Thursday, October 11, 2018 |
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7:00 – 10:30 p.m. |
Welcome Reception – Grand Ballroom Hyatt Regency 125 E Main Street Rochester, NY 14604 |
Friday, October 12, 2018 |
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7:00 – 8:30 a.m. |
Buses arrive at Hyatt Regency Hotel, Main Street Entrance. Buses loop approximately every 15 minutes from Hyatt to University of Rochester (drop-off on Wilson Blvd. opposite Schlegel Hall) until 8:30 a.m. |
7:30 – 8:10 a.m. |
Registration/Breakfast Gleason Lobby, 3rd/4th Floors |
8:10 – 8:15 a.m. |
Opening Remarks |
8:15 – 9:45 a.m. |
Session I – Gleason Hall, Room 318/418 |
Moderator: |
Robert Holthausen (University of Pennsylvania) |
Paper: |
“Modeling the Determinants of Meet-or-Beat Behavior in Distribution Discontinuity Tests” |
Authors: |
Dmitri Byzalov and Sudipta Basu (Temple University) |
Discussant: |
David Burgstahler (University of Washington) |
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. |
Break – Gleason Lobby, 3rd/4th Floors |
10:15 – 11:45 a.m. |
Session II – Gleason Hall, Room 318/418 |
Moderator: |
Michelle Hanlon (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
Paper: |
“Understanding the ‘Numbers Game’” |
Authors: |
Andrew Bird, Stephen A. Karolyi, and Thomas G. Ruchti (Carnegie Mellon University) |
Discussant: |
Joseph Gerakos (Dartmouth College) |
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. |
Luncheon Interfaith Chapel, River Level |
1:15 – 2:45 p.m. |
Session III – Gleason Hall, Room 318/418 |
Moderator: |
S.P. Kothari (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
Paper: |
“Making Sense of Soft Information: Interpretation Bias and Loan Quality” |
Authors: |
Dennis Campbell (Harvard Business School), Maria Loumioti (The University of Texas at Dallas), and Regina Wittenberg-Moerman (University of Southern California) |
Discussant: |
Rahul Vashishtha (Duke University) |
2:45 – 3:15 p.m. |
Break – Gleason Lobby, 3rd/4th Floors |
3:15 – 4:45 p.m. |
Session IV – Gleason Hall, Room 318/418 |
Moderator: |
Wayne Guay (University of Pennsylvania) |
Paper: |
“Do Banks Still Monitor When There is a Market for Credit Protection?” |
Authors: |
Chenyu Shan (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Dragon Yongjun Tang (University of Hong Kong), and Andrew Winton (University of Minnesota) |
Discussant: |
Peter Demerjian (University of Washington) |
5:00 p.m. |
Buses depart University of Rochester (pick-up on Wilson Blvd. opposite Schlegel Hall) for Hyatt Regency Hotel |
Dinner: |
Irondequoit Country Club, 4045 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14618, (585) 586-5880 (Dress business casual, no jeans) |
6:15 p.m. |
Buses depart Hyatt Regency Hotel (Main Street Entrance) for dinner at the Irondequoit Country Club |
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
Cocktail Reception (Living Room & Garden Room) |
7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. |
Dinner (Ballroom) After-dinner drinks available (Garden Room) |
9:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. |
Buses depart the Irondequoit Country Club and return guests to the Hyatt (buses loop approximately every 30 minutes between the ICC and Hyatt until 11:30 p.m.) |
Saturday, October 13, 2018 |
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7:00 – 8:30 a.m. |
Buses arrive at Hyatt Regency Hotel, Main Street Entrance. Buses loop approximately every 15 minutes from Hyatt to University of Rochester (drop-off on Wilson Blvd. opposite Schlegel Hall) until 8:30 a.m. |
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast – Gleason Lobby, 3rd/4th Floors |
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. |
Session V – Gleason Hall, Room 318/418 |
Moderator: |
John Core (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
Paper: |
“Accounting Quality and the Transmission of Monetary Policy” |
Authors: |
Christopher Armstrong (University of Pennsylvania), Stephen Glaeser (University of North Carolina), and John Kepler (University of Pennsylvania) |
Discussants: |
Lindsey Gallo (University of Michigan) and S.P. Kothari (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
Break – Gleason Lobby, 3rd/4th Floors |
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
Session VI – Gleason Hall, Room 318/418 |
Moderator: |
Joanna Wu (University of Rochester) |
Paper: |
“The Effects of Financial Reporting and Disclosure on Corporate Investment: A Review” |
Authors: |
Sugata Roychowdhury (Boston College), Nemit Shroff (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Rodrigo Verdi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
Discussants: |
Elia Ferracuti and Stephen Stubben (University of Utah) |
12:00 p.m. |
Box Lunch – Gleason Lobby, 3rd/4th Floors |
12:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m. |
Buses loop approximately every 15 minutes between University of Rochester (pick-up on Wilson Blvd. opposite Schlegel Hall) and Rochester International Airport from noon until 3 p.m. |
General Contact Info: |
Sue North (NORTH@simon.rochester.edu) |
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Gal DiMambro (GalDiMambro@rochester.edu) |
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Joanna Wu (joanna.wu@simon.rochester.edu) |
General Information: |
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Hotel: |
Hyatt Regency Hotel (585) 456-1234 |
Transportation: |
Airport Taxi – 585-235-0508 Checker Cab – 585-325-2460 Uber and Lyft services are also available in Rochester. |
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