2023 Program

Finance, Organizations and Markets (FOM) Conference

Yale School of Management, Yale University

Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511

Oct 12 - 13, 2023

*** Notes for participants ***

Conference Location: Evans Hall Classroom 2430

Each paper has 45 minutes total: allocated as 25 min for presenters, 12 min for discussants, and 8 min for audience


October 12, 2023, Thursday

12:00 - 12:55 pm Lunch and registration:   Evans Hall Courtyard

12:55 - 1:00 pm Conference Introduction and Welcoming Remarks


1:00 - 2:30 pm Session 1 - Labor and Firms Chair: Jerry Hoberg, USC

Paper 1: What Do Unions Do? Incentives and Investments

Presenter: Liu Yang, Maryland

Coauthors: Vojislav Maksimovic, Maryland

Discussant: Ankit Kalda, Indiana

Paper 2:  The Effects of Mandatory Profit-Sharing on Workers and Firms: Evidence from France

Presenter: David Sraer, Berkeley

Coauthors: Elio Nimier-David, Chicago/Cornell; David Thesmar, MIT

Discussant: Camille Hebert, Toronto

                                                                                                      

2:30 - 2:45 pm Break


2:45 - 4:15 pm Session 2 - Banking and Credit Chair: Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Yale

Paper 3: Social Media As A Bank-Run Catalyst

Presenter:  Tony Cookson, Colorado

Coauthors: Corbin Fox, James Madison; Javier Gil-Bazo, Pompeu Fabra; Juan F. Imbet, Paris Dauphine; Chrisoph Schiller, Arizona State

Discussant:  Erica Jiang, USC

Paper 4: Does Trade Policy Affect Consumer Credit? The Role of Captive Finance

Presenter: Kristine Hankins, Kentucky

Coauthors: Morteza Momeni, Kentucky; David Sovich, Kentucky

Discussant:  Manasa Gopal, Georgia Tech


4:15 - 4:30 pm Break

 

4:45 - 5:30 pm Session 3:  Future of Work Chair: Sabrina Howell, NYU

Paper 5: Firms with Benefits? Nonwage Compensation and Implications for Firms and Labor Markets

Presenter: Geoffrey Tate, Maryland

Coauthors: Paige Ouimet, UNC

Discussant: Shan Ge, NYU

 

5:35 - 6:20 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Nick Bloom, William D. Eberle Professor of Economics, Stanford University

Topic: The Impact of Brexit on UK Firms


6:30 - 9:00 pm RECEPTION AND DINNER

Transportation is provided from Yale SOM, Evans Hall to the Hotel (Dinner Venue)

 

October 13, 2023, Friday

8:15 am Shuttle from Hotel to Evans Hall, Yale SOM

8:30 - 9:00 am  Breakfast

9:00 - 10:30 am Session 4: Regulation Chair: Michael Ewens, Columbia

Paper 6Follow the Pipeline: Anticipatory Effects of Proposed Regulations

Presenter: Alejandro Lopez-Lira, Florida

Coauthors: Suzanne Chang, Tulane; Joseph Kalmenovitz, Rochester

Discussant: Miao Ben Zhang, USC 

Paper 7: Regulatory Arbitrage or Random Errors? Implications of Race Prediction Algorithms in Fair Lending Analysis

Presenter: Daniel Greenwald, NYU

Coauthors: Sabrina T. Howell, NYU; Cangyuan Li, NYU; Emmanuel Yimfor, Columbia

Discussant:  Scott Nelson, Chicago 


10:30 - 11:00 am Break

 

11:00 - 12:30 pm Session 5: Market Power Chair: Judy Chevalier, Yale

Paper 8: Valuing Labor Market Power: The Role of Productivity Advantages

Presenter: Bryan Seegmiller, Northwestern

Discussant:  Yufeng Wu, Ohio State

Paper 9: Antitrust Enforcement Increases Economic Activity

Presenter: Jessica Jeffers, HEC Paris

Coauthors: Tania Babina, Columbia; Simcha Barkai, Boston College; Ezra Karger, Chicago Fed; Ekaterina Volkova, Melbourne

Discussant: Gordon Phillips, Dartmouth 


12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch


1:30 - 3:00 pm Session 6: Corporate Decisions Chair: Tania Babina, Columbia

Paper 10: On a Spending Spree: The Real Effects of Heuristics in Managerial Budgets

Presenter: Denis Sosyura, Arizona State

Coauthors: Paul H. Decaire, Arizona State

Discussant:  Marius Guenzel, Wharton

Paper 11: The Effect of Childcare Access on Women’s Careers and Firm Performance

Presenter: Ting Xu, Toronto

Coauthors: Elena Simintzi, UNC; Sheng-Jun Xu, Alberta

Discussant:  Menaka Hampole, Yale


3:00 pm Adjourn