Discussion of ``Investing in Friends: The Role of Geopolitical Alignment in FDI Flows," American Economic Association Meetings, San Antonio, TX 2024.

Discussion of  ``The Golden Revolving Door: Hedging through Hiring Government Officials,'' by Ling Chen, Lauren Cohen, Jing Wu, Fan Zhang, European Finance Association, Amsterdam, August 2023.

Discussion of  ``Climate and Banking: El Nino in the US,'' by Filippo De Marco and Nicola Limodio, MoFIR Conference on Banking, Naples, Italy, July 2023.

Discussion of ``The Politics of Corporate Investment: Evidence from Political Turnovers and IPO Proceeds," by Denes, Duchin, Pan, and Shi, Western Finance Association Conference, June 2023.

Discussion of ``Bank Presence and Health," by Kim Fe Cramer, Financial Intermediation and Research Society Conference, June 2023.

Discussion of ``Ruling with Ideology: Politicians’ Beliefs and Privatizations,''  by Linxiang Ma, FIRN Conference, November 2022.

Discussion of ``Smokestacks and the Swamp'', by Bisetti, Lewellen, Sarkar, and Zhao, University of Washington Summer Conference in Finance, July 2022.  

Discussion of "Impact of Money in Politics on Labor and Capital: Evidence from Citizens United v. FEC", by Akey, Babina, Buchak, Tenekedjieva, CICF, July 2022. 

Discussion of ``Credit Supply and Entrepreneurship in Low Income Regions,'' by Ebrahimia and Mansouri, Financial Intermediation and Research Society, June 2022.