QCFC 2023
Program
August 5, 2023
8.30 a.m. – 9.00 a.m. Morning Tea/Coffee
9.00 a.m. – Opening Remarks
Ruchith Dissanayake (Conference Chair)
Session Chair: Marco Elia (Queensland University of Technology)
9.05 a.m. – 9.45 a.m. “Entrepreneurs’ Diversification and Labor Income Risk”
Jan Bena (University of British Columbia)
Andrew Ellul (Indiana University)
Marco Pagano (Universit`a di Napoli Federico)
Valentina Rutigliano (University of British Columbia)
9.50 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. “Why Small Firms Fail to Adopt Profitable Opportunities”
Paul Gertler (University of California, Berkeley)
Sean Higgins (Northwestern University)
Ulrike Malmendier (University of California, Berkeley)
Waldo Ojeda (Baruch College)
10.30 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. – Tea/Coffee Break.
11.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. Keynote Speech: “Balance Sheet Financial Flexibility”
Sudipto Dasgupta (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
12.00 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. – Conference Lunch
Session I
Session II
Session Chair: Eliza Wu (University of Sydney)
1.00 p.m. – 1.40 p.m. “Payout Smoothing and Investment Responsiveness”
Heitor Almeida (University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign)
Alice Bonaime (University of Arizona)
Amedeo De Cesari (University of Manchester)
Yi Zhou (University of Arizona)
1.40 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. – Tea/Coffee break
2.00 p.m. – 2.45 p.m.
Research Ideas #1: Alexander Vadilyev (Australian National University)
Research Ideas #2: Zhe An (Monash University)
Research Ideas #3: Sean Wu (Queensland University of Technology)
Conference Dinner
6.30 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Conference Dinner
Blackbird Restaurant
Riverside Centre, 123 Eagle St Brisbane City QLD
August 6, 2023
9.00 a.m. – 9.30 a.m. Morning Tea/Coffee
Session III
Session Chair: Phong Nho (Australian National University)
9.30 a.m. – 10.10 a.m. “Do Startup Patent Acquisitions Affect Inventor Productivity?”
Joan Farre-Mensa (University of Illinois)
Zack Liu (University of Houston)
Jordan Nickerson (University of Washington)
10.15 a.m. – 10.55 a.m. “The Investment-Sales Sensitivity”
Chu Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
11.00 a.m. – 11.20 a.m. – Tea/Coffee Break
11.20 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. “Reducing Racial Disparities in Consumer Credit: Evidence from Anonymous Loan Applications”
Poorya Kabir (National University of Singapore)
Tianyue Ruan (National University of Singapore)
12.00 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. Conference Lunch
1.00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Sean Wu (Conference Co-Chair)