Finance Seminars Spring 2012

Seminar responsibles: Karin S. Thorburn and Michael Kisser.

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Previous seminars

Joint seminar with Department of Economics

*Time and place*	*Lecturer*	*Title*
Monday 23.01, 12.15-13.45, Karl Borch's Aud.	Job Market Talk: Ph.D. Candidate Jerchern Lin, University of Southern California	Fund Convexity and Tail Risk-Taking
Thursday 26.01, 12.15-13.45, Aud. 14	Job Market Talk: Ph.D. Candidate Umut Celiker, Virginia Tech	Asset Prices When Differences of Opinion are Common Knowledge
Friday 27.01, 12.15-13.45, Aud. 14	Job Market Talk: Ph.D. Candidate Peter Wong, Ohio State University	Earnings Shocks and the Idiosyncratic Volatility Anomaly in the Cross-Section of Stock Returns
Monday 30.01, 12.15-13.45, Karl Borch's Aud.	Job Market Talk: Ph.D. Candidate Jia Chen, Ohio State University	Does More Finance Lead to More Crises?
Thursday 02.02, 12.15-13.30, Karl Borch's Aud.	Prof. Morten Sørensen, Columbia University	Valuing private equity
Monday 06.02, 12.15-13.45, Karl Borch's Aud.	Job Market Talk: Ph.D. Candidate Egemen Genc, University of Oregon	Extreme Daily Fund Returns and Fund Flows
Monday 13.02, 12.15-13.45, Aud. 14	Job Market Talk: Ph.D. Candidate Gi Hyun Kim, University of Michigan	Credit Default Swap, Strategic Default, and the Cost of Corporate Debt
Friday 24.02, 12.15-13.30, Jan Mossin's Aud.	Prof. Kristian Rydqvist, Binghamton University	Imperfect Competition in Uniform-Price Auctions Evidence from Norwegian Treasury Auctions
Friday 02.03, 12.15-13.30, Karl Borch's Aud.	Research Scolar Carl Lönnbark, Umeå University	Uncertainty of Multiple Period Risk Measures
Friday 09.03, 12.15-13.30, Karl Borch's Aud.	Dr. Christian Wagner, WU Vienna	The Cross-Section of Credit Risk Premia and Equity Returns
Friday 16.03, 12.15-13.30, Karl Borch's Aud.	Dr. Øyvind Norli, BI Norwegian Business School	Market Timing by Individual Investors
Friday 30.03, 12.30-13.45, Karl Borch's Aud.	Prof. Ulrich Hege, HEC Paris	Asset Sales and the Role of Buyers: Strategic Buyers versus Private Equity
Friday 13.04, 12.15-13.30, Jan Mossin's Aud.	Dr. Ran Duchin, University of Michigan	Safer Ratios, Riskier Portfolios: Banks’ Response to Government Aid
Friday 20.04, 12.15-13.30, Karl Borch's Aud.	Dr. David Marques, European Central Bank	Bank Risk during the Financial Crisis: Do Business Models Matter
Friday 27.04, 12.15-13.30, Karl Borch's Aud.	Prof. Richard Priestley, BI Norwegian Business School	Labor Income, Relative Wealth Concerns, and the Cross-section of Stock Returns
Friday 04.05, 12.15-13.30, Aud. 24	Prof. Richard S. Ruback, Harvard University	The Market for Smaller Firms
Friday 11.05, 12.15-13.30, Karl Borch's Aud.	Dr. Philipp Schnabl, New York University	How Safe are Money Market Funds?
Friday 25.05, 12.15-13.30, Aud. 24	Dr. Edith Hotchkiss, Boston College	Private Equity and the Resolution of Financial Distress
Wednesday 30.05, 12.15-13.30, Finn Kydland's Aud.	Prof. Eduardo Schwartz, University of California, Los Angeles	Cash Flow Multipliers and Optimal Investment Decisions
Thursday 31.05, 12.15-13.45, Karl Borch's Aud.	Karl Borch Lecture: Prof. Eduardo Schwartz, University of California, Los Angeles	The Real Options Approach to Valuation: Challenges and Opportunities - Press release
Friday 01.06, 12.15-13.30, Karl Borch's Aud.	Prof. Kenneth R. French, Dartmouth College	The Value Effect