George Mason University  

School of Management

FINANCE AREA SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Fall 2009

Date/Time

Name

Affiliation

Paper Title

Friday, 9/11 10:30-12:00

David Smith

University of Virginia -McIntire

Creditor Control Rights, Corporate Governance, and Firm Value

Friday, 9/25 10:30-12:00

Murillo Campello

University of Illinois

Corporate Debt Maturity and The Real Effects of The 2007 Credit Crisis

Friday, 10/9 10:30-12:00

Jarrad Harford

University of Washington

Bonus-Driven Repurchases

Friday, 11/13 10:30-12:00

Tim McCormick

SEC

 

Friday, 12/11
10:30-12:00

Francisco Perez-Gonzales

Stanford University

 

 

Spring 2010

Date/Time

Name

Affiliation

Paper Title

Friday, 2/26 10:30-12:00

Lee Pinkowitz

Georgetown University

 

Friday, 3/5 10:30-12:00

Michael Schill

University of Virginia - Darden

 

Friday, 3/19 10:30-12:00

Gerard Hoberg

University of Maryland

 

Friday, 4/16 10:30-12:00

David Yermack

NYU

 

Friday, 4/30
10:30-12:00

Wei Jiang

Columbia University

 Past Seminar Schedules

Spring 2009

Date/Time

Place

Name

Affiliation

Paper Title

Friday, 1/23 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Randall Morck

University of Alberta

Bank Control, Capital Allocation, and Economic Performance

Friday, 2/20 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

N.R. Prabhala

University of Maryland

Post-Merger Restructuring and the Boundaries of the Firm

Friday, 3/6 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

James Weston

Rice University

Corporate Financing Decisions and Managerial Market Timing

Friday, 4/3 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

E. Han Kim

University of Michigan

CEO Share Ownership and Firm Valuation

Fall 2008

Date/Time

Place

Name

Affiliation

Paper Title

Friday, 8/29 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Mikhail Pevzner

George Mason

Managerial Decisions, Asset Liquidity, and Stock Liquidity

Friday, 9/5 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

David Reeb

Temple

Family Preferences and Corporate Investment Policy

Friday, 9/19 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Darius Miller

Southern Methodist

Escape from New York: The Market Impact of SEC Rule 12h-6

Friday, 10/3 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Alex Edmans

Wharton

Does the Stock Market Fully Value Intangibles? Employee Satisfaction and Equity Prices

Friday, 10/24 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Charles Hadlock

Michigan State

Does the KZ Index Provide a Useful Measure of Financial Constraints?

Friday, 11/7 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Rui Albuquerque

Boston University

Advance Information and Asset Prices

Friday, 11/14 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Li Jin

Harvard

Internal Capital Market in Emerging Markets: Expropriation and Mitigating Financing Constraints

Spring 2008

Date/Time

Place

Name

Affiliation

Paper Title

Friday, 2/22 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Thomas Chemmanur

Boston College

Preparing the Market for Corporate Events: Theory and Evidence from Firms Cutting Dividends

Friday, 3/21 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

David Hunter

University of Maryland

Mind the Gap: Unmapped Holdings and the Performance of U.S. Equity Mutual Funds

Friday, 4/4 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Yuan Gao

George Mason University

Rumors and Pre-announcement Trading: Why Sell Target Stocks before Acquisition Announcements?

Friday, 4/11 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Matt Billett

University of Iowa

Shareholder-Manager Alignment and the Cost of Debt

Friday, 4/25 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Rob Stambaugh

University of Pennsylvania

Are Stocks Really Less Volatile in the Long Run?

Friday, 5/2 10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Laura Starks

University of Texas - Austin

Reputation and Mutual Fund Choice  

 

Fall 2007

Date/Time

Place

Name

Affiliation

Paper Title

Friday, 9/7
10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Ron Masulis

Vanderbilt University

Corporate Venture Capital, Strategic Alliances, and the Governance of Newly Public Firms

Friday, 9/28
10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Robert Hauswald

American University

The Choice between Arm's-Length and Relationship Debt: Evidence from eLoans

Friday, 10/12
10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Allen N. Berger

Federal Reserve Board

Why Do Borrowers Pledge Collateral? New Empirical Evidence on the Role of Asymmetric Information

Friday, 11/30
10:30-12:00

ENT 204

Jason Karceski

University of Florida

Investment, Financing Activities and the Predictability of Stock Returns

 

Spring 2007

Gordon Phillips, University of Maryland
Real and Financial Industry Booms and Busts

Matthew Spiegel, Yale University
Dynamic Competition, Innovation and Strategic Financing

Richard Green, Carnegie Mellon University
Price Discovery in Illiquid Markets

Fall 2006

Antonio Mello, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Should Production and Trading Activities be Separated?

Robert Parrino, University of Texas at Austin
Capital Market Conditions and the Volume and Pricing of Private Equity Sales

Jim Hsieh, George Mason University
The Dynamics of Mergers and Initial Public Offerings

Ekkehard Boehmer, Texas A&M University
Order Flow and Prices

Dirk Hackbarth, Washington U. at St. Louis
Corporate Bond Credit Spreads and Forecast Dispersion

Sergey Sanzhar, University of North Carolina
Evidence on Debt Overhang from Distressed Equity Issues

Spring 2006

David Lesmond, Tulane University
Liquidity Risk in Emerging Bond Markets

Alexei Zhdanov, George Mason University
Strategic Mergers in Rising and Declining Industries

Ingrid Werner, Ohio State University
Can Short-sellers Predict Returns? Daily Evidence

Christof Stahel, George Mason University
Liquidity Contagion during Extreme Markets

Craig Doidge, University of Toronto
Private Benefits
of Control, Ownership, and the Cross-listing Decision

Jim Hsieh, George Mason University
Determinants of the Trends in Aggregate Corporate Payout Policy

John Griffin, University of Texas at Austin
Measurement and Determinants of International Stock Market Efficiency

Stanislava Nikolova, George Mason University
Corporate Credit-Spread Changes and Capital Structure Theories

Fall 2005

Amy Edwards, SEC
Corporate Bond Transparency and Transaction Costs

Warren Bailey, Cornell University
Venturing Abroad: Foreign Investments of U.S. Individual Investors

Jean Helwege, University of Arizona
Private Matters

Alexander Phillipov, American University
Momentum and Credit Rating

Charles Calomiris, Columbia University
Relationship Banking and the Pricing of Financial Services

David Denis, Purdue University

Spring 2005

Jianping Mei, New York University
Market Manipulation: A Comprehensive Study of Stock Pools

Mark Flannery, University of Florida
Partial Adjustment toward Target Capital Structures

Allaudeen Hameed, National University of Singapore
Stock Price Synchronicity and Analyst Coverage in Emerging Markets

Alex Triantis, University of Maryland
Why Do Firms Go Dark? Causes and Economic Consequences of Voluntary SEC Deregistrations

David Dubofsky, SEC
Mutual Fund Portfolio Trading and Investor Flow

Anthony Saunders, New York University

Jerry Hanweck, George Mason University

Stephen Christophe, George Mason University

Spencer Martin, Arizona State University
Financial Market Consequences of Equity-Based Incentive Pay

Fall 2004

Kewei Hou, Ohio State University
Industry Concentration and Average Stock Returns

Jeff Harris, University of Delaware
From Pink Slips to Pink Sheets: Liquidity and Shareholder Wealth Consequences of Nasdaq Delistings

Jim Hsieh, George Mason University
Truth About Analyst Stock Recommendations: Evidence From Insider Trades

Michel Robe, American University
Market Incompletness and the Equity Premium Puzzle: Evidence from State-Level Data