DC-Area Juniors Finance Conference

Session chair: Ryan Kim, Johns Hopkins University

Is There Crowd-Out in Mortgage Refinance?

Authors: Nick Frazier, Ryan Goodstein
Presenter: Nick Frazier (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Discussant: Ioannis Spyridopoulos (American University)

Do Startups Benefit from Their Investors’ Reputation? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Authors: Shai Bernstein, Kunal Mehta, Richard Townsend, Ting Xu
Presenter: Ting Xu (University of Virginia)
Discussant: Nora Pankratz (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Session chair: Ryan Kim, Johns Hopkins University

Comparing Search and Intermediation Frictions Across Markets

Author: Gábor Pintér, Semih Üslü
Presenter: Semih Üslü (Johns Hopkins University)
Discussant: Davide Tomio (University of Virginia)

Session chair: Vadim Elenev, Johns Hopkins University

Aggregate Risk in the Term Structure of Corporate Credit

Author: Johannes Poeschl, Ram Yamarthy
Presenter: Ram Yamarthy (Office of Financial Research)
Discussant: Julio Ortiz (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Wealth Inequality in the US: the Role of Heterogeneous Returns

Author: Inês Xavier (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
Presenter: Inês Xavier (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
Discussant: Thomas Drechsel (University of Maryland)

Session chair: Vadim Elenev, Johns Hopkins University

Peer Momentum

Authors: Efdal Ulas Misirli, Daniela Scida, Mihail Velikov
Presenter: Efdal Ulas Misirli (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Discussant: Yinan Su (Johns Hopkins University)

Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulatory Frictions and Cross-Subsidies

Authors: Sangmin S. Oh, Ishita Sen, Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva
Presenter: Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
Discussant: Luis Quintero (Johns Hopkins University)