Fall 2011 & Spring 2012 Seminars
FALL 2011
| DATE | SPEAKER & TOPIC | DETAILS |
| Fri 9/23 |
Alex Edmans, University of Pennsylvania The Effect of Liquidity on Governance |
1:15-2:30 Fulton 235 |
| Fri 10/7 |
Douglas Breeden, Duke University Consumption as a Leading Indicator |
1:15-2:30 Fulton 235 |
| Fri 10/28 |
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago Time Varying Risk Aversion |
1:15-2:30 Fulton 235 |
| Wed 11/2 |
R. David McLean, University of Alberta, visiting MIT Share Issuance and Cash Savings: International Evidence |
12:00-1:00 Fulton 310 |
| Wed 11/9 |
Daniel Giamouridis, Athens University of Economics and Business, visiting Cass Business School |
12:00-1:00 Fulton 310 |
| Fri 11/11 |
Gregor Matvos, University of Chicago Resource Allocation within Firms and Financial Market Dislocation: Evidence from Diversified Conglomerates |
1:15-2:30 Fulton 235 |
| Fri 11/18 |
Loriana Pelizzon, University of Venice, visiting MIT Stock Market Returns and Corporate Governance in Capital Market Equilibrium |
2:30-3:45 Fulton 150 |
| Fri 12/9 |
Bryan Kelly, University of Chicago Too-Systemic-To-Fail: What Option markets Imply About Sector-Wide Government Guarantees |
1:15-2:30 Fulton 235 |
| Wed 12/15 |
Utpal Bhattacharya, Indiana University Conflicting Family Values in Mutual Fund Families |
12:00-1:00 Fulton 310 |
SPRING 2012
| DATE | SPEAKER & TOPIC | DETAILS |
| Wed 1/18 |
Dmitriy Muravyev, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Order Flow and Expected Option Returns (job market paper) |
12:15-1:30 Fulton 513 |
| Fri 1/20 |
Jesse Blocher, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Contagious Capital: A Network Analysis of Interconnected Intermediaries (job market paper) |
1:15-2:30 Fulton 245 |
| Mon 1/23 |
Marianne Andries, University of Chicago Consumption-Based Asset Pricing with Loss Aversion (Appendix) (job market paper) |
11:00-12:15 Fulton 513 |
| Wed 1/25 |
Travis Johnson, Stanford University Equity Risk Premia in the VIX Term Structure (job market paper) |
12:00-1:15 Fulton 513 |
| Fri 2/3 |
Matteo Maggiori, University of California, Berkeley Financial Intermediation, International Risk Sharing, and Reserve Currencies (job market paper) |
11:00-12:15 Fulton 513 |
| Wed 2/8 |
Nicholas Hirschey, University of Texas at Austin Do High-Frequency Traders Anticipate Buying and Selling Pressure? (job market paper) |
12:00-1:15 Fulton 310 |
| Wed 2/22 |
Jialan Wang, Washington University in St. Louis Liquidity Constraints and Consumer Bankruptcy: Evidence from Tax Rebates |
12:00-1:00 Fulton 310 |
| Wed 3/14 |
Mila Getmansky Sherman, University of Massachusetts Amherst Crises and Hedge Fund Risk |
12:00-1:00 Fulton 310 |
| Fri 3/16 |
Justin Murfin, Yale University Small lending big: The real effects of trade credit demands on constrained suppliers |
1:15-2:30 Fulton 245 |
| Wed 3/21 |
Philip Strahan, Boston College Financial Integration, Housing and Economic Volatility |
12:00-1:00 Fulton 310 |
| Fri 3/23 |
Charles Hadlock, Michigan State University Managers Who Lack Style: Evidence from Exogenous CEO Changes |
1:15-2:30 Fulton 245 |
| Wed 3/28 |
Ronnie Sadka, Boston College Horizon Pricing |
12:00-1:00 Fulton 510 |
| Fri 3/30 |
Laurent Fresard, University of Maryland Competitive Pressure and Corporate Policies |
1:15-2:30 Fulton 245 |
| Wed 4/4 | Jeffrey Pontiff, Boston College Does Academic Research Destroy Stock Return Predictability? |
12:00-1:00 Fulton 310 |
| Wed 4/18 |
Roger Edelen, University of California, Davis Investor Base, Cost of Capital, and Firm Performance: The Case of Post-Issuance Anomalies |
12:00-1:00 Fulton 310 |
| Fri 4/20 |
Burton Hollifield, Carnegie Mellon University What Broker Charges Reveal about Mortgage Credit Risk |
1:15-2:30 Fulton 245 |
| Wed 4/25 | Nadya Malenko, Boston College Directors' Career Concerns and Externalities in Corporate Governance |
12:00-1:00 Fulton 310 |
| Fri 4/27 |
Alon Brav, Duke University The Real Effects of Hedge Fund Activism: Productivity, Risk, and Product Market Competition |
1:15-2:30 Fulton 245 |
| Wed 5/2 |
Mathijs Van Dijk, Erasmus University Do firms issue more equity when markets are more liquid? |
12:00-1:00 Fulton 310 |
| Fri 5/4 |
Michael Weisbach, Ohio State University Financing-Motivated Acquisitions |
1:15-2:30 Fulton 245 |
| Wed 5/9 | Jun Qian, Boston College Out of the Limelight but In Play: Trading and Liquidity of Media and Off-media Stocks |
12:00-1:00 Fulton 310 |