7th HEC Paris Entrepreneurship Workshop
December 14-15, 2018
Organizers: Jean-Noël Barrot (HEC Paris), Johan Hombert (HEC Paris)
Program
Financing Frictions
Entrepreneurship and Economic Conditions: Evidence from Regional Windfall Gains Financing Frictions
Miguel Ferreira (Nova), Vicente J. Bermejo (ESADE), Daniel Wolfenzon (Columbia), Rafael Zambrana (Nova)
Discussant: Martin Schmalz (University of Michigan)
Debtor Protection and Business Dynamism
Maria Fabiana Penas (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella), Robert Seamans (NYU), John Grigsby (Chicago), Geraldo Cerqueiro (Lisbon)
Discussant: Thorsten Martin (Bocconi)
Developing Novel Drugs
Danielle Li (MIT), Joshua Krieger (Harvard), Dimitris Papanikolaou (Kellogg)
Discussant: Adrien Matray (Princeton)
Technological Change
Efficient Bubbles?
Erik Loualiche (Minnesota), Valentin Haddad (UCLA), Paul Ho (Princeton)
Discussant: Bruno Biais (HEC Paris)
Shielding firm value: Employment protection and process innovation
Jan Bena (UBC), Hernán Ortiz-Molina (UBC) Elena Simintzi (UBC)
Discussant: Julien Sauvagnat (Bocconi)
Education and Training
Are They All Like Bill, Mark, and Steve? The Education Premium for Entrepreneurs
Fabiano Schivardi (Luiss University), Claudio Michelacci (EIEF)
Discussant: Isaac Hacamo (Indiana)
Shocking Business Aspirations: Experimental Evidence from Small-scale Entrepreneurs in a Developing Economy
Bilal Zia (World Bank), Patricio S. Dalton (Tilburg), Julius Ruschenpohler (Tilburg)
Discussant: Tom Astebro (HEC Paris)
Taxation
Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century
John Grigsby (Chicago), Tom Nicholas (Harvard), Ufuk Akcigit (Chicago), Stefanie Stantcheva (Harvard)
Discussant: Sylvain Catherine (Wharton)
Corporate Income Taxation, Leverage at Entry, and the Growth of Entrepreneurial Companies
Marco Da Rin (Tilburg), Marina Di Giacomo (Università di Torino), Alessandro Sembenelli (Università di Torino)
Discussant: Laurent Bach (ESSEC)
Private Equity and Venture Capital
When Investor Incentives and Consumer Interests Diverge: Private Equity in Higher Education
Constantine Yannelis (Booth), Charlie Eaton (University of California), Sabrina T. Howell (NYU)
Discussant: Daniel Metzger (Stockholm School of Economics)
The Impact of Student Debt on High Value Entrepreneurship and Venture Success: Evidence from No-Loans Financial Aid Policies
Karthik Krishnan (Northeastern), Pinshuo Wang (University of South Florida)
Discussant : Ulrich Hege (Toulouse)
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