2005 Conference Details

The New York City Area Conference on Financial Intermediation

November 18, 2005
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
New York University

A conference jointly sponsored by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Salomon Center at NYU Stern

Location:
New York University
Stern School of Business
Henry Kaufman Management Center
44 West 4th Street, New York City
Main Auditorium

Directions:
For directions to Stern, click here

Registration Details:
Attendance is free of charge but seating is strictly limited and so registration is required. 
To register, please send an email to salomon@stern.nyu.edu before November 1, 2005. 
We aim to confirm your registration by November 1, 2005.

Program:
 
8:00Registration and continental breakfast
8:50Opening Remarks
Matthew Richardson, Director, NYU Salomon Center
9:00-12:30MORNING SESSION
Chair: Anthony Saunders, New York University
9:00Adam Ashcraft, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Hoyt Bleakley, University of California at San Diego
On the Market Discipline of Informationally-Opaque Firms: Evidence from Bank Borrowers in the Federal Funds Market” 
Discussant: Kenneth Ayotte, Columbia University
10:00David Gaddis Ross, New York University
On Bankers and their Incentives
Discussant: Donald Morgan, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
11:00Refreshment break
11:30João A.C. Santos, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Andrew Winton, University of Minnesota
Bank Loans, Bonds, and Information Monopolies Across the Business Cycle
Discussant: Enrichetta Ravina, New York University
12:30Lunch
2:00-5:30AFTERNOON SESSION
Chair: Ingo Walter, New York University
2:00Linda Allen, Baruch College, CUNY
Aron A. Gottesman, Pace University
The Informational Efficiency of the Equity Market as Compared to the Syndicated Bank Loan Market
Discussant: James Vickery, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
3:00Yingjin Hila Gan, University of Pennsylvania
Christopher Mayer, Columbia University and NBER
Conflicts of Interest and Securitization
Discussant: Harrison Hong, Princeton University
4:00Refreshment Break
4:30Victoria Ivashina, New York University
The Effects of Syndicate Structure on Loan Spreads
Discussant: Daniel Paravisini, Columbia University
5:30Drinks Reception