Lone Star Finance Conference 2025 - Schedule
| Time | Session | Session Details |
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| 7:30 - 8:45 A.M. | Breakfast — James M. Collins Executive Education Center | |
| 8:50 - 9:00 A.M. | Welcome Remarks — Crum Auditorium Speaker: Todd T. Milbourn (Dean, Tolleson Chair in Business Leadership, Andrew H. Chen Endowed Chair in Financial Investments, 水多多导航) |
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| 9:00 - 9:40 A.M. | 1 | Immigration and Credit in America Session Chair: Charlotte Haendler Authors: J. Anthony Cookson (CU Boulder), Benedict Guttman-Kenney (Rice), William Mullins (UC San Diego) Discussant: Feng Zhang (水多多导航) |
| 9:40 - 10:20 A.M. | The Financial Consequences of Wanting to Own a Home Session Chair: Charlotte Haendler Authors: Gregor Schubert (UCLA), Caitlin Gorback (UT Austin) Discussant: Umit Gurun (UT Dallas) |
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| 10:20 - 10:40 A.M. | Break | |
| 10:40 - 11:20 A.M. | 2 | When Can Positive Return Autocorrelation Arise in Rational Expectations Models? Session Chair: Jinming Xue Authors: Wen Chen (TTU), Albert S. Kyle (Maryland), Yajun Wang (Baruch) Discussant: Travis L Johnson (UT Austin) |
| 11:20 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. | Lending at a Cost: Liquidity Fragility in Bond Mutual Funds Session Chair: Jinming Xue Author: Shuaiyu Chen (Darden), Anh Tran (Connecticut), Pingle Wang (UTD) Discussant: Ben Munyan (Dallas Fed) |
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| 12:00 - 1:30 P.M. | Lunch | |
| 1:30 - 2:10 P.M. | 3 |
Trade Liberalization and Local Economic Activity: Evidence from the Savoy Great Free Zone Session Chair: Tarun Patel Authors: Lorena Keller (Texas A&M), Ricardo Pique (Texas A&M) Discussant: Alex Butler (Rice) |
| 2:10 - 2:50 P.M. | Minding Your Business or Your Child? Entrepreneurs, Fertility, and Firm and Worker Outcomes Session Chair: Tarun Patel Author: Valentina Rutigliano (水多多导航) Discussant:Antonio Gargano (U Houston) |
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| 2:50 - 3:10 P.M. | Break | |
| 3:10 - 3:50 P.M. | 4 | Branching Out: The Role of Selection in Bank Branch Entry and Economic Growth Session Chair: Xiaowen Hu Author: Anthony Zdrojewski (TCU) Discussant: Samuel Kruger (UT Austin) |
| 3:50 - 4:30 P.M. | Are the Hedges of Funds Green? Session Chair: Xiaowen Hu Authors: Huan Kuang (Bryant), Bing Liang (U Mass), Tianyi Qu (Baylor), Mila Getmansky Sherman (U Mass) Discussant: Yong Chen (Texas A&M) |
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| 4:30 - 6:00 P.M. | Farewell Reception |