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Events and Programs

​​​Behavioral Finance and Accounting Conference​

Behavioral Finance and Accounting Conference brings together scholars to share and discuss cutting-edge research in behavioral finance and behavioral accounting. The conference highlights new research that explores how psychological and behavioral factors influence financial markets, investment decisions, and accounting practices.  It serves as a dynamic forum for academic exchange, collaboration, and the advancement of research at the intersection of finance and accounting.​

​Past Programs​

Driehaus Center for Behavioral Finance
2025 Behavioral Finance and Accounting Conference

Date: Friday, May 16th
Location: DePaul Center (1 E. Jackson Blvd), Room 8005

8:30m-9:00am – Breakfast

9:00am-9:45am

Presenter: Chen Wang (University of Notre Dame), Categorical Thinking about Interest Rates
Discussant: Charles G. Nathanson (Northwestern University)

9:45am-10:30am

Presenter: Karneisha Wolfe (UIUC), Do as I Do or I’ll Judge You: The Effects of Core Audit Teams’ Review of Centralized Audit Teams’ Work
Discussant: Lori Bhaskar (Indiana University)

10:30am-10:45am - Break

10:45am-11:30am

Presenter: Quoc Nguyen (DePaul University), Moving Targets
Discussant: Dmitriy Muravyev (UIUC)

11:30am-12:15pm

Presenter: Julia Ariel-Rohr (DePaul University), The Role of Internal Auditors’ Nonconformity and Responsibility Deflection on Managers’ Judgments in a Corporate Governance Setting
Discussant: Kathryn Holmstrom (Iowa State University)

12:15pm-1:30pm - Lunch

1:30pm-2:15pm

Presenter: Leland Bybee (University of Chicago), The Ghost in the Machine: Generating Beliefs with Large Language Models
Discussant: Chukwuma Dim (George Washington University)

2:15pm-3:00pm

Presenter: Ivy Feng (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Mortgage Lenders’ Diversity Policies and Mortgage Lending to Minorities
Discussant: Deonette Lambert (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Driehaus Center for Behavioral Finance
2024 Behavioral Finance and Accounting Conference

Date: Friday, May 3rd
Location: University Club of Chicago (76 E. Monroe)

8:15am-9:00am - Breakfast

9:00am-10:00am - Keynote speech: George Wu (University of Chicago)

10:10am-10:15am - Break

10:15am-11:00am

Presenter: Michael Weber (University of Chicago), “Memory & Beliefs: Evidence from the Field”
Discussant: Enrichetta Ravina (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)

11:00am-11:15am - Break

11:15am-12:00pm

Presenter: Bright Hong (DePaul University), “Incentivizing Judgment and Decision-making: A Framing Effect”
Discussant: Dan Zhou (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

12:00pm-1:45pm - Lunch

1:45pm-2:30pm

Presenter: Peter Kelly (University of Notre Dame), “Motivated Beliefs in Macroeconomic Expectations”
Discussant: Ehsan Azarmsa (University of Illinois Chicago)

2:30pm-2:45pm - Break

2:45pm--3:30pm

Presenter: Deni Cikurel (DePaul University), “How Does Investors’ Perceived Ease of Information Access Affect Their Investment Judgments?”
Discussant: Ashley Sauciuc (Indiana University)

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