Blue bag lunch talks

The Center on Finance, Law & Policy’s “blue bag lunches” aim to foster interdisciplinary collaborations and showcase the work being done at the University of Michigan on issues related to finance, law, and policy. Faculty are welcome to present research related to finance, law, and policy at any stage at these monthly events–from general questions and ideas, to works-in-progress, to published work. For the upcoming 2022-23 academic year, these talks will be in-person.

When classes are in session, Blue Bag Lunches are generally held on the first Thursday of each month from Noon – 1 p.m. Presentations are open to all with registration required.

The Blue Bag Lunch Talk speakers for the 2022-23 academic year will be:

September 8, 2022 - Professor Nejat Seyhun

October 6, 2022 - Dr. Trina Shanks

November 3, 2022 - Dr. Debotri Dhar

December 8, 2022 - Professor Ed Fox

January 12, 2023 - Professor Catherine Hausman

February 2, 2023 - Professor Jeffery Zhang

March 9, 2023 - Professor Sanjukta Paul

April 6, 2023 - Professor JJ Prescott

Upcoming talk: Ed Fox

The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 made large changes to the taxation of corporate and pass-through businesses in the U.S. Understanding the effects of those changes, however, means finding control firms whose taxation was not altered by the TCJA. Credit unions offer a novel control group for studying the effects of the TCJA on small and medium size banks because they compete with these banks for deposits and in making loans, and because they were not taxed both before and after. So who benefited? Prof. Fox will explain what he and his colleagues found when investigating what percentage of the tax cut went to depositors, whether employees or borrowers received a benefit, and other questions. Show up to find out the results!

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