Here is the complete program for the 2018 Chicago Financial Institutions Conference, along with links to papers, presentation slides, and discussion slides. You can also download the full program if you prefer.
2018 CFIC Program
Session 1.A: Deposit markets
Location: Illinois Room 1 & 2, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Chair: George Pennacchi (U Illinois)
Session 1.B: Peer-to-peer lending
Location: Illinois Room 3 & 4, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Chair: Sudheer Chava (Georgia Tech)
- Stereotypes and Lending: Evidence from Person-to-Person Transactions
Iftekhar Hasan (Fordham U), Qing He (Renmin U of China), and Haitian Lu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Discussant: Sean Hundtofte (FRB New York)
Session 2.A: Bank ownership
Location: Illinois Room 1 & 2, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Chair: Richard Rosen (FRB Chicago)
Session 2.B: Fintech platforms
Location: Illinois Room 3 & 4, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Chair: Sarit Markovich (Northwestern U)
Session 3.A: Bank supervision and risk
Location: Illinois Room 1 & 2, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Chair: Rajesh Narayanan (Louisiana State U)
Session 3.B: Bank lending
Location: Illinois Room 3 & 4, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Chair: Allen Berger (U South Carolina)
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Stress Tests and Small Business Lending
Kristle Cortes (U New South Wales), Yuliya Demyanyk (FRB Cleveland) Lei Li (U Kansas), Elena Loutskina (U Virginia), Philip Strahan (Boston College)
Discussant: William Keeton (U Missouri – Kansas City) presentation
Session 4.A: Bank business models
Location: Michigan Room, University Club
Chair: Greg Udell (Indiana U)
Session 4.B: Syndicated lending
Location: Millennium Room, University Club
Chair: Justin Murfin (Yale U)
Session 5.A: Information and lending
Location: Michigan Room, University Club
Chair: Jialan Wang (U Illinois)
Session 5.B: Debt markets
Location: Millennium Room, University Club
Chair: Joel Houston (U Florida)
Session 6.A: Financial shocks
Location: Michigan Room, University Club
Chair: Sebastien Michenaud (DePaul U)
Session 6.B: Dealers and liquidity
Location: Millennium Room, University Club
Chair: Matthew Ringgenberg (U Utah)
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Prime (Information) Brokerage
Nitish Kumar (U Florida), Kevin Mullally (U Alabama), Sugata Ray (U Alabama), and Yuehua Tang (U Florida)
Discussant: Sumudu Watugala (Cornell U)
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Hedge Fund Liquidity Management
George Aragon (Arizona State U), A. Tolga Ergun (SEC), Mila Getmansky (SEC and U Mass-Amherst), and Giulio Girardi (SEC)
Discussant: Marco Macchiavelli (Federal Reserve Board) presentation
Session 7.A: Credit and collateral
Location: Michigan Room, University Club
Chair: Andrea Presbitero (IMF)
Session 7.B: Mutual funds and ETFs
Location: Millennium Room, University Club
Chair: Jeffrey Harris (SEC and American U)
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Can Disclosure Decrease Price Efficiency? Evidence from Mutual Fund Disclosures
Todd Gormley (Washington U in St. Louis), Zachary Kaplan (Washington U in St. Louis), Aadhaar Verma (Washington U in St. Louis)
Discussant: Sonya Lim (DePaul U)