Workshop on Entrepreneurial
Finance and Innovation
A bi-weekly, virtual workshop featuring research in entrepreneurial finance and innovation. Papers will be both invited and solicited with a call for papers. The next workshop takes place on Zoom in Fall 2020. The WEFI organizers are Michael Ewens, Yael Hochberg, Song Ma and David Robinson.
Call for Papers: If you are interested in presenting your work, please send a completed paper workshop.efi2020@gmail.com (rolling window for the 2021 calendar).
40 minute presentation (Zoom webinar)
15 minute invited discussion
10 min moderated Q&A (collect questions during presentations)
Use this sign-up form join the mailing list for workshop announcements and the call for papers. We will send separate RSVPs for the presentations.
December 7, 2020 (Register)
"Innovation under Ambiguity and Risk"
Presenter: S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid (Yeshiva University)
Discussants: Stephen J. Terry (Boston University)
December 14, 2020
WEFI Lecture: "Creation or Extraction: The Role of Private Equity"
Presenter: Ayako Yasuda (UC Davis)
January 11, 2021
"Mistake-based Discrimination in Early-stage Finance: Evidence from Security Choice"
Presenter: Laura Lindsey (Arizona State University)
Discussants: Emmanuel Yimfor (Univ. of Michigan)
Winter/Spring 2021
Please submit your paper to workshop.efi2020@gmail.com, deadline Dec 15, 2020.
February 1st, 2021
Student-led Workshop on Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation