The Eugene F. Brigham Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department offers degree programs at the doctoral, masters and undergraduate level. Besides standard finance offerings, we have specialized academic programs in entrepreneurship, real estate and value investing. Our faculty boasts top experts on topic matter as diverse as banking, initial public offerings, investments, international finance, mergers and acquisitions and real estate. Faculty expertise is sought by business executives, litigators, journalists and regulators alike.
Academic Programs
- Ph.D. in Business Administration – Finance and Real Estate
- Master of Science in Finance – supported by the William R. Hough Program in Finance
- Nathan S. Collier Master of Science in Real Estate
- Master of Science/Juris Doctor in Real Estate
- Graduate Minor in Real Estate
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Finance
- Undergraduate Minor in Real Estate
- Undergraduate Minor in Wealth Management
Research Centers
Seminars and Speaker Series
The Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department hosts a variety of professional guest speakers covering their areas of expertise. These speakers series offer students the opportunity to meet with business professionals giving them insights into real-world business.
- Finance Seminar Series
- Finance Professional Speaker Series
- Alfred A. Ring Distinguished Speaker Series
Florida Finance Conference
Past Conferences
University of Florida
Hough Hall, Room 140
October 15, 2021
Agenda
- 9:15 AM Coffee and refreshments
- 9:45 AM Welcome: Saby Mitra, Dean, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida
Session 1 Chair: Baolian Wang, University of Florida
- 10:00 AM How Does Investor Disagreement Affect Stock Prices? Evidence based on Changing Investor Disagreement
Sulei Han, University of Central Florida
Discussant: Mustafa Caglayan, Florida International University - 10:45 AM Trading Volume Shares and Market Quality: Pre- and Post-Zero Commissions
Pankaj K. Jain, University of Memphis, Suchismita Mishra, Florida International University, Shawn O’Donoghue, Le Zhao, Florida International University
Discussant: Jared Williams, University of South Florida - 11:30 AM Break
Session 2 Chair: Sheila Jiang, University of Florida
- 11:45 AM Herding Behavior in the CLO Market
Mustafa Emin, University of Florida
Discussant: Casey Dougal, Florida State University - 12:30 PM Lunch and Keynote Address “Covid, Work-from-Home, and Securities Misconduct”
Douglas Cumming, DeSantis Distinguished Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship, Florida Atlantic University
Session 3 Chair: Gustavo Cortes, University of Florida
- 2:00 PM Opportunity within a Crisis: The Demand and Upgrading of Foreign Labors during the Financial Crisis
Yingmei Cheng, Florida State University, Brandon Mendez, Florida State University
Discussant: Gernnaro Bernile, University of Miami - 2:45 PM Proximity to Political Power and the Value Relevance of Real Options
Shaddy Douidar, University of South Florida, Christos Pantzalis, University of South Florida, Jung Chul Park, University of South Florida
Discussant: Ajai Singh and Christo Pirinsky, University of Central Florida - 3:30 PM Reception
Program Chair
- Yuehua Tang, University of Florida
Program Committee Members
- Gustavo Cortes, University of Florida
- Sheila Jiang, University of Florida
- Sehoon Kim, University of Florida
- Tao Li, University of Florida
- Alejandro Lopez-Lira, University of Florida
- Andy Naranjo, University of Florida
- Mahendrarajah Nimalendran, University of Florida
- Jay Ritter, University of Florida
- Baolian Wang, University of Florida
Participating Institutions
- University of Florida (Host Institution)
- Florida Atlantic University
- Florida International University
- Florida State University
- University of Central Florida
- University of Miami
- University of South Florida
This program is the result of the excellent work of numerous people listed here and others, the engagement of key research universities throughout Florida (“the Florida Finance Research Network”), and the generous support of the Richard Pettway seminar fund, the Florida Finance Doctoral fund, and the Finance Department Excellence fund.
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