F i n a n c e U C

15th International Conference


Campus San Joaquin UC

Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul

Santiago, Chile


Monday December 17, 2018




Conference Program

Monday December 17, 2018 (Room 113)

8:45 Registration

Session 1

9:00 Order Splitting and Searching for a Counterparty
Vincent van Kervel - UC
Discussant: Ana Elisa Pereira - Universidad de los Andes
10:00 Size Premium Waves
Howard Kung - London Business School
Discussant: Erwin Hansen - Universidad de Chile
11:00 Coffee break

Session 2

11:20 The Valuation of Fisheries Rights: a Real Options Approach
Eduardo Schwartz - Simon Fraser University & UCLA
Discussant: Denis Saure - Universidad de Chile

Session 3

14:00 What Do Auditors’ Opinions Tell Us about Long-Term Macroeconomic Activity?
Scott Joslin - University of Southern California
Discussant: Javier Turen - UC
15:00 Coffee break

Session 4

15:20 Credit Market Choice
Nina Boyarchenko - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Discussant: Joakim Westerholm - University of Sydney
16:20 Trade Networks and Asset Prices: Evidence from the SCDS Market
Christopher Polk - London School of Economics
Discussant: Ercos Valdivieso - Sungkyunkwan University
17:20 Closing remarks - back to hotel


Organizing Committee


  • Jaime Casassus - UC
  • Gonzalo Cortazar - UC
  • Eduardo Schwartz - UCLA
  • Vincent van Kervel - UC