Chicago-Minnesota Theory Conference

Gen Hensley
ghensley@ChicagoBooth.edu
773.702.7460

Professor Haresh Sapra
hsapra@ChicagoBooth.edu
773.834.1585

The 2017 Chicago Theory Conference will take place at Gleacher Center, Room 400, located at 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive in downtown Chicago. For information, call 312.464.8787.

Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago 401 N. Wabash Avenue Chicago, IL 60611

A special rate of $299/night will be available for conference participants at the luxurious Langham Hotel Chicago. The Langham offers majestic views of the cityscape, the Chicago River, and Lake Michigan. It is housed in a skyscraper designed by renowned architect Mies van der Rohe and is conveniently located a short 10 minute walk from the Gleacher Center. 

You are responsible for making your hotel reservation. To make your reservation online, visit Chicago Theory Conference or call 1.312.923.9988 and reference the Chicago-Minnesota Theory Conference. Because there are limited rooms, please book your room as soon as possible. To receive the conference rate, please secure your reservation by Thursday, August 31. 

The hotel offers the following complimentary amenities:

• Complimentary high speed wireless internet in all guestrooms and public space
• Complimentary access to Fitness Center and Spa facilities (steam room, sauna, and whirlpool)

The Economics of Bank Supervision
    —Thomas Eisenbach, David O. Lucca and Robert M. Townsend

Accounting versus Prudential Regulation
    —Jeremy Bertomeu, Lucas Mahieux and Haresh Sapra

Evidence and Skepticism in Verifiable Disclosure Games
 —Daniel Rappoport

Sequential Credit Markets
—Ulf Axelson and Igor Makarov

Persuasion in Global Games with Application to Stress Testing
    —Nicolas Inostroza and Alessandro Pavan

Inside and Outside Information
    —Daniel Quigley and Ansgar Walther

Cyrus Aghamolla, University of Minnesota
Ulf Axelson, London School of Economics
Tim Baldenius, Columbia University
Jeremy Bertomeu, UCSD
Anne Beyer, Stanford University
Jonathan Bonham, University of Chicago
Ben Brooks, University of Chicago
Judson Caskey, UCLA
Qi Chen, Duke University
Edwige Cheynel, UCSD
Carlos Corona, Carnegie Mellon University
Doug Diamond, University of Chicago
Aysa Dordzhieva, University of Texas
Sunil Dutta, University of California, Berkeley
Piotr Dworczak, Stanford University / Visiting BFI
Thomas Eisenbach, New York Fed
Alexander Frankel, University of Chicago
Henry Friedman, UCLA
Pingyang Gao, University of Chicago
Froystein Gjesdal, NHH Norwegian School of  Economics
Ilan Guttman, New York University
Zhiguo He, University of Chicago
Mirko Heinle, Wharton
Thomas Hemmer, Rice University
Zeqiong Huang, Yale University
Nicolas Inostroza, Northwestern University
Xu Jiang, Duke University
Chandra Kanodia, University of Minnesota
Eunhee Kim, City University of Hong Kong
Sehwa Kim, University of Chicago
Oleg Kiriukhin, University of Chicago
Anya Kleymenova, University of Chicago
Eva Labro, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Volker Laux, University of Texas
Seung Lee, Rice University
Pierre Liang, Carnegie Mellon University
Elliot Lipnowski, University of Chicago
Jinzhi Lu, University of Chicago
Tong Lu, University of Houston
Paul Ma, University of Minnesota
Lucas Mahieux, Toulouse School of Economics
Xiaojing Meng, New York University
Beatrice Michaeli, UCLA
Alexander Nezlobin, University of California, Berkeley
Canice Prendergast, University of Chicago
Hong Qu, Pennsylvania State University
Madhav Rajan, University of Chicago
Daniel Rappoport, Columbia University
Doron Ravid, University of Chicago
Lijun Ruan, University of Houston
Haresh Sapra, University of Chicago
Iman Sheibany, University of Minnesota
Adam Spencer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Jack Stecher, University of Alberta
Phillip Stocken, Dartmouth College
Lars Stole, University of Chicago
Austin Sudbury, Carnegie Mellon University
Chao Tang, University of Minnesota
Rimmy Tomy, University of Chicago
Richard Van Weelden, University of Chicago
Ansgar Walther, University of Warwick
Hao Xue, New York University
Gaoqing Zhang, University of Minnesota
Lanyi Zhang, University of Houston

* Speakers