All lectures and presentations take place at 2008MBA Classroom at Fuqua School of Business; breakfast is included and all breakfast, lunch and Monday and Tuesday’s dinner at JB Duke Hotel Marketplace. Wednesday’s happy hour and dinner will be at the Devil’s Krafthouse at the heart of the west campus of Duke University. The tentative program for the 2026 summer school is listed below and may be subject to change.
| Day 1: May 18, 2026 | ||
| 7:00-8:00 Breakfast JB Duke | ||
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Registration | |
| 08:30 – 10:00 | From Edgeworth to Market Failure and “Back” | Thomas Hemmer |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Break | Connally Classroom |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Cheap Talk and Biased Disclosure | Thomas Hemmer |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Revelation Principle and Optimal Contract | Thomas Hemmer |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Break | Connally Classroom |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Some Revelations about the Disclosure Principle | Thomas Hemmer |
| 17:00 – 20:00 | Student presentations, followed by dinner | |
| Day 2: May 19, 2026 | ||
| 7:30-8:30 Breakfast JB Duke | ||
| 08:30 – 10:00 | The Role of Theory in Research | Itay Goldstein |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Break | Esbenshade Meeting Room |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Information in Financial Markets and Its Real Effects I | Itay Goldstein |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Information in Financial Markets and Its Real Effects II | Itay Goldstein |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Break | Esbenshade Meeting Room |
| 14:30 – 16:30 | Introduction to the Real Effects Literature | Chandra Kanodia |
| 17:00 – 20:00 | Student presentations, followed by dinner | |
| Day 3: May 20, 2026 | ||
| 7:30-8:30 Breakfast JB Duke | ||
| 08:30 – 10:00 | Real Effects of Frequent Financial Reporting | Chandra Kanodia |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Break | Esbenshade Meeting Room |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Real Effects of Volatility in Accounting Reports | Chandra Kanodia |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:00- 14:30 | Real Effects of Hedge Accounting | Chandra Kanodia |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Break | Esbenshade Meeting Room |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Depositors Use of Accounting Information and Implication for Bank Transparency | Qi Chen |
| 17:00 – 20:00 | Happy Hour and Dinner | The Devil’s Krafthouse |
Student presentations:
Monday, May 18th
17:00-17:20 Shijie Zhang
17:20-17:40 Boyan Zhu
17:40-18:00 Rui Sun
Tuesday, May 19th
17:00-17:20 Feiyan Jiang
17:20-17:40 Ziqi Wang