Summer School 2025

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Following the success of previous summer schools, the Finance Theory Group (FTG), in conjunction with the University of Washington - Foster School of Business, is organizing the FTGβs biennial Summer School program at the Foster School of Business on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle on June 25-28, 2025. The target audience includes PhD students and faculty members interested in the theory of corporate finance, financial institutions, and financial markets. Both theorists and empiricists interested in deepening their knowledge of these topics are welcome.
More details are available here.
Organizers: Philip Bond, Doron Levit, Ye Li, Mark Westerfield
Tentative schedule
June 25
Afternoon: Haoxiang Zhu (MIT & SEC) β The Law and Economics of Financial Market Design
Evening: Welcome reception
June 26
Morning: Itay Goldstein (Wharton) β Information and Fragility in Finance
Afternoon: Parallel Sessions
β’ Eduardo Davila (Yale) β Sufficient Statistics And Normative Finance
β’ Ron Kaniel (University of Rochester) β Emergence and Implications of Peer Effects
β’ Paolo Fulghieri (University of North Carolina) - Uncertainty and Contracting
Evening: Presentations of contributed papers by participants
June 27
Morning: Marzena Rostek (University of Wisconsin-Madison) β Decentralized-Market Design
Afternoon: Parallel Sessions
β’ Andrey Malenko (Boston College) β Applications of Dynamic Games
β’ Josef Zechner (Vienna University of Economics and Business) β Social Preferences
β’ Victoria Vanasco (Centre de Recerca en Economia International) β Security Design
Evening: Presentations of contributed papers by participants
June 28
Morning: Zhiguo He (Stanford) β Intermediary Asset Pricing
Afternoon: Parallel Sessions
β’ Brett Green (Washington University in St. Louis) β Dynamic Adverse Selection
β’ Matthieu Bouvard (Toulouse School of Economics) β Blockchains and Their Finance Applications
β’ Giorgia Piacentino (University of Southern California) β Money and Banking
Evening: Farewell dinner cruise

From: June 25, 2025
To: June 28, 2025

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