7th HEC Paris Workshop on Entrepreneurship

The workshop has been very appreciated in the past, typically with equal attendance from North America and Europe. This year, the sessions will cover all the selected papers as listed in the program as below. The organizers are: Jean-Noel Barrot &  Johan Hombert.

Day 1: Friday, December 14, 2018

12.00
Lunch at Best Western Restaurant

 13.25
Welcome by Jean-Noël Barrot & Johan Hombert, HEC Paris
Financing Frictions

13.30
Miguel Ferreira, Nova,  Vicente J. Bermejo, ESADE,  Daniel Wolfenzon, Columbia, and  Rafael Zambrana, Nova
Entrepreneurship and Economic Conditions: Evidence from Regional Windfall Gains
Discussant: Martin Schmalz, University of Michigan

14.20
Maria Fabiana Penas, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella,  Robert Seamans, NYU,  John Grigsby, Chicago,  and Geraldo Cerqueiro, Lisbon
Debtor Protection and Business Dynamism
Discussant: Thorsten Martin, Bocconi

15.10
Danielle Li, MIT,  Joshua Krieger, Harvard , and Dimitris Papanikolaou, Kellogg
Developing Novel Drugs
Discussant: Adrien Matray, Princeton

16.00
Coffee break
Technological Change

16.20
Erik Loualiche, Minnesota,  Valentin Haddad, UCLA and NBER, and  Paul Ho, Princeton
Efficient Bubbles?
Discussant: Bruno Biais, HEC Paris

17.10
Jan Bena, UBC,  Hernán Ortiz-Molina, UBC , and Elena Simintzi, UBC
Shielding firm value: Employment protection and process innovation
Discussant: Julien Sauvagnat, Bocconi

Day 2 :Saturday, December 15, 2018

8:30 : Morning Coffee
Education and Training 

9.00
Fabiano Schivardi, Luiss University,  and Claudio Michelacci, EIEF
Are They All Like Bill, Mark, and Steve? The Education Premium for Entrepreneurs
Discussant: Isaac Hacamo, Indiana

9.50
Bilal Zia, World Bank,  Patricio S. Dalton, Tilburg , and Julius Ruschenpohler, Tilburg
Shocking Business Aspirations: Experimental Evidence from Small-scale Entrepreneurs in a Developing Economy
Discussant: Tom Astebro, HEC Paris

10.40
Coffee break 

Taxation

11.00
John Grigsby, Chicago,  Tom Nicholas, Harvard,  Ufuk Akcigit, Chicago, Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard
Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century
Discussant: Sylvain Catherine, Wharton

11.50
Marco Da Rin, Tilburg,  Marina Di Giacomo, Università di Torino, and Alessandro Sembenelli, Università di Torino
Corporate Income Taxation, Leverage at Entry, and the Growth of Entrepreneurial Companies
Discussant: Laurent Bach, ESSEC

12.40
Lunch in room S127 (lunch boxes)
Private Equity and Venture Capital

13.50
Constantine Yannelis, Booth,  Charlie Eaton, University of California , and Sabrina T. Howell, NYU
When Investor Incentives and Consumer Interests Diverge: Private Equity in Higher Educatio
Discussant: Daniel Metzger, Stockholm School of Economics

14.40
Karthik Krishnan, Northeastern,  and Pinshuo Wang, University of South Florida
The Impact of Student Debt on High Value Entrepreneurship and Venture Success: Evidence from No-Loans Financial Aid Policies
Discussant: Ulrich Hege, Toulouse

15.30
End of the workshop

Presentation and discussion guidelines

• Each 50-minute session is divided into a 30-minute presentation by one of the authors, a 15-minute discussion and 5 minutes for Q&A
• Please bring your presentation on a USB-stick in PowerPoint or PDF format
• Please provide critical but constructive feedback during the sessions