William Fuchs
University of Texas at Austin
McCombs School of Business
Keynote Speakers
William Fuchs is the William H. Seay Centennial Professor at the UT Austin McCombs School of Business, where he also directs the Finance PhD program. His research centers on dynamic contracting and information economics, examining how reputation, asymmetric information, and long-term relationships shape incentives and market outcomes. His work provides foundational insights into how time, incentives, and information interact across markets, organizations, and relational environments. He has published in leading economics and finance journals, and his ideas have informed a wide range of applications—from the design of transnational institutions to organizational contracting and market regulation. His research has been supported by highly competitive funding, including two NSF grants and a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council. William has served as an external consultant to the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and San Francisco and is honored to have been President of the Finance Theory Group, the premier association for scholars working in theoretical financial economics.
Daniel Paravisini
London School of Economics
Daniel Paravisini is a Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics whose research examines the functioning of credit markets, the behavior of financial institutions, and the real effects of financing constraints. His work combines rigorous empirical methods with granular administrative and banking datasets to uncover how information frictions, incentives, and institutional structures shape financial decisions and the transmission of shocks. He has published his work in leading economics and finance journals, and his contributions have been recognized with multiple Brattle Prizes and supported by major research funding, including an ERC Consolidator Grant. Daniel has served as Associate Editor for top journals and as Co-Editor of the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, has advised central banks such as the Bank of England and the Banque de France, and sits on the boards of major academic associations including the European Finance Association and the Financial Intermediation Research Society.
