Discussions & Keynotes
Keynote and Panel Presentations
2020, European Commission (Brussels): Additionality in Sustainable Investment
2020, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank Conference on Payments and Credit Cards: AI/ML Panel
2020, NBER Household Finance SI Panel on Discrimination: Algorithmic Accountability
2019, Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance Conference (Cambridge): “CryptoMining”
2019, European Commission Conference (Brussels): Promoting Sustainable Investment. Presentation: “Eco-Labeling, Intentionality, and Sustainable Investment”
2019, AFA Panel (Atlanta): Blockchain: Myth and Realities Presentation: “CryptoMinng: Who Wins/ Who Loses”
2018, FMA Panel (San Diego): Women’s Networking Luncheon Presentation: “Selecting Research Topics & How Much Risk to Take?”
2018, International Finance Corporation of the World Bank (Washington, D.C.): IFC Workshop on Impact Investing Presentation: “Comments on Risk and Rewards in Impact Investing”
2018, Swedish House of Finance/ Stockholm School of Economics (Stockholm): Sustainable Finance Conference Presentation: “Impact Investing”
2018, Department of Business Oversight, State of California (San Francisco): Luncheon Special Presentation Presentation: “Payday Lending: Regulation in Light of Academic Learning”
2017, University of Michigan/Office of Financial Research Conference (Ann Arbor, MI): Systemic Risk in FinTech Panel Presentation: “Platform Lending: New Fault Points”
2017, World Bank/CGAP & IPA Conference on Consumer Protection in Digital Financial Services for Developing Economies "FinTech in Developing Economies: Regulating the Frontiers in Digital Financial Services?"
2016, Federal Reserve Board Conference on Financial Innovation: Online Lending to Households and Small Businesses: "Lending Markets in Transition?"
2016, CREDIT Conference Università Ca' Foscari Venezia:
“Lending Markets in Transition: Platforms, Borrowers & Investors”2016, Comment Letter to the CFPB on proposed payday lending rules
2016, FTC Workshop: "Putting Disclosures to the Test"
2010, Federal Reserve Forum on Consumer Research & Testing: "Tools for Evidence-based Policymaking in Financial Services"
Recent Discussions
2019: NBER Risks of Financial Institutions
P. Adams, S. Hunt, C. Palmer, R. Zaliauskas – “Testing the Effectiveness of Consumer Financial Disclosure: Experimental Evidence from Savings Accounts”2019: WFA
T. Ramadorai, P. Goldsmith-Pinkham, A. Fuster, A. Waltherg – Predictably Unequal? The Effects of Machine Learning on Credit Markets”2019: AFA
J. Lerner, A. Schoar, J. Mao, N. Zhang – “Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from Alternative Vehicles in Private Capital”2018: Economics of Social Sector Organizations Conference, Chicago Booth
C. Geczy, J. Jeffers, D. Musto, and A. Tucker -- "Contracts with Benefits: The Implementation of Impact Investing"2018: University of Washington Summer Finance Conference
J. Grennan and R. Michaely-- "FinTechs and the Market for Financial Analysis"2018: WFA
L. Starks, P. Venkat, and Q.i Zhu -- "Corporate ESG Profiles and Investor Horizons"2018: WFA
A. Othchinnikovand P. Valta -- "Debt in Political Campaigns"2018: Texas Finance Festival
B. Valee and Y. Zeng -- "Marketplace Lending: A New banking Paradigm"2018: AFA
C. Hwang, S. Titman, and Y. Wang -- "Investor Tastes, Corporate Behavior and Stock Returns: An Analysis of Corporate SocialResponsibility"2017: SEC Financial Regulation Conference
I. Liskovich and M. Shaton --"Borrowers in Search of Feedback:Evidence from Consumer Credit Markets”2017: Southern California Private Equity Conference
P. Schultz and S. Shive --"Limited Partners and the LB0 Process”2017: AFFECT Conference Miami
C. Bustamente and L. Fresard --"Does Firm Investment Respond to Peer’s Investment?”2016: NBER Household Finance
J. Gathergood, S. Hunt, and B. Guttman-Kenney – “How Do Payday Loans
Affect Consumers?”2016: UC Davis Household Finance Conference
J. Brown and A. Previtero – “Saving for Retirement, Annutities and Procrastination"2015: NBER Household Finance Summer Institute
A. Hertzberg, A. Liberman, and D. Paravisini – “Adverse Selection and Maturity Choice in Consumer Credit Markets: Evidence from an Online Lender”2015: NBER Law & Economics
R.J. Jackson, Jr., W. Jiang and J. Mitts – “How Quickly Do Markets Learn? Private Information Dissemination in a Natural Experiment”2015: European Finance Association
S Dimmock, W. Gerken, and N.Graham – “Is Fraud Contagious? Career Networks and Fraud by Financial Advisors”