Finance Seminar Series
The Ph.D. Seminar Workshop meets approximately every other week during the fall and spring semesters. In most of these workshops, Ph.D. students present and discuss two background papers for the finance seminar for that week, but occasionally Ph.D. students will present their own work. For a more detailed explanation of the Seminar Workshop, see the document linked below.
Seminar Workshop Syllabus (pdf)Spring 2008 Workshop Schedule
Student Coordinator:
Faculty Coordinator: Jason Karceski
All seminars are scheduled from 9-10:30am on Friday mornings.
January 25
Andrea Frazzini: University of Chicago
"The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns"
Preseminar:
Aaron Gubin: "The Geography of Investment: Informed Trading and Asset Prices", by Coval and Moskowitz (2001, Journal of Political Economy)
Ozde Oztekin: "Option Backdating and Board Interlocks", by Bizjak, Lemmon, and Whitby, working paper
February 22
Ludovic Phalippou: University of Amsterdam
"The Performance of LBO Investments"
Preseminar:
Ivan Rybar: "The investment behavior of buyout funds: thory and evidence", by Ljungqvist, Richardson and Wolfenzon (working paper)
Sabuhi Sardali: "Private Equity Performance: Returns, Persistence and Capital Flows", by Kaplan and Schoar (forthcoming Journal of Finance)
February 28
Mark Carey: Board of Governors
"The Bank as Grim Reaper: Debt Composition and Recoveries on Defaulted Debt"
Preseminar:
Sara Wang: "Does industry-wide distress affect defaulted firms", by Acharya, Bharath and Srinivasan (2007, JFE)
February 29
Simon Gervais: Duke University
"Overconfidence, Investment Policy, and Manager Welfare"
Preseminar:
Ani Manakian: "CEO Overconfidence and Corporate Investment," by Malmendier and Tate (2005, JF)
March 28
Malcolm Baker: Harvard
"Catering Through Nominal Share Prices"
Preseminar:
Ozde Oztekin: "The Nominal Price Puzzle", by Weld, Benartzi, Michaely and Thaler (working paper)
Aaron Gubin: "Behavioral corporate finance survey", by Baker, Ruback and Wurgler (working paper)
April 18
Mark Chen: Georgia State University
"Boardroom Brawls: An Empirical Analysis of Disputes Involving Directors"
Preseminar:
Brandon Lockhart: "The Determinants of Corporate Board Size and Composition: An Empirical Analysis", by Boone, Field, Karpoff, and Raheja (2007, JFE)
Brandon Lockhart: "CEO Involvement in the Selection of New Board Members: An Empirical Analysis", by Shivdasani and Yermack (1999, JF)
Past Workshop Schedules
Fall 2007 (pdf)Spring 2007 (pdf)
Fall 2006 (pdf)
Spring 2006 (pdf)
Fall 2005 (pdf)
Spring 2005 (pdf)
Fall 2004 (pdf)
Spring 2004 (pdf)
Fall 2003 (pdf)
Spring 2003 (pdf)
Fall 2002 (pdf)
Spring 2002 (pdf)
