3rd "Bridging Theory and Empirical Research in Finance" conference

The goal of this special FTG conference, hosted by Boston College, is to bridge theory and empirical research in finance by bringing together theorists and empirical researchers working on corporate finance, financial intermediation, and financial markets. It is part of a broader initiative undertaken by the FTG to foster closer ties and interactions between theoretical and empirical finance research. The conference welcomes submissions of theoretical papers that provide empirically testable hypotheses, empirical papers that are guided by theory, as well as papers that integrate theory models and empirical tests. The conference welcomes papers broadly related to corporate finance, corporate governance and control, financial intermediation, agency and delegation, information and securities, and financial markets.

Papers that are primarily theoretical (empirical) will be discussed by empirically (theoretically) oriented researchers.

The conference will also feature two special sessions:

1) a policy-oriented session on public and private markets featuring Tara Bhandari, Kathleen Hanley, Josh Lerner, and Haoxiang Zhu;

2) a session on integrating theoretical and empirical research in executive compensation, featuring Brett Green, Dirk Jenter, and Andrey Malenko.

The conference is organized by Andrey Malenko, Nadya Malenko, and Toni Whited.

Program committee:

Michele Andreolli, Boston College

Simcha Barkai, Boston College

Vincent Bogousslavsky, Boston College

Matteo Leombroni, Boston College

Angela Ma, Boston College

Andrey Malenko, Boston College

Nadya Malenko, Boston College

Paul Schmelzing, Boston College

Tuomas Tomunen, Boston College

Stefan Walz, Boston College

Toni Whited, University of Michigan