Programme 2025 Edition
5th Corporate Policies and Asset Prices Conference, July 30-31 2025, Luxembourg
Wednesday 30 July 2025
08:45 – 09:00 – Opening Words, Roberto Steri (University of Luxembourg)
09:00 – 11:50 – 1st Paper session “COMPETITION”,
Chair: Thomas Maurer (HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong)
Each paper presentation (50min) is divided as follows: 25min presentation, 15min Discussion, 10min Q&A
- Data, Markups, and Asset Prices, Jun Li* (Warwick Business School), Alexandre Corhay (University of Toronto), Kejia Hu (University of Oxford), Jincheng Tong (University of Toronto), Chi-Yang Tsou (University of Manchester) / Discussant: Maria Cecilia Bustamente (University of Maryland)
- Dynamic Competition and Systematic Risk, Yuri Tserlukevich* (Arizona State University), Oliver Boguth Tserlukevich (Arizona State University), Yuri Tserlukevich (Arizona State University) / Discussant: Sonny Biswas (University of Reading)
- Coffee break
- Shareholder Activism, Takeovers, and Managerial Discipline, Francesco Celentano* (University of Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute), Oliver Levine (University of Wisconsin–Madison) / Discussant: Stefano Sacchetto (Nova School of Business & Economics)
11:50 – 13:20 – Lunch break
13:20 – 15:00 – 2nd Paper Session “PRODUCTION”,
Chair: Luciano Somoza (ESSEC Business School)
Each paper presentation (50min) is divided as follows: 25min presentation, 15min Discussion, 10min Q&A
- Operating Leverage and Risk Premium, Yifan Zuh* (BI Norwegian Business School), Leonid Kogan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Jun Li (University of Texas), Harold H. Zhang (University of Texas) / Discussant: Dino Palazzo (Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
- Supply Chain Uncertainty: Pricing, Growth & Blockchains, Claudio Tebaldi* (Bocconi University), Simone Boldrini (Bocconi University), Mariano Croce (Bocconi University), Thien Nguyen (Federal Reserve Board), Daniil Parfenov (Bocconi University) / Discussant: Bernard Dumas (INSEAD)
15:00 – 15:20 – Coffee break
15:20 – 16:20 – KEYNOTE SESSION
- Treasury Demand, Lukas Schmid (Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California)
Thursday 31 July 2025
09:00 – 11:50 – 3rd Paper Session “CORPORATE POLICIES”,
Chair: Andras Danis (Central European University)
Each paper presentation (50min) is divided as follows: 25min presentation, 15min Discussion, 10min Q&A
- Investment-Based Payouts and Firm Values, Kevin Schneider* (University of Oxford), Iv´an Alfaro (BI Norwegian Business School), Alessandro Graniero (BI Norwegian Business School) / Discussant: Goutham Gopalakrishna (University of Toronto)
- Complementarity of Bank and Market Debt in Dynamic Debt Structure, Jessica Li (University of Chicago, Booth School of Business) / Discussant: Thomas Geelen (Pennsylvania State University)
- Coffee break
- Institutional
Equity Investors and Corporate Debt Financing: A Cross-Market Perspective, Jing Gao (University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management) / Discussant: Elisa Pazaj (University of Amsterdam)
11:50 – 12:00 – Closing Words
12:00 – 13:30 – Closing Lunch
In the case of co-authors, the presenting author is highlighted with an “ * “