Finance, Organizations and Markets (FOM) Conference
Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
100 Tuck Circle, Hanover, NH 03755
Oct 10 - 11, 2024
*** Notes for participants ***
Conference Location: Borelli classroom.
The Tuck campus is a 10 minute walk from The Hanover Inn
Each paper has 40 minutes total: allocated as 20 min for presenters, 10 min for discussants, and 10 min for audience participation
October 10, 2024, Thursday
12:00 - 12:55 pm Lunch and registration: Borelli
12:55 - 1:00 pm Conference Introduction and Welcoming Remarks
1:00 - 2:20 pm Session 1 - Innovation and Entrepreneurs Chair: Gordon Phillips, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Paper 1: Patent Hunters
Presenter: Lauren Cohen, HBS
Coauthors: Umit G. Gurun, S. Katie Moon, Paula Suh
Discussant: Song Ma, Yale University - Discussant slides here
Paper 2: Contract Completeness of Company Bylaws and Entrepreneurial Success
Presenter: Paul Beaumont, McGill University
Coauthors: Johan Hombert, Adrien Matray
Discussant: Tong Liu, MIT - Discussant slides here
2:20 - 2:35 pm Break
2:35 - 3:55 pm Session 2 -Firms and Government Policies Chair: Yuri Tserlukevich, Arizona State University
Paper 3: Information Discovery in a Hybrid Economy
Presenter: Michael Sockin, Texas Austin
Coauthors: Wei Xiong
Discussant: Bruno Pellegrino, Columbia University - Discussant slides here
Paper 4: When Protectionism Kills Talent
Presenter: Mehmet Canayaz, Pennsylvania State University
Coauthors: Umit G. Gurun, Isil Erel, Yufeng Wu
Discussant: Adrien Matray, Harvard University
3:55 - 4:15 pm Break
4:15 - 5:35 pm Session 3: Productivity: Firms and Workers Chair: Ron Masulis, UNSW
Paper 5: Climate Policy and Firm Efficiency: Lessons From the Trucking Industry
Presenter: Gustav Martinsson, Stockholm
Coauthors: Per Strömberg
Discussant: Jan Bena, University of British Columbia - Discussant slides here
Paper 6: Meaning at Work
Presenter: Luigi Zingales, Chicago Booth
Coauthors: Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera, Virginia Minni
Discussant: Vojislav Maksimovic, University of Maryland - Discussant slides here
6:00 - 9:00 pm RECEPTION AND DINNER
Dartmouth Outing Club, a 10 min walk from Tuck.
October 11, 2024, Friday
8:30 - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 - 10:20 am Session 4: Startups and Innovation Chair: Shawn Thomas, University of Pittsburgh
Paper 7: Treasure on the Shelf? Unlocking Innovation through R&D Licensing
Presenter: Joshua Krieger, HBS
Coauthors: Mosab Hammoudeh, Jiajie Xu
Discussant: Elvira Sojli, UNSW - Discussant slides here
Paper 8: Venture Capital Response to Government-Funded Basic Science
Presenter: Roham Rezaei, UNSW
Coauthors: Yufeng Yao
Discussant: Minmo Gahng, Cornell University - Discussant slides here
10:20 - 10:40 am Break
10:40 - 12:00 pm Session 5: Corporate Profits and Firm Financial Decisions Chair: Edie Hotchkiss, Boston College
Paper 9: The Changing Structure of Corporate Profits
Presenter: Murray Frank, University of Minnesota
Coauthors: Jing Gao
Discussant: N. R. Prabhala, Johns Hopkins University - Discussant slides here
Paper 10: Loan Maturity and Labor Supply: Evidence from Small Businesses in Financial Distress
Presenter: Apoorv Gupta, Dartmouth College
Coauthors: Christopher Eaglin
Discussant: Tony Cookson, University of Colorado - Discussant slides here
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 2:50 pm Session 6: AI Adoption and Discovery with Big Data Chair: Jerry Hoberg, University of Southern California
Paper 11: AI Adoption, Incentives, and Market Outcomes
Presenter: Gilles Chemla, Imperial University
Coauthors: Vincent Tena
Discussant: Evgeny Lyandres, Tel Aviv University - Discussant slides here
Paper 12: Finding Diamonds in the Rough: Data-Driven Opportunities and Pharmaceutical Innovation
Presenter: Matteo Tranchero, Wharton, University of Pennsylavania
Discussant: Cyrus Aghamolla, Rice University - Discussant slides here
2:50 pm Adjourn