LHFS 2023 Conference Program

WELCOME DINNER

Restaurant King Crab House, address: Mariankuja 6

Session 1: Advisors

Chair: Elias Rantapuska (Aalto University)

How Does a Ban on Kickbacks Affect Individual Investors?

Nic Schaub (WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management) and Simon Straumann (WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management)

Discussant: Theresa Spickers (University of Amsterdam)

If You Build It, They Won’t Come: Empirical Evidence From the Introduction of Fee-Only Advice

Steffen Meyer (Aarhus University and Danish Finance Institute) and Charline Uhr (Aarhus University and Danish Finance Institute)

Discussant: Markku Kaustia (Aalto University)

Investor Protections and Stock Market Participation: An Evaluation of Financial Advisor Oversight

Alessandro Previtero (Indiana University and NBER), Juhani Linnainmaa (Dartmouth College, NBER and Kepos Capital), Brian Melzer (Dartmouth College) and Stephen Foerster (Western University)

Discussant: Markus Schmid (University of St. Gallen)

Session 2: Corporate Events

Chair: Alessandro Previtero (Indiana University and NBER)

Systematic Income Risk and Households’ Portfolio Choices: An Empirical Analysis

Jens Kværner (Tilburg University), Fabio Braggion (Tilburg University, CEPR and ECGI) and Giuseppe Floccari (Tilburg University)

Discussant: Mikael Paaso (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Retail Investors’ Contrarian Behavior Around News, Attention, and the Momentum Effect

Enrichetta Ravina (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago), Cheng (Patrick) Luo (Farallon Capital Management), Marco Sammon (Harvard Business School) and Luis M. Viceira (Harvard Business School)

Discussant: Zhi Da (University of Notre Dame)

Session 3: Wealth and Credit Shocks

Chair: Markku Kaustia (Aalto University)

In Victory or Defeat: Consumption Responses to Wealth Shocks

Tse-Chun Lin (HKU Business School, University of Hong Kong), Alex Imas (Booth School of Business, University of Chicago), Yan Luo (School of Management, Fudan University) and Xiaohuan Wang (Shanghai National Accounting Institute)

Discussant: Christoph Merkle (Aarhus University)

Escaping Violent Death:Access to Credit and Female Mortality

Jānis Skrastiņš (Washington University in St. Louis),Bernardus van Doornik (Banco Central do Brasil) and David Schoenherr (Princeton University)

Discussant: Vesa Pursiainen (University of St. Gallen)

SOCIAL PROGRAM “THAT’S INTERESTING!”                    

This social program is sponsored by Aalto University School of Business

Snowshoeing along the Levi fell, departure from Hotel Panorama at 16:00, return at 18:30, (suitable for beginners, equipment provided by organizers)

OR

Sauna and ice swimming, departure from Hotel Panorama at 16:15, return from the sauna at 17:30 and 18:30, (bring your won swimsuit, towels provided, separate saunas for M/F)

DINNER

Restaurant Gastro K, address: Laaksokuja 4

Session 4: Portfolio Performance

Chair: Zhi Da (University of Notre Dame)

Reaching for Yield: Evidence from Households

Oksana Smirnova (London Business School), Francisco Gomes (London Business School and CEPR), Cameron Peng (London School of Economics and Political Science) and Ning Zhu (Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Discussant: Daniel Barth (Federal Reserve Board of Governors)

Why Women Earn Lower Real Estate Returns

Anastasia Girshina (Stockholm School of Economics), Laurent Bach (ESSEC Business School), Paolo Sodini (Stockholm School of Economics) and the MiDa Team                     

Discussant: Ella Getz Wold (BI Norwegian Business School)

Session 5: Mortgages

Chair: Kasper Meisner Nielsen (Copenhagen Business School)

Money and Mortgages, for Rich and Poor Alike? How Changes in the Federal Funds Rate Determine Refinancing, Purchase and Home Improvement Credit Across Income Before, During and After the Great Financial Crisis

Manish Gupta (University of Nottingham) and Steven Ongena (University of Zürich, Swiss Finance Institute, KU Leuven and CEPR)

Discussant: Petra Vokatá (Ohio State University)

Price Discrimination and Mortgage Choice

May Rostom (Bank of England and Centre for Macroeconomics), Jamie Coen (Imperial College London and Bank of England) and Anil Kashyap (University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, NBER, CEPR and Bank of England)

Discussant: Erkki Vihriälä (Aalto University)

KEYNOTE SPEECH

Financial News Around the World

Russell Wermers (University of Maryland)

DINNER

Restaurant Panorama (Hotel Panorama)