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