KU Finance Conference
The fourth annual KU Finance Conference will be May 1–2, 2026, at Capitol Federal Hall.
About the conference
KU Finance Conference | May 1–2, 2026
The KU Finance Conference, hosted by the Finance academic area of the University of Kansas School of Business, will feature presentations by scholarly leaders who have made significant contributions to the field.
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend University of Kansas sponsored events. If you require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this event, please contact Lori Herpich at lherpich@ku.edu.
2026 Conference Agenda: Saturday, May 2 | |
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| 9–9:45 a.m. | Breakfast Buffet + Welcome |
| 9:45–10:30 a.m. | Sandy Klasa, The University of Arizona “Pay Transparency and Corporate Investment” |
| 10:30–10:45 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:45–11:30 a.m. | Robert Battalio, University of Notre Dame “Latency and the Look-Ahead Bias in Trade and Quote Data” |
| 11:30–11:45 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Howard Kung, London Business School “Fiscal Redistribution Risk in Treasury Markets” |
| 12:30–2 p.m. | Lunch Buffet |
| 2–2:45 p.m. | Fei Xie, University of Delaware “When Science and Technology Collide with Politics: Patent Examiner Political Ideology and Green Innovation” |
| 2:45–3 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3–3:45 p.m. | Andreas Neuhierl, Purdue University “International Investing: Diversification and Beyond” |
| 3:45–4 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 4–4:45 p.m. | Justin Birru, The Ohio State University “The Real Effects of Sentiment and Uncertainty” |
| 4:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks and Adjourn |
| 6:15 p.m. | Dinner |
Previous Conference Presentations
Kai Li, University of British Columbia: "Does Mandating Women on Corporate Boards Backfire?"
Jarrad Harford, University of Washington: "What Do Questions Reveal? Skill Acquisition, Detection, and Recognition in the Capital Markets"
Paul Schultz, University of Notre Dame: "Short Sale Costs and Stock Returns: 1926–2023"
Yoshio Nozawa, University of Toronto: "Factor Investing with Delays"
Jonathan Reuter, Boston College: "Have Passive Managers Benefited from the Dramatic Rise of Passive Investing?"
Alex Hsu, Georgia Institute of Technology: "Public Debt and Private Investment: The Role of Firm Leverage"
Paolina Medina, University of Houston: "The Effects of Stock Ownership on Individual Spending, Investments, and Loyalty"
Daniel Andrei, McGill University: "Harnessing Uncertainty"
Gergana Jostova, George Washington University: "Data Uncertainty and Investor Decision Making"
Feng Zhang, Southern Methodist University: "Non-Random Survival and Long-Run Firm Performance"
Neil Pearson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: "Does Market Selection Eliminate Unskilled Investors? Evidence from Chinese Brokerage Account Records"
Donghang Zhang, University of South Carolina: “Individual Bankers, Concurrent IPO Underwriting, and Information Spillover”
Accommodations and attractions
Find information about the conference hotel, The Eldridge Hotel, and discover some of the many attractions, restaurants and more that you can find around Lawrence.
