Wabash River Finance Conference
August 15-16, 2019, Purdue University, Krannert School of Management
All conference sessions will be held in the Rawls Building, Room 3082.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, RAWLS 3082
12:00-1:20 pm |
Lunch (Rawls – Third Floor Commons) |
Session 1 |
Chair: Huseyin Gulen (Purdue University) |
1:20-1:30 pm |
Introduction / Opening Remarks |
1:30-2:20 pm |
Gaining the (Over)Confidence to Start your Business Presenter: Isaac Hacamo (Indiana University) Discussant: Sophie Shive (University of Notre Dame) |
2:20-3:10 pm |
Stock Return Extrapolation, Option Prices, and Variance Risk Premium Presenter: Adem Atmaz (Purdue University) Discussant: Tim Johnson (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
3:10-3:30 pm |
Break (Rawls – Third Floor Commons) |
Session 2 |
Chair: Yan Liu (Purdue University) |
3:30-4:20 pm |
The Effects of Stock Market Index Returns on Mergers and Acquisitions Presenter: Jun Yang (University of Notre Dame) Discussant: Huseyin Gulen (Purdue University) |
4:20-5:10 pm |
Price Targets and Predictability Presenter: Adam D. Clark-Joseph (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Discussant: Ben Golez (University of Notre Dame) |
7:00-7:30 pm |
Beer, wine, hors d’oeuvres (Folie - 526 Main St, Lafayette) |
7:30 pm - |
Dinner (Folie - 526 Main St, Lafayette) |
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, RAWLS 3082
Session 3 |
Chair: Deniz Yavuz (Purdue University) |
8:30-9:20 am |
Presenter: Kristoph Kleiner (Indiana University) Discussant: Sergey Chernenko (Purdue University) |
9:20-10:10 am |
Horizon Bias and the Term Structure of Equity Returns Presenter: Peter Kelly (University of Notre Dame) Discussant: Wenyu Wang (Indiana University) |
10:10-10:30 am |
Break (Rawls – Third Floor Commons) |
Session 4 |
Chair: Sergey Chernenko (Purdue University) |
10:30-11:20 am |
Government Guarantees and the Debt Capacity of Housing Presenter: Ben McCartney (Purdue University) Discussant: Alexei Tchistyi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
11:20-12:10 pm |
Local Taxes and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Evidence from 27 Million Job Postings Presenter: Qiping Xu (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Discussant: Sreeni Kamma (Indiana University) |
12:10-1:00 pm |
Boxed Lunch (Rawls – Third Floor Commons) |