WEFI

SCHEDULE

March 24, 2025

Paper: Do Development Financial Institutions Create Impact through Venture Capital Investments? (pdf)

Presenter: Andy Li (Univ. of Amsterdam)

Coauthors: Aleks Andonov and Paul Smeets

Discussant: Martin Aragoneses (Insead)

April 7, 2025

Paper: Private Capital Markets and Inequality

Presenter: Vrinda Mittal (UNC)

Coauthors: Ararat Gocmen and Clara Martinez-Toledano

Discussant: Simon Oh (Columbia)

April 21, 2025

Paper: The New Wave? The Role of Human Capital and STEM Skills in Technology Adoption in the UK (pdf)

Presenter: Mirko Draca (Warwick)

Coauthors: Max Nathan, Viet Nguyen-Tien, Juliana Oliveira-Cunha, Anna Rosso, and Anna Valero

Discussant: Alex He (Maryland)