AFA 2020 SAN DIEGO MEETINGS EIGHTIETH ANNUAL MEETING AMERICAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION San Diego, California

• Date: 01 December 2019
• Published date: 01 December 2019
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.12859

January 3–5, 2020 AMERICAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION San Diego, California

AFA 2020 SAN DIEGO MEETINGS

EIGHTIETH ANNUAL MEETING

AMERICAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION

San Diego, California

January 3, 2020 – 8:00 AM

Seaport A, Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego

Asset Pricing: Portfolio Choice and Asset Allocation

Russell Wermers, University of Maryland

Trading Opportunities and the Portfolio Choices of Institutional Investors

Terry Zhang, Australian National University

Discussant: Chunhua Lan, University of New Brunswick

Tactical Target Date Funds

Francisco Gomes, London Business School

Alex Michaelides, Imperial College London

Yuxin Zhang, Renmin University of China

Discussant: Lubos Pastor, University of Chicago

Reach for Yield by U.S. Public Pension Funds

Lina Lu, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Matthew Pritsker, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Andrei Zlate, Federal Reserve Board

Kenechukwu Anadu, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Jim Bohn, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Discussant: Daniel Barth, University of Southern California and CESR

When Can the Market Identify Old News?

Anastassia Fedyk, University of California-Berkeley

James Hodson, Jozef Stefan Institute

Discussant: Alan Huang, University of Waterloo

January 3, 2020 – 8:00 AM

Seaport B, Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego

Contracts and Incentives

Alex Edmans, London Business School

January 3–5, 2020 AMERICAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION San Diego, California

CEO Stress and Life Expectancy: The Role of Corporate Governance and

Financial Distress

Mark Borgschulte, University of Illinois

Marius Guenzel, University of California-Berkeley

Canyao Liu, University of California-Berkeley

Ulrike Malmendier, University of California-Berkeley

Discussant: Christopher Parsons, University of Southern California

Uncertainty and Contracting: A Theory of Consensus and Envy in

Organizations

David Dicks, Baylor University

Paolo Fulghieri, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Discussant: Laura Veldkamp, Columbia University

Executive Mobility in the United States, 1920 to 2011

John Graham, Duke University

Dawoon Kim, Cornell University

Hyunseob Kim, Cornell University

Discussant: Claudia Custodio, Imperial College London

Choose Your Battles Wisely: The Consequences of Protesting Government

Procurement Contracts

Mehmet Canayaz, Pennsylvania State University

Jess Cornaggia, Pennsylvania State University

Kimberly Cornaggia, Pennsylvania State University

Discussant: Ran Duchin, University of Washington

January 3, 2020 – 8:00 AM

Seaport DE, Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego

Factors, Risk and the Economy

Jules van Binsbergen, University of Pennsylvania

Priceless Consumption

Frederico Belo, INSEAD, University of Minnesota and NBER

Andres Donangelo, University of Texas-Austin

Discussant: Toomas Laarits, New York University

The Cross-Section of Stock Returns and the Timing of Cash Flows

Niels Gormsen, University of Chicago

Eben Lazarus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant: Andrei Goncalves, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

January 3–5, 2020 AMERICAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION San Diego, California

Macroeconomic Tail Risks and Asset Prices

David Schreindorfer, Arizona State University

Discussant: Andrea Tamoni, Rutgers University

Factor Momentum and the Momentum Factor

Sina Ehsani, Northern Illinois University

Juhani Linnainmaa, University of Southern California

Discussant: Dong Lou, London School of Economics

January 3, 2020 – 8:00 AM

Seaport F, Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego

Firms and Politics

Jonathan Karpoff, University of Washington

Media Partisanship and Fundamental Corporate Decisions

April Knill, Florida State University

Baixiao Liu, Florida State University

John McConnell, Purdue University

Discussant: John Lott, Crime Prevention Research Center

Do Political Boundaries Affect Firm Boundaries?

Matthew Denes, Carnegie Mellon University

Raymond Fisman, Boston University

Florian Schulz, University of Washington

Vikrant Vig, London Business School

Discussant: Pat Akey, University of Toronto

Who Pays a Visit to Brussels? Cross-Border Firm Value Effects of Meetings

with European Commissioners

Kizkitza Biguri, BI Norwegian Business School

J¨

org Stahl, Catholic University of Portugal

Discussant: Tracy Wang, University of Minnesota

January 3, 2020 – 8:00 AM

Seaport G, Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego

M&A and Competition

Pavel Savor, DePaul University

Corporate Rivalry and Return Comovement

Eric de Bodt, University of Lille

B. Espen Eckbo, Dartmouth College

Richard Roll, California Institute of Technology