The Karl Borch Lecture Series

The Karl Borch Lecture is an annual lecture held by world-class scholars on a current research topic. The 11th Karl Borch Lecture will be held by Eduardo Schwartz (pictured), University of California, Los Angeles, on Thursday May 31 2012 (12.15-13.45 in Karl Borch's Aud.), on the topic 'The Real Options Approach to Valuation: Challenges and Opportunities'. Please see the press release for further details

Karl Borch was a professor at the School between 1963 and 1986, and is considered one of the founders of economics of uncertainty, counting 150 scientific articles in journals and conference proceedings, and three books.

The Karl Borch Lecture is sponsored by the Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF). 

Previous Karl Borch Lectures:

Time and place

Lecturer

Title
Tuesday 23.08.2011, 13.10-14.20, Dag Coward's Aud. John Campbell, Harvard Investing and Spending: The Twin Challenges of Endowment Management
Friday 07.05.2010, 12.15-13.45, Karl Borch's Aud. Christian Gollier, University Toulouse I The economics of long term discounting
Friday 08.06.2009, 12.15-13.45, Karl Borch's Aud. Jacques Drèze, Université catholique de Louvain When Borch's Theorem does not apply: Some key implications of market incompleteness, with policy relevance today
Friday 05.09.2008, 12.15-13.45, Karl Borch's Aud. Mark Rubinstein, UC Berkeley Great Moments in Financial Economics: The Hidden History
Friday 08.06.2007, 12.15-13.45, Aud. E Hayne Leland, UC Berkeley The Optimal Financial Scope of the Firm
Friday 12.05.2006, 12.15-13.45, Aud. C Stephen A. Ross, MIT A Neoclassical Look at Behavioral Finance: A Tale of Two Anomalies
Friday 23.09.2005, 12.15-13.45, Karl Borch's Aud. Michael Brennan, UCLA Changing attitudes towards risk
Friday 29.10.2004, 12.15-13.45, Finn E. Kydland's Aud. Robert Wilson, Stanford Risk Management in Liberalized Electricity Markets
Thursday 15.05.2003, 12.15-13.45, Aud. E Oliver Hart, Harvard Firms versus Contracts
Friday 03.05.2002, 13.15-14.45, Aud. E Bengt Holmström, MIT Liquidity and Insurance