Location: Hotel Crystal, St. Moritz (Switzerland)
Chairs: Kjell Nyborg (University of Zurich and SFI), Per Östberg (University of Zurich and SFI)
| Sunday, March 17 | |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Welcome reception and introductory remarks, Kjell Nyborg (University of Zurich and SFI) |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Session 1 (Chair: Kjell Nyborg, University of Zurich and SFI) |
| Up-Cascaded Wisdom of the Crowd William Cong (University of Chicago) Discussant: John Kuong (INSEAD) |
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| Financial Contagion in the Mutual Fund Industry Tim Adam (Humboldt University) Discussant: Jonathan Berk (Stanford) |
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| Monday, March 18 | |
| 08:15 - 09:00 | Session 2 (Chair: Kristian Miltersen, Copenhagen Business School) |
| Rationality and Subjective Bond Risk Premia Paul Whelan (Copenhagen Business School) Discussant: Philipp Illeditsch (Carnegie Mellon University) |
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| 17:00 - 19:30 | Session 3 (Chair: Dirk Hackbarth, Boston University) |
| Dynamic Bank Capital Requirements Tetiana Davydiuk (Carnegie Mellon University) Discussant: Julian Kolm (University of Vienna) |
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| Did the Basel Process of Capital Regulation Enhance the Resiliency of European Banks? Thomas Gehrig (University of Vienna) Discussant: Jiri Woschitz (University of Zurich) |
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| Fragile New Economy: The Rise of Intangible Capital and Financial Instability Ye Li (The Ohio State University) Discussant: Maria Chaderina (WU Vienna) |
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| Tuesday, March 19 | |
| 08:15 - 09:45 | Session 4 (Chair: Christian Laux, WU Vienna) |
| Nepotism in IPOs: consequences for issuers and investors Giuseppe Pratobevera (USI and SFI) Discussant: Dirk Jenter (London School of Economics) |
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| Regulatory Integration of International Capital Markets Jean-Marie A. Meier (University of Texas) Discussant: Per Östberg (University of Zurich and SFI) |
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| 17:00 - 19:30 | Session 5 (Chair: Josef Zechner, WU Vienna) |
| Tax-Timing Options and the Demand for Idiosyncratic Volatility Oliver Boguth (Arizona State University) Discussant: Grigory Vilkov (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management) |
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| Dissecting Characteristics Nonparametrically Andreas Neuhierl (University of Notre Dame) Discussant: Christian Heyerdahl-Larsen (London Business School) |
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| Predictability Puzzles Bjorn Eraker (University of Wisconsin) Discussant: Markus Leippold (University of Zurich) |
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| Wednesday, March 20 | |
| 08:00 - 09:30 | Session 6 (Chair: Per Östberg, University of Zurich and SFI) |
| Shareholders as Creditors of First Resort Andriy Bodnaruk (University of Illinois at Chicago) Discussant: Christoph Wenk (University of Zurich) |
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| TechFin at Ant Financial: Credit Market Completion and its Growth Harald Hau (University of Geneva and SFI) Discussant: Alexander Wagner (University of Zurich and SFI) |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 | Sudipto Bhattacharya Memorial Prize |