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.
September 21, 2020
"Artificial Intelligence and High-Skilled Work: Evidence from Analysts"
Presenter: Jillian Grennan (Duke)
Discussant: Elisabeth Kempf (University of Chicago)
October 19, 2020
"Kill Zone"
Presenter: Raghuram G. Rajan (University of Chicago)
Discussants: Florian Ederer (Yale)
November 16, 2020
"Patents to Products: Product Innovation and Firm Dynamics"
Presenter: Sara Moreira (Northwestern)
Discussants: Laurent Fresard (University of Lugano)
January 11, 2021
"Mistake-based Discrimination in Early-stage Finance: Evidence from Security Choice"
Presenter: Laura Lindsey (Arizona State University)
Discussants: TBA
Oct 5, 2020
"Small Business Survival Capabilities and Policy Effectiveness: Evidence from Oakland"
Presenter: Adair Morse (UC Berkeley)
Discussant: Christopher Stanton (Harvard)
November 2, 2020
"Women in Science, Lessons from the Baby Boom"
Presenter: Petra Moser (NYU)
Discussants: TBA
December 7, 2020
"Innovation under Ambiguity and Risk"
Presenter: S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid (Yeshiva University)
Discussants: TBA
Winter/Spring 2021
Please submit your paper to workshop.efi2020@gmail.com, deadline Dec 15, 2020.