FINANCE SEMINAR SERIES

2007 FALL

 

 

 

 

Paul Schultz, University of Notre Dame
Topic: "A Simple Way to Estimate BID-ASK Spreads from Daily High to Low Prices."
Wednesday, August 22, 11:30-1:00, 339 MCOB

Camelia Kuhnen, Northwestern University
Topic: "Executive Pay, Hidden Compensation and Managerial Entrenchment"
(ND Contact: Robert Battalio)
Friday, September 7, 11:30-1:00, 339 MCOB

Scott Weisbenner, University of Illinois
Topic: ""Old" Money Matters: The Sensitivity of Mutual Fund Redemption Decisions to Fund Characteristics"
(ND Contact: Sophie Shive)
Friday, September 14, 11:30-1:00, 339 MCOB

Amir Sufi, University of Chicago
Topic: "Contingency and Renegotiation of Financial Contracts: Evidence from Private Credit Agreements"
(ND Contact: Hayong Yun)
Friday, September 28, 11:30-1:00, 339 MCOB

Ann Sherman, University of Notre Dame
Topic: "Media Coverage and IPO Underpricing"
Friday, October 5, 11:30-1:00, 339 MCOB

Alex Edmans, MIT
Topic: "Blockholders, Market Efficiency and Managerial Myopia" (Paper #1)
Blockholders Slide Presentation
"Multiple Blockholders, Price Infomativeness and Firm Value" (Paper #2)
Multiple Blockholders Slide Presentation
(ND Contact: Paul Schultz)
Friday, October 12, 11:30-1:00, 339 MCOB

David Yermack, New York University
Topic: "Where are the Shareholders' Mansions? CEO's Home Purchases, Stock Sales, and Subsequent Company Performance"
(ND Contact: Hayong Yun)
Friday, October 26, 11:30-1:00, 339 MCOB

Avanidhar Subramanyam, UCLA
Topic: "Options Trading Activity and Firm Valuation" Paper
Options Trading Activity and Firm Valuation Power Point Presentation
(ND Contact: Paul Gao)
Friday, November 2, 11:30-1:00, 339 MCOB

Uday Rajan, University of Michigan
Topic: "Corporate Hedging, Investment and Value"
(ND Contact: Sophie Shive)
Friday, November 9, 11:30-1:00, 339 MCOB

Vikrant Vig, London Business School
Topic: "Access to Collateral and Corporate Debt Structure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment"
(ND Contact: Hayong Yun/Robert Battalio)
Friday, November 16, 11:30-1:00, 339 MCOB

NO SEMINAR DURING THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 19Th-23RD DUE TO THE
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!

Tom Cosimano, University of Notre Dame
Topic: "Optimal Investing and Consumption for the Long Run"
Friday, November 30, 12:00-1:30, 203B MCOB (Note Room and Time Change!)

Daniel Dorn, Drexel University
Topic: "Preferred Risk Habitat of Individual Investors"
(ND Contact: Paul Schultz)
Friday, December 7, 11:30-1:00, 339 MCOB

Eduardo Zambrano, California Polytechnic State University
Topic: "On the Measurement of Financial Risk"
(ND Contact: Paul Schultz)
Friday, December 14, 11:30-1:00, 121 MCOB (Note Room Change!)