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.

7th HEC Paris Workshop on Entrepreneurship

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 Education

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