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Conference Schedule (2025)

Thursday, April 10, 2025

7:00pm-9:00pm Conference Social Networking Event (Faculty & Doctoral Students)
Five & Dime
1026 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201

Friday, April 11, 2025

7:30am-9:30am Conference Check In Begins
Kellogg Global Hub – White Auditorium (KGH 2200)
2211 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
7:30am-9:15am Welcome Breakfast (Optional)
Kellogg Global Hub – White Auditorium
8:00am-9:15am Masterclass (Geared towards PhD Students)
Topic: Institutional Investors and Syndicated Lending Dynamics
Kellogg Global Hub, KGH 1120
Regina Wittenberg Moerman, Northwestern University
Stanley Gradowski Professor of Accounting Information & Management
9:30am-9:40am Opening Remarks
Kellogg Global Hub, White Auditorium
Matt Phillips, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Assistant Professor of Accounting
9:40am-10:40am

Session One

Paper: The pass-through of corporate tax cuts to consumer loans: Evidence from the TCJA
Presenter: Fabian Nagel, Northwestern University
Discussant: Scott Dyreng, Duke University
Moderator: Matt Phillips, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:40am-11:00am Break
11:00am-12:00pm

Session Two

Paper: Bank Internal Credit Ratings Bias and Borrower Financial Reporting Quality
Presenter: Ed Owens, University of Utah
Discussant: Aytekin Ertan, London Business School
Moderator: Sugata Roychowdhury, Northwestern University

12:00pm-1:00pm Conference Lunch
1:00pm-2:00pm

Session Three

Paper: The Downside of Dissemination: Evidence from the Municipal Bond Market
Presenter: Jim Naughton, University of Virginia
Discussant: Joe Weber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderator: Regina Wittenberg Moerman, Northwestern University

2:00pm-2:30pm Break
2:30pm-3:30pm

Session Four

Paper: Managerial Capital and Soft Information: Implications for Performance and CEO Turnover
Presenter: Yadav Gopalan, University of Notre Dame
Discussant: Stephen Ryan, New York University
Moderator: Fabian Nagel, Northwestern University

3:30pm-4:00pm Break
4:00pm-5:00pm

Session Five

Paper: Explaining Debt Covenant Amendments: a Structural Approach
Presenter: Irina Luneva, New York University
Discussant: Robert Bushman, UNC Chapel Hill
Moderator: Thomas Hagenberg, Northwestern University

5:00pm-5:15pm Closing Remarks
Regina Wittenberg Moerman, Northwestern University
Stanley Gradowski Professor of Accounting Information & Management
5:15pm-6:15pm Reception
Kellogg Global Hub, White Auditorium Balcony
6:15pm-8:15pm Dinner
Kellogg Global Hub, White Auditorium (KGH 2200)
8:00pm, 8:30pm Conference Shuttles to Hotel
Kellogg Global Hub Front Doors to Hyatt House Chicago/Evanston

Walking Directions

Directions to the White Auditorium inside the Kellogg Global Hub:
From the Global Hub Main Entrance, please turn right after our Front Desk and take the stairway up to the second floor. Turn left at the windows of the French Quarter, and the White Auditorium will be on your right at the end of the hallway.

Accessible entrance: From the main entrance, cross Gies Plaza and take the elevator bank closest to the lake. Exit on the 2nd floor; the White Auditorium is located at the end of the hall, to the left when you exit the elevator.