The 13th Annual Conference in Financial Economics Research by Eagle Labs

May 15-16, 2016

Conference Co-Organizers

Jacob Boudoukh
Arison School of Business, Reichman University

Yaniv Grinstein
Arison School of Business, Reichman University
Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University

Shimon Kogan
Arison School of Business, Reichman University
Sloan School of Management, Institute of Technology (MIT).

Sunday, May 15

Location: Mina Rokeach Auditorium (SL103), Radzyner-Sustainability building

08:30	Registration and Coffee
09:00	Greetings: Professor Zvi Eckstein, Dean of the Arison School of Business & Tiomkin School of Economics, IDC Herzliya
09:15	Day 1- Session 1 Session chair: Yelena Larkin, Schulich School of Business, York University "Intermediary Asset Pricing: New Evidence from Many Asset Classes" Asaf Manela, Olin Business School, Washington University Zhiguo He, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago Bryan Kelly, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago Discussant: Doron Avramov, The Jerusalem School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem "Business Accelerators and New-Venture Performance: Evidence from Start-Up Chile" Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe, London School of Economics, Department of Finance Discussant: Yael V Hochberg, Rice University
10:45	Coffee break
11:15	Day 1 - Session 2 Session chair: Michael Weber, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago "What Does Real-Time Corporate Sales Tell Us About Earnings Management, Surprises and Drift?” Gideon Ozik, EDHEC Business School Kenneth Froot, Harvard Business School Namho Kang, Finance Department, University of Connecticut Ronnie Sadka, Carroll School of Management, Boston College Discussant: Eli Bartov, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU "Multiple Equilibria in Noisy Rational Expectations Economies" Gyuri Venter, Copenhagen Business School Domotor Palvolgyi, University of Cambridge Discussant: Bradyn Breon-Drish, Stanford Graduate School of Business
12:45	Lunch
13:45	Day 1 - Session 3 Session chair: Martin Cherkes, Stern School of Business, New York University "YOLO: Mortality Beliefs and Household Finance Puzzles" Rawley Heimer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Kristian Ove R. Myrseth, University of St Andrews Raphael Schoenle, Brandeis University Discussant: Alex Michaelides, Imperial Collage London "Relaxing Constraints on Risk Management: A Natural Experiment" Sabrina Howell, Stern School of Business, New York University Discussant: Guillaume Vuillemey, HEC, Paris
19:30	Dinner

Monday, May 16

Location: Mina Rokeach Auditorium (SL103), Radzyner-Sustainability building

08:30	Coffee
09:00	Day 2 - Session 1 Session chair: Daniel Bergstresser, Brandeis International Business School, Brandeis University "Family Descent as a Signal of Managerial Quality: Evidence from Mutual Funds" Denis Sosyura, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Oleg Chuprinin, University of New South Wales, Financial Research Network Discussant: Eric Zitzewitz, Darmouth College "Trust Busting: The Effect of Fraud on Investor Behavior” Noah Stoffman, Kelley School of Business Indiana University Umit Gurun, University of Texas at Dallas Scott Yonker, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University Discussant: Jillian Popadak, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
10:30	Coffee break
11:00	Day 2 - Session 2 Session chair: Nittai Bergman, MIT Sloan School of Management & Arison School of Business, IDC Herzliya "The Misguided Beliefs of Financial Advisors" Alessandro Previtero, University of Texas Austin Juhani Linnainmaa, University of Chicago Brian Melzer, Northwestern Discussant: Woodrow T. Johnson, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission "Relative Pay for Non-Relative Performance: Keeping up with the Joneses with Optimal Contracts" Ron Kaniel, University of Rochester Peter Demarzo, Stanford University Discussant: Gian Luca Clementi, Stern School of Business, NYU
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Day 2 - Session 3 Session chair: Amir Rubin, Simon Fraser University, and Arison School of Business, IDC Herzliya "Talent in Distressed Firms: Labor Fragility and Capital Structure” Rui Silva, London Business School Ramin Baghai, Stockholm School of Economics Viktor Thell, Stockholm School of Economics Vikrant Vig, London Business School Discussant: David Matsa, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University "Correlated High-Frequency Trading" Gideon Saar, Cornell University Ekkehart Boehmer, Singapore Management University Dan Li, University of Hong Kong Discussant: Johan Hombert, HEC, Paris
15:00	Closing Ceremony Best Paper Award Best Discussant Award
16:00-20:00	Annual Quantitative Trading Symposium

Paper Selection Committee Members:

Yakov Amihud (New York University), Itzhak Ben David (The Ohio State University), Effi Benmelech (Northwestern University) Alon Brav (Duke University), David De Angelis (Rice University), Francois Degeorge (University of Lugano), François Derrien (HEC Paris), Ran Duchin (University of Washington), Alex Edmans (University of Pennsylvania), Joseph Engelberg (University of California, San Diego), Eliezer Fich (Drexel University), Vyacheslav Fos (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Francesco Franzoni (University of Lugano), Diego Garcia (UNC at Chapel Hill), Jie Gan (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business),Simon Gervais (Duke University), Xavier Giroud (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Itay Goldstein (University of Pennsylvania), Todd Gormley (University of Pennsylvania), Vidhan Goyal (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Gustavo Grullon (Rice University), Yael Hochberg (Northwestern University), Johan Hombert (HEC Paris), Victoria Ivashina (Harvard University), Marcin Kacperczyk (Imperial College London), Ohad Kadan (Washington University in St. Louis), Dalida Kadyrzhanova (University of Maryland), Bige Kahraman (Stockholm School of Economics), Ron Kaniel (University of Rochester & IDC Herzliya), Hyunseob Kim (Cornell University), Yelena Larkin (Penn State University), Anh Le (UNC at Chapel Hill), Mark Leary (Washington University in St. Louis), Michael Lemmon (University of Utah), Juhani Linnainmaa (University of Chicago), Roger Loh (Singapore Management University), Evgeny Lyandres (Boston University & IDC Herzliya), David Matsa (Northwestern University), Semyon Malamud (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Asaf Manela (Washington University in St. Louis), Ernst Maug (University of Mannheim), Prabhala Nagpurnanand (University of Maryland), Daniel Parvisini (London School of Economics), Alessandro Previtero (University of Western Ontario), Uday Rajan (University of Michigan), Adriano Rampini (Duke University), Michael Roberts (University of Pennsylvania), Stefano Rossi (Purdue University), Amir Rubin (Simon Fraser University), Jacob Sagi (UNC at Chapel Hill), Martin Schmalz (University of Michigan), Christoph Schneider (University of Mannheim), Kelly Shue (University of Chicago), Clemens Sialm (University of Texas at Austin), Elena Simintzi (University of British Columbia), Denis Sosyura (University of Michigan), Oliver Spalt (Tilburg University), David Sraer (Princeton University ), Neal Stoughton (WU-Vienna University of Economics and Business), Lucian Taylor (University of Pennsylvania), Margarita Tsoutsoura (University of Chicago), Michela Verardo (London School of Economics), Avi Wohl (Tel Aviv University), Josef Zechner (WU-Vienna University of Economics and Business), Jaime Zender (University of Colorado).