Tanja Kirmse
Farmer School of Business 3036
800 East High Street
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-5986
kirmset@miamioh.edu
Oktoberfest Conference
2026 Conference Information
- Date: September 18, 2026
- Submission Deadline: April 30, 2026
- Notification of Acceptance: June 20, 2026
| Time | Finance Track | Real Estate Track |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00–9:20 a.m. |
Betting Against Multi-Factor Beta Ben Gillen (Claremont McKenna) |
Financing Frictions and the Cross-Section of Housing Returns Sidharth Moktan (University of Alberta) |
| 9:20-9:30 a.m. | Paul Huebner (Stockholm School of Economics) | Maeve Maloney (University of Cincinnati) |
| 9:30-9:35 a.m. | Q&A | |
| 9:35-9:45 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
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| 9:45-10:05 a.m. |
Segmented Going Public markets
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Incidence, Allocation, and Efficiency Costs of Tenancy Rent Lukas Hauck (University of Bern) |
| 10:05-10:15 a.m. |
Mike Wittry (The Ohio State University) |
Chongyu Wang (Florida State University) |
| 10:15-10:20 a.m. | Q&A | |
| 10:20-10:40 a.m. |
The Fed Put and Bank Risk-Taking: Evidence from the Loan Book Xudong An (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) |
The Financial Consequences of Wanting to Own a Home
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| 10:40-10:50 a.m. | Yevhenii Usenko (University of Colorado Boulder) | Steven Chong Xiao (University of Texas at Dallas) |
| 10:50-10:55 a.m. | Q&A | |
| 10:55-11:15 a.m. | Break | |
| Time | Finance Track | Real Estate Track |
|---|---|---|
| 11:15-11:35 a.m. |
When Harry Met Sally: Peer Gender Composition and Zhuo Chen (Boston College) |
Retail Rents under E-Commerce Pressure: Evidence from South Korean Commercial Real Estate Eunjee Kwon (University of Cincinnati) |
| 11:35-11:45 a.m. | Elif Guler (Indiana University) | Candy Melissa Martinez (MIT) |
| 11:45-11:50 a.m. | Q&A | |
| 11:50-12:10 p.m. |
Financial Innovation and Perceptions of Existing Financial Products Mikael Paaso (University of Cologne) |
Wildfires and the Resilience of Commercial Activity Daniel Rettl (University of Georgia) |
| 12:10-12:20 p.m. | Laurel Mazur (Notre Dame University) | Clemens Pilgram (Kansas State University) |
| 12:20-12:25 p.m. | Q&A | |
| 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Lunch and Coffee | |
| Time | Finance Track | Real Estate Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1:30-1:50 p.m. |
How Essential Is the Internet for Financial Inclusion? Tian Qiu (University of Alabama) |
Does Mortgage Rate Lock-in Dampen Commercial Real Estate Busts? Sean Flynn (UW - Madison) |
| 1:50-2:00 p.m. | Agustin Hurtado (University of Maryland) | Spencer Stone (Loyola Marymount University) |
| 2:00-2:05 p.m. | Q&A | |
| 2:05-2:25 p.m. |
Financial Advisors and the Intergenerational Transmission of Investment Behavior Markus Schmid (University of St. Gallen) |
Immigrants and Native Flight: Geographic Extent and Heterogeneous Preferences Vinicios Sant'Anna (Cal Poly) |
| 2:25-2:35 p.m. |
Dmitry Chebotarev (Indiana University) |
Saani Rawat (Marquette University) |
| 2:35-2:40 p.m. | Q&A | |
| 2:40-3:10 p.m. | Break | |
| Time | Finance Track | Real Estate Track |
|---|---|---|
| 3:10-3:30 p.m. |
Information and Preferences in Shareholder Voting Lin Zhao (Indiana University) |
Beyond the Mean: A Flexible Bayesian Framework for PriceTier Indexes Alex Van de Minne (Cornell University) |
| 3:30-3:40 p.m. | Shaoting Pi (Iowa State University) | Seohee Kim (Indiana University) |
| 3:40-3:45 p.m. | Q&A | |
| 3:45-4:05 p.m. |
