Umang Khetan is a PhD student in Finance at the Tippie College of Business.

Ela Seyedalikhani is a PhD student in Finance at the Tippie College of Business.

Join us to hear from Filippo Mezzanotti, Northwestern University.  His presentation is titled, "Research and/or Development?  Financial Frictions and Innovation Investment". 

Abstract: U.S. firms have reduced their investments in scientific research compared to product development. We use Census data to study how the composition of R&D responds to an increase in the cost of funds. Companies forced to refinance during the 2008 financial crisis made substantial cuts to R&D. These reductions were...

Join us to hear from Josh Lerner, Harvard University. His presentation is titled, "What Do Impact Investors Do Differently?" 

Abstract: In recent years, impact investors—private investors who seek to generate simultaneously financial and social returns—have attracted intense interest and controversy. We analyze a novel, comprehensive data set of impact and traditional investors to assess how the non-financial characteristics of impact portfolios differ from their traditional counterparts. First...