Evidence from News Analytics |
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| 18:30 - 18:45 | Coffee Break | ||
| 18:45 - 19:30 | Robert Whitelaw NYU, Stern School of Business | Engelbert Dockner WU Vienna | Comovement and Momentum |
| from 20:00 | Dinner "Stuebli" | ||
| Tuesday, March 18 | |||
| 08:15 - 09:45 | SESSION 4 | Chair: Christian Laux WU Vienna | |
| Christian Wagner Copenhagen Business School | Stefan Pichler WU Vienna | Sovereign Risk and Currency Returns | |
| Andriy Bodnaruk Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame | Florian Peters University of Amsterdam | Dual Ownership, Returns, and Voting in Mergers | |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | Coffee, Snacks, Light refreshments | Lounge Bar | |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | SESSION 5 | Chair: Markus Leippold University of Zurich | |
| Thomas Kick Deutsche Bundesbank | Steven Ongena University of Zurich | The Political Economy of Bank Bailouts | |
| David Martinez-Miera Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Natalyia Klimenko University of Zurich | A Macroeconomic Model of Endogenous Systemic Risk Taking | |
| 18:30 - 18:45 | Coffee Break | ||
| 18:45 - 20:00 | Guest Speaker Simon Anthamatten | "Kunyang Chhish East – First Ascent" | |
| from 20:00 | Fondue Dinner | Breakfast Room | |
| Wednesday, March 19 | |||
| 08:30 - 10:00 | SESSION 6 | Chair: Per Östberg University of Zurich | |
| Bjørn Eraker University of Wisconsin | Grigory Vilkov University of Mannheim | Explaining the Negative Returns to VIX Futures and ETNs: An Equilibrium Approach |
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| Emanuele Tarantino University of Bologna | Maria Chaderina WU Vienna | Bankruptcy Law and Bank Financing | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Final Words | ||