Racial Inequality and Disparities in Financial Markets
Racial Inequality and Disparities in Financial Markets, the first conference of a planned annual series on this important topic, brings together economists October 14 and 15 for an active exchange and discussion.
Conference Details
Date: October 14-15, 2021
Location: Virtual
Virtual
The virtual conference, hosted by Kris Gerardi and Bin Wei of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Feng Zhao of the University of Texas at Dallas, will feature presentations and discussion on six papers. The agenda includes 20 minutes for each presenter, 15 minutes for each discussant, and 10 minutes for an open discussion of each paper.
Agenda
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| Thursday, October 14 | |
| Session 1 |
|
| 9:00 a.m. | Opening remarks Paula Tkac, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| 9:15 | "Conditions Within the Academic Finance Profession: Diversity, Inclusion, and Dissemination of Ideas" Presenters: Renee Adams, University of Oxford Michelle Lowry, Drexel University Discussant: Amiyatosh Purnanandam, University of Michigan |
| 10:00 | "Do Salary History Bans Limit Discrimination?" Presenters: Jesse Davis, University of North Carolina Paige Ouimet, University of North Carolina Xinxin Wang, University of California, Los Angeles Discussant: James Spindler, University of Texas |
| 10:45 | Break |
| 11:00 | "Testing Models of Economic Discrimination Using the Discretionary Markup of Indirect Auto Loans" Presenter: Jonathan A. Lanning, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Discussant: Erik Mayer, Southern Methodist University |
| Friday, October 15 | |
| Session 2 |
|
| 9:15 a.m. | "Racial Disparities in Mortgage Lending: New Evidence based on Processing Time" Presenters: Bin Wei, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Feng Zhao, University of Texas at Dallas Discussant: James Vickery, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| 10:00 | "Mortgage Policies and their Effects on Racial Segregation and Upward Mobility" Presenters: Nirupama Kulkarni, Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL) Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley Discussant: Bhash Mazumder, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
| 10:45 | Break |
| 11:00 | "Mortgage Prepayment, Race, and Monetary Policy" Presenters: Kristopher Gerardi, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Paul Willen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston David Hao Zhang, Harvard University Discussant: Matt Plosser, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |