Seminar Series

Seminar Series in May 2013

• Thursday, May 2, 2013: Jan Bena co-authored with Kai Li , UBC
  • Corporate Ownership and International Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 3007 BIF@ 2:00pm
• Friday, May 3, 2013: Dennis Ding ,
  • Covenant Strictness and Loan Ratings
  • 240 Wohlers Hall@ 11:30am
• Friday, May 10, 2013: Brian Kim ,
  • Does Management Ownership Have Negative Consequences? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
  • 241 Wohlers Hall@ 11:30am
• Friday, May 17, 2013: Slava Fos ,
  • Insider Trading, Stochastic Liquidity, and Equilibrium Prices
  • 152 Wohlers Hall@ 11:30am

Seminar Series thus far this Semester

March

• Friday, March 1, 2013: Dana Kiku ,
  • Volatility Risks and Growth Option
  • 3007 BIF@ 11:30am
• Thursday, March 7, 2013: Joel Hasbrouck , NYU
  • High Frequency Quoting: Short-Term Volatility in Bids and Offers
  • 3007 BIF@ 2:00pm
• Friday, March 8, 2013: Pengfei Wang ,
  • A Bayesian DSGE Model of Stock Market Bubbles and Business Cycles
  • 3007 BIF@ 11:30am
• Thursday, March 14, 2013: Jens Hilscher , Brandeis University
  • Credit ratings and Credit Risk: Is One Measure
  • 3007 BIF@ 2:00pm
• Friday, March 15, 2013: Jorge Jose ,
  • Ratings and Sentiments
  • 241 Wohlers Hall@ 11:30am
• Thursday, March 28, 2013: Jarrad Harford , University of Washington
  • Do Financial Analysts Play a Monitoring Role? Evidence from Natural Experiments
  • 3007 BIF@ 2:00pm
• Friday, March 29, 2013: Slava Fos ,
  • Shareholder Democracy in Play: Career Consequences of Proxy Contests
  • 241 Wohlers Hall@ 11:30am

April

• Thursday, April 4, 2013: Snehal Banerjee , Northwestern University
  • Learning Whether Other Traders are Informed
  • 3007 BIF@ 2:00pm
• Friday, April 5, 2013: Michel Robe ,
  • Speculation, Fundamentals, and Market Linkages
  • 241 Wohlers Hall@ 11:30am
• Thursday, April 11, 2013: Daniel Paravisini , LSE
  • The Information and Agency Effects of Scores: Randomized Evidence from Credit Committees
  • 3007 BIF@ 2:00pm
• Friday, April 12, 2013: Tatyana Deryungina co-authored with Olga Shurchkov ,
  • When are appearances deceiving? The nature and evolution of the beauty premium
  • 241 Wohlers Hall@ 11:30am
• Thursday, April 18, 2013: Randall Morck , University of Alberta
  • Powerful Independent Directors
  • 3007 BIF@ 2:00pm
• Friday, April 19, 2013: Mo Liang co-authored with Ping Liu ,
  • Exploring the Midas Touch: Investment Bank Connections and Mutual Fund Returns
  • 241 Wohlers Hall@ 11:30am
• Thursday, April 25, 2013: Luigi Zingales , University of Chicago
  • Title to be announced
  • 3007 BIF@ 2:00pm
• Friday, April 26, 2013: Thomas Rietz , University of Iowa
  • Ratings & Asset Allocation: An Experimental Analysis
  • 3007 BIF@ 2:00pm