The Liberal Tilt of Financial Regulators Jason Chen (Auburn University) |
Digital Infrastructure and Local Economies: Evidence from US Data Center Expansion Lyndsey Rolheiser (York University) |
| 4:05-4:15 p.m. |
Nathan Herrmann (University of Colorado Boulder) |
Alex Priest (University of Rochester) |
| 4:15-4:20 p.m. | Q&A | |
| 4:20-4:30 p.m. | Voting for best paper awards & Presentation of best paper awards | |
| 4:45 p.m. | Bus to Cincy | |
| 6:15 p.m. | Hofbrauhaus Newport | |
| 8:00 p.m. | Oktoberfest | |
| Time | Finance Track | Real Estate Track |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30-9:50 a.m. |
Shedding Light on Bias: Consumer Complaint Disclosure and Racial Equity in Financial Services Xiang Li (Fordham University), Ninghze Zhou |
Determinants and Consequences of Return to Office Policies Sean Flynn (Cornell University) |
| 9:50-10 a.m. | Navid Neshat (Tulane University) | Soon Hyeok Choi (Rochester Institute of Technology) |
| 10:05-10:25 a.m. |
FOMC on cable TV: Fed speak to households via cable network Mikael Bergbrant (St. John’s University), Daniel Bradley |
Can Stay-at-Home Orders Create a Pandemic Housing Boom? Alina Arefeva (University of Wisconsin) |
| 10:25-10:35 a.m. | Xiaoying Li (University of Iowa) | Maeve Maloney (University of Cincinnati) |
| Time | Finance Track | Real Estate Track |
|---|---|---|
| 11:10-11:30 a.m. |
The Quality and Strictness of Debt Covenants Tom Griffin (Villanova University) |
The Economic Consequences of Mergers Between Real Estate Agencies and Mortgage Lenders Becca Jorgensen (Baylor University) |
| 11:30-11:40 a.m. | Chuck Fang (Drexel University) | Stephanie Moulton (Ohio State University) |
| 11:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m. |
Foreclosure and Repayment Under Delayed Loan Sales Taha Ahsin (University of Pittsburgh) |
Mortgage Rates and Rents: Evidence from Local Mortgage Lock-In Effects Jorge De La Roca (USC) |
| 12:05-12:15 p.m. | Maris Jensen (University of Iowa) | Michael Boutros (University of Toronto) |
| Time | Finance Track | Real Estate Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1:30-1:50 p.m. |
Revealed Preference for Green Stocks: An Asset Demand Approach Aaron Mora (University of South Carolina) |
(Sub)Urbanization of Commercial Real Estate Development from 1980 to 2020 Alex van de Minne (University of Connecticut) |
| 1:50-2 p.m. | Tuomas Tumonen (Boston College and MIT) | Clemens Pilgram (Kansas State University) |
| 2:05-2:25 p.m. |
Timing Sustainable Shareholder Proposals in Real Asset Investments Bram Van der Kroft (MIT) |
The Effect of Local Road Maintenance Tax Cuts on House Values Saani Rawat (University of Cincinnati) |
| 2:25-2:35 p.m. | Jason Chen (Auburn University) | Yao Wang (Ohio State University) |
| Time | Finance Track | Real Estate Track |
|---|---|---|
| 3:10-3:30 p.m. |
Decomposing Partisan Optimism Mikael Paaso (Erasmus University Rotterdam) |
Build What and for Whom? The Distributional Effects of Housing Supply Lei Ma (Boston University) |
| 3:30-3:40 p.m. | Melissa Crumling (Drexel University) | Seohee Kim (Indiana University) |
| 3:45-4:05 p.m. |
Growth-Promoting Bonuses and Mergers and Acquisitions Hamed Mahmudi (University of Delaware) |
The Impact of Patent-Induced Startup Growth on Local Economies and Housing Markets Carlos Hurtado (University of Richmond) |
| 4:05-4:15 p.m. | Austin Starkweather (University of Tennessee) | Adam Scavette (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) |
Contact Information
Simon Buechler
Farmer School of Business 3036
800 East High Street
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-6036
buechlsc@miamioh.edu