Upcoming Finance Conferences
Frontier Topics in Macro-Finance
May 1-2, 2025
This 2-day conference co-hosted with the Macro Finance Research Program will explore macro-finance aspects of climate, monetary policy, capital markets, the interaction between production and financing, and linkages between expectations and the behavior of the real economy. The conference will bring together researchers from both finance and macroeconomics to facilitate cross-pollination and interdisciplinary work.
Firms Cost of Capital and Investment Conference
May 8-9, 2025
The relation between financial prices and firms' cost of capital plays a key role in macro-financial cycles. In recent years, we have observed stock market swings, secular interest rate declines, inflationary spikes, and large monetary policy interventions. All these shocks should, according to standard theory, drive the cost of capital and ultimately shift investment. This conference will explore to what extent these shocks operate through a cost of capital channel and how policy can be tailored to match how the cost of capital works in practice.
Yiran Fan Memorial Conference
May 27, 2025
Every year, scholars in financial economics gather to share ongoing research in a series of alumni and student presentations as part of a commemorative event dedicated to our late colleague, Yiran Fan.
Conference in Behavioral Finance and Decision Making
September 18-19, 2025
The aim of the financial conference is to leverage Booth’s multi-disciplinary strengths to draw leading scholars from economics, finance, decision science, and psychology together in a discussion of addressing pressing questions related to how individuals make financial decisions.
Chicago Booth Conference on Finance and Development
September 26-27, 2025
This conference will bring together finance scholars interested in broadening their focus outside of the US and Europe and development scholars interested in studying high-growth firms and their challenges in obtaining finance to grow.
Past Conferences and Topics
Past conferences have focused on everything from household finance and asset pricing to the role of microdata in macroeconomics. Here’s a sampling:
- Bridging Theory and Empirical Research in Finance
- Chicago Booth Asset Pricing Conference
- Chicago Conference on Data and Welfare in Household Finance
- Chicago Booth Treasury Markets Conference
- Conference on the Financial Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Doug Diamond Conference
- European Midwest Micro/Macro Conference
- Finance, Organizations, and Markets (FOM)
- Household and Corporate Lending Conference
- Household Finance Conference
- Labor and Finance Group Conference
- Memory, Beliefs, and Choice Symposium
- New Methods for the Cross Section of Returns
To learn more about our conferences, contact Jennifer Williams, senior associate director of operations.