Finance Seminars
The Arjay Miller Distinguished CFO Lecture
Meet with Nicolás Szekasy
The Finance Workshop is usually held on Wednesdays from 1:30-3:00 PM, unless otherwise indicated. If you would like to meet with the speaker on the day of the seminar, please contact Jeannine Williams at 650-723-1123 or by email.
- Meet the Speaker (for GSB faculty only)
Please select the link above to view the current schedule, then email Rochelle Bagalso for an appointment.
Spring 2008 |
Speaker |
Title |
Time/Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2 | Jianjun Miao Boston University |
The Timing and Returns of Mergers and Acquisitions in Oligopolistic Industries | 1:30-3:00 PM S162 |
| April 9 | Stavros Panageas The Wharton School |
Young, Old, Conservative and Bold: The Implications of Heterogeneity and Finite Lives for Asset Pricing | 1:30-3:00 PM S162 |
| April 16 | Effi Benmelech Harvard University |
Liquidation Values and the Credibility of Financial Contract Renegotiation: Evidence from U.S. Airlines | 1:30-3:00 PM S162 |
| April 23 | Ioanid Rosu Chicago GSB |
Liquidity and Information in Order Driven Markets | 1:30-3:00 PM S162 |
| April 30 | Jennifer Conrad UNC Chapel Hill |
Skewness and the Bubble | 1:30-3:00 PM S162 |
| May 7 | Nittai Bergman MIT Sloan |
Vintage Capital and Creditor Protection | 1:30-3:00 PM S162 |
| May 14 | Stanford and UC Berkeley Joint Seminar |
2:30-3:30 pm Johan Walden, UC Berkeley Bank Lending and the Term Structure (with Richard Stanton & Christine Parlour) 3:30-3:50 pm General Discussion 3:50-4:20pm Break 4:20-5:20 pm Arthur Korteweg, Stanford University Risk and Return Characteristics of Entrepreneurial Companies 5:20-5:30 pm Discussant : Tom Davidoff, UC Berkeley 5:30-5:40 pm General Discussion |
2:30-5:40 PM UC Berkeley Cheit Hall Room C220 |
| May 21 | Josh Lerner Harvard Business School |
1:30-3:00 PM S162 |
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| May 28 | Harrison Hong Princeton University |
1:30-3:00 PM S161 |
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| June 4 | David Laibson Harvard University |
1:30-3:00 PM S162 |
Winter 2008 |
Speaker |
Title |
Time/Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 11 Friday |
Jennifer Huang University of Texas at Austin |
Market Liquidity, Asset Prices, and Welfare | 12:00-1:30 PM L103 |
| January 16 | Ralph Koijen Tilburg University |
The Cross-section of Managerial Ability and Risk Preference | 1:30-3:00 PM S172 |
| January 18 Friday |
Philipp Schnabl Harvard University |
Financial Globalization and the Transmission of Credit Supply Shocks: Evidence from an Emerging Market | 12:00-1:30 PM S172 |
| January 23 | Maxim Ulrich J.W. Goethe University |
Model Uncertainty and Term Premia on Nominal Bonds | 1:30-3:00 PM S170 |
| January 25 Friday |
Ian Martin Harvard University |
The Lucas Orchard | 12:00-1:30 PM S172 |
| February 1 Friday |
Marcus Opp University of Chicago |
Expropriation Risk and Technology | 12:00-1:30 PM L103 |
| February 4 Monday |
Jules van Binsbergen Duke University |
Deep Habits and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns | 12:00-1:30 PM L103 |
| February 6 | Zhiguo He Northwestern University |
Dynamics Compensation Contracts with Private Savings | 12:00-1:30 PM S171 |
| February 13 | Ashwini Agrawal University of Chicago |
Corporate Governance Objectives of Labor Union Shareholders | 1:30-3:00 PM S152 |
Fall 2007 |
Speaker |
Title |
Time/Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 26 | Ayako Yasuda Wharton, Univ of Pennsylvania |
The Economics of Private Equity Funds (joint with Andrew Metrick) | 1:30-3:00 pm/Schwab East Vidalakis Room |
| October 3 | Robert Marquez Arizona State University |
Stakeholder Capitalsim, Corporate Governance and Firm Value | 1:30-3:00 pm/S171 |
| October 10 | Daniel Paravisini Columbia Business School |
Information and Incentives Inside the Firm: Evidence from Loan Officer Rotation | 12:00-1:30 pm/S171 |
| October 17 | Martin Lettau New York University |
The Term Structures of Equity and Interest Rates | 1:30-3:00 pm/S171 |
| October 24 | Wayne Ferson University of Southern California |
Testing Portfolio Efficiency with Conditioning Information | 1:30-3:00 pm/S171 |
| November 1 | Joint Stanford-Berkeley Seminar Stanford |
The Levered Equity Risk Premium and Credit Spreads: A Unified Framework Presenter: Ilya Strebulaev Discussant: Dimitry Livdan Optimal Exercise of Executive Stock Options and Implications for Firm Cost Presenter: Richard Stanton Discussant: Steve Grenadier |
3:00-6:30 pm/L107 |
| November 7 | Alexander Ljungqvist New York University |
The Value of Research | 12:00-1:30 pm/S171 |
| November 14 | Jessica Wachter Wharton, Univ of Pennsylvania |
Why Do Household Portfolio Shares Rise in Wealth? | 1:30-3:00 pm/S171 |
| November 28 | Armando Gomes Washington University St Louis |
Dynamics of Mergers and Acquisitions with Externalities: The Coalitional Bargaining Approach Related Papers: Valuations and Dynamics of Negotiations Coalition Bargaining Games: Local and Global Uniqueness of Equilibria |
1:30-3:00 pm/S171 |
| December 5 | Brad Barber UC Davis |
Do Retail Trades Move Markets? | 1:30-3:00 pm/L107 |