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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.
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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
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Tippie College of Business
108 John Pappajohn Business Building
Iowa City, IA 52242-1994
Contact us
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Amrita Nain
Dore-Tippie Research Fellow and Associate Professor of Finance
amrita-nain@uiowa.edu
(319) 335-1017