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 a special session on integrating theoretical and empirical research in executive compensation.

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