2015 Program

Finance, Organizations and Markets (FOM) Conference

University of Chicago Gleacher Center

450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL 60611

October 15 - 16, 2015

Thursday, October 15, 2015

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12:00 pm – 1:15 pm LUNCH and CONFERENCE CHECK-IN

1:30 pm – 2:20 pm SESSION I Session Chair: Amit Seru, Chicago Booth

Paper 1: Asset Reallocation in Bankruptcy (click to download paper)

Authors: Shai Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli, and Benjamin Iverson

Discussant: Per Stromberg, Stockholm School of Economics

2:20 pm – 3:10 pm

Paper 2: Relational Adaptation under Reel Authority (click to download paper)

Authors: Daniel Barron, Robert Gibbons, Ricard Gil and Kevin Murphy

Discussant: Luigi Zingales, Chicago

3:10 pm – 3:25 pm REFRESHMENT BREAK

3:25 pm – 4:15 pm SESSION II Session Chair: Murillo Campello, Cornell

Paper 3: Contracting Technology, Firm Boundaries and Financial Contracts (click to download paper)

Author: Janis Skrastins

Discussant: Jean-Noel Barrot, MIT

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm

Invited Talk: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago

Title: Firm Structure, Market Structure, and the Allocation of Resources

5:45 pm Dinner and Keynote Paper: Bengt Holmstrom, MIT

Friday, October 16, 2015

8:00 am – 8:30 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:30 am – 9:20 am SESSION III Session Chair: Evgeny Lyandres, Boston University

Paper 4: Competition and Relational Contracts: Rwanda's Coffee Mills (click to download paper)

Authors: Rocco Macchiavello and Ameet Morjaria

Discussant: Adrien Matray, Princeton

9:20 am – 10:10 am

Paper 5: Deposit Competition and Financial Fragility (click to download paper)

Authors: Mark Egan, Ali Hortacsu and Gregor Matvos

Discussant: Daniel Paravisini, London School of Economics

10:10 am – 10:30 am COFFEE BREAK

10:30 am – 11:20 am SESSION IV Session Chair: Vojislav Maksimovic, Maryland

Paper 6: Financing Constraints and Relational Contracts (click to download paper)

Authors: Daniel Barron and Jin Li

Discussant: Michael Raith, Rochester

11:20 am – 12:10 pm

Paper 7: Managing on Rugged Landscapes (click to download paper)

Authors: Steven Callander and Niko Matouschek

Discussant: John G. Matsusaka, USC Marshall

12:10 pm – 1:30 pm LUNCH

1:30 pm – 2:20 pm SESSION V Session Chair: Heitor Almeida, Illinois

Paper 8: The Human Factor in Acquisitions (click to download paper)

Authors: Geoffrey Tate and Liu Yang

Discussant: David Matsa, Northwestern

2:20 pm – 3:10 pm

Paper 9: Talent in Distressed Firms (click to download paper)

Authors: Ramin P. Baghai, Rui C. Silva, Viktor Thell, and Vikrant Vig

Discussant: Gordon Phillips, USC Marshall

3:10 pm End of Conference