Fourth Theory Workshop on Corporate Finance & Financial Markets

Stanford Graduate School of Business
Knight Management Center, Room Gunn 102


Organizers:

Marcus Opp (email)
Ilya Strebulaev (email)


Link to THEORY GROUP homepage.


Conference Hotel

Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel
625 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94301

Rate: $109 per night. Click here for reservation information.


Conference Program:

Friday, May 6
Location: Knight Management Center, Gunn 102

 
12:00-1:15 pmBox Lunch 
1:15-2:15 pmWilliam Fuchs and Andrej Skrzypacz
"Bargaining with Deadlines and Private Information"
2:15-3:15 pmGustavo Manso
"Feedback Effects of Credit Ratings"
3:15-3:45 pmCoffee Break
3:45-4:45 pmPaulo Fulghieri, Günter Strobl and Han Xia
"The Economics of Unsolicited Ratings"
5:00-6:00 pmJianjun Miao and Pengfei Wang
"Bubbles and Credit Constraints"
6:00-6:20 pmOrganizational Meeting
7:30 pmDinner in small groups

Saturday, May 7
Location: Knight Management Center, Gunn 102

 
8:30-9:00 amContinental Breakfast 
9:00-10:00 amDirk Hackbarth, Rich Matthews and David Robinson
"Innovation, Capital Structure, and the Boundaries of the Firm"
10:00-11:00 amMatthew Rhodes-Kropf
Session on "Referee Reports for Theory Papers"
11:00-11:15 amCoffee Break 
11:15-12:15 pmAlex Edmans, Itay Goldstein and Wei Jiang
"Feedback Effects and the Limits to Arbitrage"
12:15 pmLunch

Participants

  1. Check whether your name is registered. Inform Marcus and Ilya immediately if your name is missing.
  2. If you are listed as attending but are unable to come for some reason, please let Marcus and Ilya know.


Notes:

Please check back on or after April 29 for updates. New version of papers will be marked as such.