Location: Hotel Alberghaus, Zürs (Austria)
Chairs: Christian Laux (WU Vienna), Maria Chaderina (WU Vienna)
| Sunday, March 12 | |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Welcome reception and introductory remarks |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Session 1 - Chair: Josef Zechner (WU Vienna) |
| Liquidity vs Information Efficiency Sergei Glebkin (INSEAD) Discussant: David Brown (University of Arizona) |
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| Canary in a Coalmine: Securities Lending Predicting the Performance of Securitized Bonds Elisabeth Kempf (Chicago Booth School of Business), Alberto Manconi (Bocconi University), Massimo Massa (INSEAD) Discussant: Jan Schneemeier (Federal Reserve Board, Washington) |
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| 19:10 - 19:45 | Charlatans Jonathan Berk (Stanford Graduate School of Business) |
| Monday, March 13 | |
| 08:00 - 08:45 | Session 2 - Chair: Kristian Miltersen (Copenhagen Business School) |
| Identifying the Benefits from Home Ownership: A Swedish Experiment Ulf von Lilienfeld-Toal (University of Luxembourg), Paolo Sodini (Stockholm School of Economics), Stijn van Nieuwerburgh (NYU), Roine Vestman (Stockholm University) Discussant: Aleksandra Rzeznik (WU Vienna University of Economics and Business) |
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| 16:15 - 16:45 | Coffee and snacks |
| 17:00 - 19:30 | Session 3 - Chair: Kjell G. Nyborg (University of Zurich) |
| Monetary Policy and the Stock Market: Time-Series Evidence Andreas Neuhierl (University of Notre Dame), Michael Weber (Chicago Booth School of Business) Discussant: Grigory Vilkov (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management) |
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| Debt Refinancing and Equity Returns Nils Friewald (Norwegian School of Economics), Florian Nagler (Bocconi University), Christian Wagner (Copenhagen Business School) Discussant: Roberto Steri (University of Lausanne) |
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| Misvaluation of Investment Options Evgeny Lyandres (Boston University), Egor Matveyev (University of Alberta), Alexei Zhdanov (Pennsylvania State University) Discussant: Andrea Gamba (Warwick Business School) |
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| Tuesday, March 14 | |
| 08:00 - 08:45 | Session 4 - Chair: Maria Chaderina (WU Vienna) |
| CEO Autonomy, Tenure, and Turnover Vladimir Vladimirov (University of Amsterdam) Discussant: Sebastian Gryglewicz (Erasmus University of Rotterdam) |
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| 16:15 - 16:45 | Coffee and snacks |
| 17:00 - 19:30 | Session 5 - Chair: Alexander Mürmann (WU Vienna) |
| In no (un)certain terms: Managerial style in communicating earnings news Michał Dzieliński (Stockholm University), Alexander Wagner (University of Zurich), Richard Zeckhauser (Harvard University) Discussant: Karthik Balakrishnan (London Business School) |
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| Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives Miguel Anton (IESE Business School), Florian Ederer (Yale School of Management), Mireia Gine (IESE Business School), Martin Schmalz (University of Michigan, Ross School of Business) Discussant: Sandy Klasa (University of Arizona) |
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| Good and Bad CEOs Dirk Jenter (London School of Economics), Egor Matveyev (University of Alberta), Lukas Roth (University of Alberta) Discussant: Kasper Meisner Nielsen (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
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| Wednesday, March 15 | |
| 08:30 - 10:00 | Session 6 - Chair: Per Östberg (University of Zurich) |
| Life Below Zero: Bank Lending Under Negative Policy Rates Florian Heider (European Central Bank), Farzad Saidi (Stockholm School of Economics), Glenn Schepens (European Central Bank) Discussant: Espen Henriksen (BI Norwegian School of Business) |
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| Empty Creditors and Strong Shareholders: The Real Effects of Credit Risk Trading Stefano Colonnello (IWH Halle), Matthias Efing (HEC Paris), Francesca Zucchi (Federal Reserve Board) Discussant: Adam Zawadowski (Central European University) |