SPRING 2025 SCHEDULE
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 11:00am - 12:00pm ET
Week 1: Municipal Finance and Informational Efficiency (Zoom Link)
Paper 1
Newspaper Notice as a Government Transparency Mechanism: Evidence from Florida
Ivan Belousov, Yale University
Anya Nakhmurina, Yale University
Delphine Samuels, University of Chicago
(Note: paper link coming soon)
Paper 2
From Arm’s Length to Arm in Arm: Banks and Municipal Bond Financing
Gustavo Cortes, University of Florida
Igor Cunha, University of Kentucky
Sharjil Haque, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 11:00am - 12:00pm ET
Week 2: Municipal Finance and Stakeholder Relationships (Zoom Link)
Paper 1
Dealer Quid Pro Quo in the Municipal Bond Market
Casey Dougal, Florida State University
Daniel A. Rettl, University of Georgia
Vasiliy Yakimenko, University of Georgia
Paper 2
Winning at the Starting Line: Underwriter Connections and Municipal Bond Fund Performance
Bingkuan (Bryan) Cao, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Zihan Ye, University of Tennessee
Russ Wermers, University of Maryland
Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 11:00am - 12:00pm ET
Week 3: Municipal Finance and the Macroeconomy (Zoom Link)
Paper 1
Asset Demand of U.S. Households
Xavier Gabaix, Harvard University
Ralph S.J. Koijen, University of Chicago
Federico Mainardi, University of Chicago
Sangmin Oh, Columbia University
Motohiro Yogo, Princeton University
Paper 2
Contract Rigidity in Municipal Financing and Monetary Policy Transmission to the Real Economy
Igor Cunha, University of Kentucky
Michael Varley, University of Kentucky
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 11:00am - 12:00pm ET
Week 4: Municipal Finance and Immigration (Zoom Link)
Paper 1
Unauthorized Immigration and Local Government Finances
Jess Cornaggia, Pennsylvania State University
Kimberly Cornaggia, Pennsylvania State University
Ryan D. Israelsen, Michigan State University
Paper 2
Should They Stay or Should They Go? Immigration and Municipal Bonds
Kyle E. Zimmerschied, University of Missouri
Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 11:00am - 12:00pm ET
Week 5: Municipal Finance and the Environment (Zoom Link)
Paper 1
Is Physical Climate Risk Priced? Evidence from Regional Variation in Exposure to Heat Stress
Viral V. Acharya, New York University
Timothy Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Suresh Sundaresan, Columbia University
Tuomas Tomunen, Boston College
Paper 2
Tuomas Tomunen, Boston College
Hanyi (Livia) Yi, Boston College
Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 11:00am - 12:00pm ET
Week 6: Job Market Papers on Municipal Finance (Zoom Link)
Paper 1
The Efficiency of Municipal Bond Tax Shields
Hala Moussawi, Stanford University
Paper 2
When the Thin Bench Gets Thinner: The Effects of Investment Bank Consolidation on Municipal Finance
Renping Li, Washington University in St. Louis