Denis Gromb Memorial Day

The Department of Finance of HEC Paris is organizing a Memorial Day to honor Denis Gromb’s memory. Denis' former co-authors, coming from different countries, will share presentations to showcase his contributions to the academic community. The presentations will be followed by a reception and a dinner in Denis' memory. Co-authors, colleagues, students, and friends of Denis are welcome to the event, which will give many opportunities to share memories. The Memorial Day will take place on HEC campus, in-between the two-day PhD workshop that Denis created, which will take place on August 30 and September 2. The PhD workshop will take place in the context of the ERC-sponsored Summer School on Welfare, Incentives, Dynamics, and Equilibrium. PhD students participating in the Workshop and the Summer School are also invited to attend the Memorial Day.

HEC Paris campus, Z building, room Z-14 & Zoom streaming in Z-12

9:30–10:00    Coffee and Welcome

10:00–11:45    Session 1: Financial Intermediation

Dimitri Vayanos (London School of Economics): “Financially Constrained Arbitrage”

Viral Acharya (New York University Stern School of Business) and Tanju Yorulmazer (Koç University): “Strategic Behavior in Interbank Markets”

12:00–14:00    Lunch break

14:00-15:45    Session 2: Corporate Finance
 
Mike Burkart (London School of Economics) and Fausto Panunzi (Bocconi University): “Ownership and Corporate Control”

Jason Donaldson (University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business) and Giorgia Piacentino (University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business): “Collateral”

15:45-16:15    Coffee break

16:15-17:25    Session 3: Incentives and Organizations

Simon Gervais (Duke University): “Introducing the Denis Gromb Award for Outstanding Citizenship in Financial Economics”

Patrick Bolton (Imperial College London): “Denis Gromb's contributions to Corporate Finance Theory”

17:25-18:00    In Memoriam

Eloïc Peyrache (Dean of HEC Paris) and plantation tree.

18:00-19:30    Reception

19:30 – 21:30    Dinner for invited guests at Le Château (lower campus of HEC Paris)

Organizers: Jean-Edouard Colliard, Thierry Foucault, Johan Hombert (@johanhombert) (all HEC Paris, Finance Department), with the generous help of Joel Peress (INSEAD) and Dimitri Vayanos (LSE).

We are very grateful to HEC Paris and to the ERC (Grant on “Welfare, Incentives, Dynamics, and Equilibrium”) for supporting this event.