Winter 2008

All seminars are in Balmer Hall, please note specific time and room. Contact for all seminars is Andy Anderson

Tuesday, January 15
Speaker: Johan Sulaeman, University of Texas at Austin
Paper Title: Do Shareholder Preferences Affect Corporate Policies?
Time: 2:00 - 3:30pm
Room: Balmer 301

Friday, January 18
Speaker: Jennie Bai, University of Chicago
Paper Title: Equity Premium Predictions with Adaptive Micro Indices
Time: 11:00 - 12:20pm
Room: Balmer 416

Friday, January 25
Speaker: Alexander Barinov, University of Rochester
Paper Title: Idiosyncratic Volatility, Growth Options and the Cross-Section of Returns
Time: 11:00 - 12:20pm
Room: Balmer 416

Monday, January 28
Speaker: Ran Duchin, University of Southern California
Paper Title: Cash Holdings and Corporate Diversification
Time: 3:45 - 5:05pm
Room: Balmer 413

Friday, February 1
Speaker: Thomas Gilbert, University of California, Berkeley
Paper Title: Dispersed Macroeconomic Information: Announcements, Revisions and Stock Returns
Time: 11:00 - 12:20pm
Room: Balmer 416

Monday, February 4
Speaker: Andriy Bodnaruk, University of Maastricht
Paper Title: The Dark Role of Investment Banks in the Market for Corporate Control
Time: 3:45 - 5:05pm
Room: Balmer 413

Wednesday, February 6
Speaker: Xiaoji Lin, University of Minnesota
Paper Title: Endogenous Technological Progress and the Cross Section of Stock Returns
Time: 3:45 - 5:05pm
Room: Balmer 413

Monday, February 11
Speaker: Paige Parker Ouimet, University of Michigan
Paper Title: Control and Target Managerial Incentives in Acquisition Decisions
Time: 3:45 - 5:05pm
Room: Balmer 413