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Conference Announcement and Agenda
Disclosure, Transparency, and Financial Reporting in the Financial Services Industry
September 20-21, 2012
 
Agenda
 
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Thursday, September 20
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8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
   
8:45 a.m. Welcoming Remarks, Jamie McAndrews, Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
   
Session 1: Economic Consequences of Financial Reporting
Session Chair: Abbie Smith, University of Chicago

9:00 a.m. Delayed Expected Loss Recognition and the Risk Profile of Banks
  •   Robert Bushman, University of North Carolina
  •   Christopher Williams, University of Michigan
  •   Discussant: Mitchell Petersen, Northwestern University
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    9:55 a.m. The Implications of Banks' Credit Risk Modeling Disclosures for Their Loan Loss Provision Timeliness and Loan Origination Procyclicality
  •   Gauri Bhat, Washington University at St. Louis
  •   Stephen Ryan, New York University
  •   Dushyantkumar Vyas, University of Minnesota
  •   Discussant: Anne Beatty, Ohio State University
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    10:50 a.m. Break
       
    11:10 a.m. Mark-to-Market Accounting and Information Asymmetry in Banks
  •   Ray Ball, University of Chicago
  •   Sudarshan Jayaraman, Washington University at St. Louis
  •   Lakshmanan Shivakumar, London Business School
  •   Discussant: Robert McDonald, Northwestern University
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    12:15 p.m. Lunch
       
    Session 2: Information, Bank Regulation, and Supervision
    Session Chair: Hamid Mehran, Federal Reserve Bank of New York


    1:25 p.m. Information Disclosure and Fundamental Disagreement: Implications for Financial and Non-Financial Firms
  •   Anjan V. Thakor, Washington University at St. Louis
  •   Discussant: Martin Oehmke, Columbia University
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    2:20 p.m. The Relation between Bank Resolutions and Information Environment: Evidence from the Auctions for Failed Banks
  •   João Granja, University of Chicago
  •   Discussant: James Vickery, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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    3:15 p.m. Break
       
    3:35 p.m. Inconsistent Regulators: Evidence from Banking
  •   Sumit Argarwal, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  •   David Lucca, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  •   Amit Seru, University of Chicago
  •   Francesco Trebbi, University of British Columbia
  •   Discussant: Adam Ashcraft, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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    Session 3: Disclosure Panel Discussion
    Session Chair: Kevin Stiroh, Federal Reserve Bank of New York


    4:30 p.m. Panelists:
  •   Betsy Graseck, Morgan Stanley
  •   Darryll Hendricks, UBS
  •   John McDonald, Sanford Bernstein
  •   Jeffrey Rosenberg, BlackRock
  •   Douglas Simons, Credit-Suisse
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    6:15 p.m. Reception
       
       
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    Friday, September 21
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    Session 4: Stress Tests and Supervisory Disclosure
    Session Chair: Beverly Hirtle, Federal Reserve Bank of New York


    8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
       
    8:40 a.m. Overview of Stress Tests
  •   Beverly Hirtle
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    8:55 a.m. Should Banks' Stress Test Results Be Disclosed? An Analysis of the Costs and Benefits
  •   Itay Goldstein, University of Pennsylvania
  •   Haresh Sapra, University of Chicago
  •   Discussant: Tano Santos, Columbia University
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    9:50 a.m. Capital Market Consequences of EU Bank Stress Tests
  •   Atif Ellahie, London Business School
  •   Discussant: Til Schuermann, Oliver Wyman
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    10:45 a.m. Break
       
    11:00 a.m. Mandatory Supervisory Disclosure, Voluntary Disclosure, and Risk-Taking of Financial Institutions: Evidence from the EU-Wide Stress-Testing Exercises
  •   Jannis Bischof, University of Mannheim
  •   Holger Daske, University of Mannheim
  •   Discussant: Luc Laeven, International Monetary Fund
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    12:00 p.m. Lunch and Adjournment
       
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