CALL FOR PAPERS

CSEF-EIEF-SITE Conference on Finance and Labor

Rome, 28-30 August 2015

The Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) and the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE) invite paper submissions on the relationships between finance and labor. While we are open to all topics, preference will be given to submissions that deal with the interaction of financial and labor markets for a broad range of employees, as opposed to focusing on the more heavily-studied topic of executive compensation. Possible issues include:

• role of employees in the governance and financing of companies, • response of wages and employment to financial shocks and firm restructuring, • risk sharing arrangements between firms and workers, • financial development, job reallocation and employment growth, • effects of regulation of financial markets on industrial relations, • human capital, portfolio choice and asset pricing.

The conference aims to bring together researchers from financial economics and labor economics in order to discuss the topic from the point of view of both disciplines. Submissions are open to members of the scientific committee. Each paper will be assigned to a discussant. Participants are expected to stay for the entire duration of the conference, which will be held at EIEF, Via Sallustiana 62, 00187 Rome, .

PAPER SUBMISSION: Authors are invited to electronically submit papers (PDF format) by April 15, 2015. Each paper should contain an abstract, the affiliation(s) and contact information of the author(s). Authors of accepted papers will be notified no later than May 10, 2015. Travel (economy fare) and accommodation for the nights of 27, 28, 29, and (if necessary) 30 August will be paid for speakers and discussants.

CONFERENCE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: • Effi Benmelech (Northwestern University) • Jonathan Berk (Stanford University) • Philip Bond (University of Washington) • Andrew Ellul (Indiana University) • Christian Julliard (London School of Economics) • Luigi Guiso (EIEF) • Han Kim (University of Michigan) • David Matsa (Northwestern University) • Ernst Maug (University of Mannheim) • Claudio Michelacci (EIEF) • Paige Parker Ouimet (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) • Marco Pagano (University of Federico II, CSEF and EIEF) • Giovanni Pica (University of and CSEF) • Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University) • Vincenzo Quadrini (University of Southern California) • Fabiano Schivardi () • David Thesmar (HEC Paris) • Vikrant Vig (London Business School) • Gianluca Violante (New York University) • Paolo Volpin (City University London)

FUNDING: This conference is funded by two ERC Advanced Grants, respectively awarded to Claudio Michelacci for research on “Estimation of General Equilibrium Labor Market Search Models” (no. 293692 – ESEMO), and to Marco Pagano for research on “Finance and Labor” (no. 295709 – FINLAB).

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SENT ELECTRONICALLY to Ms. Susana Palomar at [email protected] by April 15, 2015.