INSEAD Finance Symposium

Past programs: 2020, 2018, 2017

2021 Symposium

Date: May 31st, June 1st, June 2nd , 2021

Location: Zoom

2021 Program

All times are Central European Time (CET), GMT+2

Presenters are underlined

Monday May 31st

Chair: Joel Peress

Session 1: Asymmetric Information & Market Structure (Recording)

15h00 “Information Chasing versus Adverse Selection”

Gabor Pinter (Bank of England), Chaojun Wang (Wharton) and Junyuan Zou (INSEAD)

Discussant: Pierre Collin-Dufresne (EPFL)

Slides: presentation, discussion

15h40 "Limit Order Markets under Asymmetric Information"

Ayan Bhattacharya (CUNY) and Gideon Saar (Cornell)

Discussant: Bart Yueshen (INSEAD)

Slides: presentation, discussion

16h20 Break

Chair: Bernard Dumas

Session 2: Benchmarking, Convenience Yields (Recording)

16h40 "Benchmarking Intensity"

Anna Pavlova (LBS) and Taisiya Sikorskaya (LBS)

Discussant: Sergei Glebkin (INSEAD)

Slides: presentation, discussion

17h20 "Bond Convenience Yields in the Eurozone Currency Union"

Zhengyang Jiang (Kellogg School of Management), Hanno Lustig (Stanford), Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (Columbia), and Mindy Xiaolan (UT Austin)

Discussant: Federico Gavazzoni (INSEAD)

Slides: presentation, discussion

18h00 Adjourn


Tuesday June 1st

Chair: Theo Vermaelen

Session 3: Equity Ownership & Valuation (Recording)

15h00 "Who Owns What? A Factor Model for Direct Stockholding"

Vimal Balasubramaniam (QMUL), John Y. Campbell (Harvard), Tarun Ramadorai (Imperial College), and Benjamin Ranish (FRB)

Discussant: Pierre Mabille (INSEAD)

Slides: presentation, discussion


15h40 "Duration-Based Stock Valuation: Reassessing Stock Market Performance and Volatility"

Jules H. van Binsbergen (Wharton School)

Discussant: Adrian Buss (INSEAD)

Slides: presentation, discussion

16h20 Break

Chair: Pascal Maenhout

Session 4: Beliefs and Non-standard Preferences (Recording)

16h40 "Uncertainty, Contracting, and Beliefs in Organizations"

Paolo Fulghieri (Kenan-Flagler Business School) and David L. Dicks (Baylor University)

Discussant: Naveen Gondhi (INSEAD)

Slides: presentation, discussion

17h20 "On ESG Investing: Heterogeneous Preferences, Information, and Asset Prices"

Itay Goldstein (Wharton), Alexandr Kopytov (UHK), Lin Shen (INSEAD), Haotian Xiang (PKU)

Discussant: Philip Bond (Foster School of Business)

Slides: presentation, discussion

18h00 Adjourn


Wednesday June 2nd

Chair: Joel Peress

Session 5: Understanding Consumption and Labour (Recording)

15h00 "Priceless Consumption"

Frederico Belo (INSEAD), Andres Donangelo (UT Austin)

Discussant: Winston Dou (Wharton School)

Slides: presentation, discussion

15h40 "Potential" and The Gender Promotion Gap"

Kelly Shue (Yale School of Management)

Discussant: Olivier Dessaint (INSEAD)

Slides: presentation

16h20 Break

Chair: Lily Fang

Session 6: Financial Intermediation (Recording)

16h40 "Reserves Were Not So Ample After All"

Adam Copeland (FRBNY), Yilin (David) Yang (Stanford GSB), Darrell Duffie (Stanford GSB)

Discussant: John Kuong (INSEAD)

Slides: presentation, discussion

17h20 "Dealer Funding and Market Liquidity"

Max Bruche (Humboldt) and John Kuong (INSEAD)

Discussant: Pierre-Olivier Weill (UCLA)

Slides: presentation, discussion

18h00 Symposium ends.