Silicon Prairie Finance Conference 2023
The Silicon Prairie Finance Conference provides faculty and doctoral students an opportunity to present academic research, exchange ideas, and expand professional networks.
May 19-20, 2023
Hosted at the University of Iowa, Tippie College of Business
Pappajohn Business Building (PBB), Room W401
Conference Schedule
Friday, May 19 |
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| 11:30 - 12:30 | Conference welcome and boxed lunch at conference location |
| 12:30 - 1:15 | Shaoting Pi (Iowa State University) “Information Acquisition in Shareholder Voting” |
| 1:15 - 1:30 | Coffee break |
| 1:30 - 2:15 | Jiajie Xu (University of Iowa) “Dusting Off the Old Ones: Drug Licensing to Startups, Innovation Success and Efficiency” |
| 2:15 - 2:30 | Coffee break and light refreshments |
| 2:30 - 3:15 | Kate Holland (University of Missouri) “The Slow Reveal: Understanding Shareholder Meetings through Options” |
| 3:15 - 3:30 | Coffee break |
| 3:30 - 4:15 | Petra Sinagl (University of Iowa) “Recessions, Bank Distress & Managerial Incentives to Innovate” |
| 4:15 - 4:30 | Closing remarks |
| 5:00 - 6:00 | Cocktails at The Graduate |
| 6:00 - 9:00 | Dinner at The Graduate |
Saturday, May 20 |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 | Breakfast buffet at conference location |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Jialu Shen (University of Missouri) “Nonlinear dependence and households’ portfolio decisions over the life cycle” |
| 9:45 - 10:00 | Coffee break |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Alberto Martın-Utrera (Iowa State University) “Shrinking Against Sentiment” |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Coffee break and light refreshments |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Bingkuan Cao (University of Nebraska) “The Information in Portfolio Holdings and Investors Capital Allocations” |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Coffee break |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | Kevin Pisciotta (University of Kansas) “Non-Passive Securities Lending by Passive Investors” |
| 12:45 - 2:00 | Lunch |
Travel and accommodations
Accommodations at Graduate Hotel Iowa City
Guests are also welcome to call the 24-hour Central Reservations department at 1-800-238-7268. They will simply reference the group code 6958142 to book their reservations. The cutoff date to book reservations is April 19, 2023. Learn more about Graduate Iowa City.
Conference location
Tippie College of Business
108 John Pappajohn Business Building
Iowa City, IA 52242-1994
Contact us
Amrita Nain
Dore-Tippie Research Fellow and Associate Professor of Finance
amrita-nain@uiowa.edu
(319) 335-1017