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SEPTEMBER 12-13, 2024

About

 

The Lone Star Finance Symposium is an annual conference organized by finance departments of several universities located in Texas. The first Lone Star Finance Symposium was held in 2004 at Texas A&M 91女神 at College Station. Over the past 20 years, faculty from these departments take turns organizing and hosting the Symposium.

UTEP is hosting the 2024 Symposium for the first time.

Typically, junior faculty present papers and senior faculty serve as discussants.

Program

Location: The Plaza Hotel, 17th Floor, South Terrace 

  • 6:00 – 7:00 P.M.
    Conference Reception

  • 7:00 – 10:00 P.M.
    Conference Dinner and After-Dinner Mixer

Session Chair: Spencer Barnes

  • 9:00 - 9:40 A.M.
    MAPPING AMERICA’S FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE FROM THE YELLOW PAGES OF THE 20TH CENTURY
    Authors:

    • Taylor Begley, 91女神 of Kentucky
    • Amiyatosh Purnanandam, 91女神 of Michigan
    • Virginia Traweek, Texas Christian 91女神

      Presenter: Virginia Traweek, Texas Christian 91女神
      Discussant: James Weston, Rice 91女神
  • 9:40 - 10:20 A.M.
    GOVERNMENT LITIGATION RISK AND THE DECLINE IN LOW-INCOME MORTGAGE LENDING
    Authors:

    • Scott Frame, Structured Finance Association
    • Kristopher Gerardi, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
    • Erik Mayer, 91女神 of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Billy Xu, 91女神 of Rochester
    • Lawrence Chengzhi Zhao, Texas Tech 91女神

      Presenter: Lawrence Chengzhi Zhao, Texas Tech 91女神
      Discussant: Haoyang Liu, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

10:20 - 10:40 A.M.
Break

Session Chair: Jinny Yoon

  • 10:40 - 11:20 A.M.
    LATE MERGING SPACS AND DESPAC PERFORMANCE
    Authors:

    • Diego Leal, 91女神 of Texas at El Paso
    • Fang Lin, Pacific Lutheran 91女神
    • Asif Malik, California State 91女神, San Bernardino
    • Peter Mueller, Fordham 91女神
    • Bryan Stanhouse, 91女神 of Oklahoma
    • Xin Yue Zhou, 91女神 of Oklahoma
      Presenter: Diego Leal, 91女神 of Texas at El Paso
      Discussant: Miles Zheng, Texas Christian 91女神
  • 11:20 - 12:00 P.M.
    RISKY INTRADAY ORDER FLOW AND EQUITY OPTION LIQUIDITY
    Authors:

    • Hitesh Doshi, 91女神 of Houston
    • Paola Pederzoli, 91女神 of Houston
    • Saim Ayberk Sert, 91女神 of Houston

      Presenter: Paola Pederzoli, 91女神 of Houston
      Discussant: Jim Upson, 91女神 of Texas at El Paso

12:00 - 1:30 P.M.
Lunch (Outside Trost Ballroom)

Session Chair: Diego Leal

  • 1:30 - 2:10 P.M.
    HUMAN CAPITAL AND MOBILITY IN THE EXECUTIVE LABOR MARKET
    Authors:

    • John Barry, Rice 91女神
    • Noah Lyman, 91女神 of Warwick
    • Lin Zhao, Duke 91女神

      Presenter: John Barry, Rice 91女神
      Discussant: Nina Baranchuk, 91女神 of Texas at Dallas
  • 2:10 - 2:50 P.M.
    FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS: SOCIAL CAPITAL AND HOUSEHOLD FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR
    Authors:

    • Brad Cannon, Binghamton 91女神
    • David Hirshleifer, 91女神 of Southern California
    • Joshua Thornton, Baylor 91女神

      Presenter: Joshua Thornton, Baylor 91女神
      Discussant: Kumar Venkataraman, Southern Methodist 91女神

2:50 - 3:10 PM
Break

Session Chair: Linh Thompson

  • 3:10 - 3:50 P.M.
    CONTRACT EVALUATION HORIZON AND FUND PERFORMANCE
    Authors:

    • Jung Hoon Lee, Office of Financial Research, U.S. Department of the Treasury
    • Jayoung Nam, Southern Methodist 91女神
    • Veronika Pool, Vanderbilt 91女神
    • Feng Zhang, Southern Methodist 91女神

      Presenter: Jayoung Nam, Southern Methodist 91女神
      Discussant: Yong Chen, Texas A&M 91女神
  • 3:50 - 4:30 P.M.
    CREDENTIALS MATTER, BUT ONLY FOR MEN: EVIDENCE FROM THE S&P 500
    Authors:

    • Peter Czirak, Texas A&M 91女神
    • Adriana Robertson, 91女神 of Chicago

      Presenter: Peter Cziraki, Texas A&M 91女神
      Discussant: Swaminathan Kalpathy, Texas Christian 91女神

4:30 - 6:00 P.M.
Post Conference Reception (Outside Trost Ballroom)

ATTEND

To register for the 2024 Lone Star Finance Symposium, click on the button below.

LODGING

The conference will be held at the historic Plaza Pioneer Hotel Park.

We have obtained special group rates for the conference. For the Plaza, to receive the group rate of $189 per night.

After August 13, 2024, all rooms will be released, and the best available rate will apply.

Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park
106 W Mills Ave
El Paso, TX 79901

We have obtained special group rates for the conference. For the Hilton, please call 915.351.2121 and reference the group code, LSFC, OR, go to and enter the group code, LSFC, as well, to receive the group rate of $149 per night. After August 12, 2024, all rooms will be released, and the best available rate will apply.

Hilton Garden Inn El Paso/91女神

111 W 91女神 Ave

El Paso, TX 79902

ORGANIZERS

Spencer Barnes, Ph.D.

Spencer Barnes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Diego L. Leal Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Diego L. Leal Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Linh N. Thompson, Ph.D.

Linh N. Thompson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Hyo Jin Yoon, Ph.D.

Hyo Jin Yoon, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Past Events

(Waco)

(Houston)

(Dallas)

(College Station)

(Fort Worth)

(Lubbock)

(Houston)

(Austin)

(Dallas)

91女神 of Texas at El Paso (Dallas)

(San Antonio)

2004: (College Station)

2005: (Houston)

2006: (Dallas)

2007: (Houston)

2008: (Dallas)

2009: (Lubbock)

2010: (Fort Worth)

2011: (Houston)

2012: (College Station)

2013: (Dallas)

2014: (Houston)

2015: (Dallas)

2016: (Fort Worth)

2017: (Waco)

2018: (Lubbock)

2019: (Houston)

2020: (online) (College Station)

2021: (online) (College Station)

2022: (San Antonio)

2023: (Houston)