Stevens Finance Brownbag Sessions



FALL 2025

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Fall 2025 Dates, presenters, and topics are being finalized.
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SPRING 2025

Date Presenter Name Topic Affiliation
02/06/25 Natalija Kostić Inside debt, bonus caps, and risk taking in banks Vienna University of Economics and Business and Vienna Graduate School of Finance
02/20/25 Elena-Claudia Moise Flights to Safety, Volatility Risk, and Monetary Policy NYU Stern
03/28/25 Yiming Qian From Competitors to Partners: Banks’ Venture Investments in Fintech University of Connecticut
04/03/25 Shengyu Huang Watching the FedWatch Stevens Institute of Technology
04/10/25 Beichen Zhang Risk Factor Premium in the Cross-Section of Stock Returns: A Large Language Model Approach Stevens Institute of Technology
04/24/25 Jeffery Coles How Executive Compensation Changes In Response to Personal Income Tax Shocks (Who Pays the CEO’s Income Taxes?) University of Utah

SPRING 2024

Date Presenter Name Topic Affiliation
02/06/24 Xiaomeng Lu Financial Inclusion via FinTech: From Digital Payments to Platform Investments Fudan University
02/13/242 Feng Mai & Chelsea Yang Dissecting Corporate Culture Using Generative AI – Insights from Analyst Reports UBC
02/20/24 Hongju Ren TBD TBD
02/27/24 Andrei Kirilenko Limits on Equilibrium ESG Investing Cambridge University
3/6/24 Shweta Srinivasan Inside debt and hedging practices of firms with high hedging needs Rutgers
3/19/24 Prof. Filippo Pavesi The Impact of Interactive Distance Learning on Student Performance LIUC
3/26/24 Prof. Suman Banerjee Unveiling the Impact: CEO Overconfidence and Firm Political Risk Dynamics Stevens Institute of Technology
04/02/24 Zhiyu Cao Large Language Model in Financial Regulatory Interpretation Stevens Institute of Technology
04/11/24 Prof. Vivek Bhattacharya The Design of Defined Contribution Plans Stevens Institute of Technology
04/16/24 Shengyu Huang Measuring Bank Complexity Using XAI Stevens Institute of Technology
04/23/24 Prof. Joseph A. Micale Compensation Peer Effects in Corporate Social Responsibility: The Role of Managers’ Incentives New Jersey Institute of Technology

FALL 2022

Date Presenter Name Topic
09/20/2022 Suman Banerjee Bargaining, Hidden Action with Market Feedback
09/27/2022 Meghana Vaidya The effect of CEO power on CEO dismissal: Evidence from debt covenant structure
10/04/2022 Anand Goel Rate Cap Laws
10/11/2022 Shuang Wu Technology Spillover, Bank Branch Closings, and Small Business Lending
10/25/2022 Pallavi Pal TBD
11/01/2022 Dongxu Li Endogenous Stock Market Participation and Wealth Accumulation: A Life-Cycle Model Perspective
11/07/2022 Dongkyu Chang (City U Hong Kong) TBD
11/08/2022 Siyuan Ma Predicting Momentum
11/14/2022 Deepal Basak (Indiana University) TBD
11/22/2022 Majeed Simaan TBD
11/28/2022 Kai Li (UBC-Columbia) TBD