The Foster School of Business, in conjunction with the Finance Theory Group (FTG), is pleased to host the FTG’s Summer School program at the Foster School of Business on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle on June 25-28, 2025.
Participation in the FTG Summer School is by invitation only.
Questions may be sent to [email protected] or any of the conference organizers at the University of Washington: Philip Bond, Doron Levit, Ye Li, and Mark Westerfield.
Schedule
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June 25
4:30 – 5:30 PM: Haoxiang Zhu (MIT) – The Law and Economics of Financial Market Design, Founders 370
5:30 – 7:00 PM: Welcome reception, Founders 580 (Peek Forum)
June 26
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Itay Goldstein (Wharton) – Information and fragility in finance, Founders 170
Recommended to review in advance:
- Fragility of Financial Markets
- On ESG Investing: Heterogeneous Preferences, Information, and Asset Prices
12:00 – 1:30 PM: Lunch Break, Dempsey 302 (Anthony’s Forum)
1:30 – 4:30 PM: Parallel Sessions
- Eduardo Davila (Yale) – Sufficient statistics and normative finance, Paccar 390
- Giorgia Piacentino (University of South California) – Money and banking, Paccar 392
- Paolo Fulghieri (University of North Carolina) – Uncertainty and contracting, Paccar 394
4:30 – 6:30 PM: Dinner Break, Dempsey 302 (Anthony’s Forum)
6:30 – 8:30 PM: Presentations of contributed papers by participants
June 27
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Marzena Rostek (University of Wisconsin-Madison) – Decentralized-market design, Founders 170
12:00 – 1:30 PM: Lunch Break, Dempsey 302 (Anthony’s Forum)
1:30 – 4:30 PM: Parallel Sessions
- Andrey Malenko (Boston College) – Applications of dynamic games, Paccar 390
- Josef Zechner (Vienna University of Economics and Business) – Social preferences, Paccar 392
- Victoria Vanasco (Centre de Recerca en Economia International) – Security design, Paccar 394
4:30 – 6:30 PM: Dinner Break, Dempsey 302 (Anthony’s Forum)
6:30 – 8:30 PM: Presentations of contributed papers by participants
June 28
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Zhiguo He (Stanford) – Intermediary asset pricing, Founders 170
12:00 – 1:30 PM: Lunch Break, Dempsey 302 (Anthony’s Forum)
1:30 – 4:30 PM: Parallel Sessions
- Brett Green (Washington University in St. Louis) – Dynamic adverse selection, Paccar 390
- Matthieu Bouvard (Toulouse School of Economics) – Blockchains and their finance applications, Paccar 392
- Ron Kaniel (University of South California) – Emergence and Implications of Peer Effects, Paccar 394
6:30 – 10:00 PM: Farewell Dinner Cruise
Find more information on previous FTG Summer School programs.