F i n a n c e U C

12th International Conference


MBA UC Building

Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 440

Santiago, Chile


June 21 - 22, 2017




Conference Program

Wednesday June 21, 2017

10:30 Registration

Session 1: International finance

11:00 Multinational firms and the international transmission of crises
Jan Bena – University of British Columbia
Discussant: Giorgo Sertsios – Universidad de Los Andes
12:00 Break
12:10 Capital inflows and equity issuance activity
Mauricio Larrain – PUC Chile
Discussant: Erik Gilje – Wharton
13:10 Lunch (by invitation only)

Session 2: Consequences of control structures

14:30 Corporate Lifecycle and the Benefits of Dual-Class Share Structure
Hyunseob Kim – Cornell
Discussant: Felipe Aldunate – PUC Chile
15:30 Break
15:40 Overlapping networks of credit and control
Borja Larrain - UC Chile
Discussant: Jan Bena – University of British Columbia

Thursday June 22, 2017

Session 3: Household Finance

9:50 Are lemons sold first? Dynamic signaling in the mortgage market
Manuel Adelino – Duke University
Discussant: Borja Larrain - UC Chile
10:50 Break
11:00 Color and credit: race, regulation and the quality of financial services
Taylor Begley – Washington University
Discussant: Jose Tessada – PUC Chile
12:00 Coffee break
12:30 Politicizing consumer credit
Pat Akey – Toronto
Discussant: Matias Braun– UAI
13:30 Lunch (by invitation only)

Session 4: Debt

14:30 Drilling and debt
Erik Gilje – Wharton
Discussant: Julio Riutort – UAI