NFF Seminar Series in Finance
The department of finance hosts a weekly seminar series with leading international scholars.
In the finance department’s weekly research seminar, internationally recognized scholars present their research.
The seminars are open to any interested faculty, students or the general public. The department is grateful for funding of the research seminar series by the Norwegian Society of Financial Analysts.

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Finance seminars spring 2019
Finance seminars spring 2019
08.03. 10:45 - 12:00
Aud. Finn Kydland
Professor David Musto, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania
The Effect of NAV Flotation on the Management of Prime Money Fund Portfolios
15.03. 10:45 - 12:00
Aud. Karl Borch
Professor Michael Brennan, UCLA Anderson School of Management 10.05. 10:45 - 12:00
Aud. Karl Borch
Associate Professor David McLean, Georgetown University June 2019
Aud. Karl Borch
Associate Professor Ric Colacito, University of North Carolina 14.06. 10:45 - 12:00
Aud. Karl Borch
Associate Professor Michael Webe, Chicago Booth, University of Chicago -
Finance seminars fall 2018
Finance seminars fall 2018
04.09, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHFinn Erling Kydland, University of California, Santa Barbara
Innovation, Capital Formation, and Economic Policy
14.09, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHGregory Nini, Drexel University
Congruence in Governance: Evidence from Creditor Monitoring of Corporate Acquisitions
21.09, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHRon Masulis, UNSW Business School
Monitoring the Monitor: Distracted Institutional Investors and Board Governance
28.09, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHDavid Mauer, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Industry Tournament Incentives and Debt Contracting
05.10, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHKatharina Lewellen, Tuck School of Business
Institutional investors and corporate governance: The incentive to be engaged
02.11, 10:45 - 12:00Aud.B Katrin Tinn, London Imperial College
Smart contracts and external financing
09.11, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. BAlexander Ljungqvist, Stockholm School of Economics
Value creation in private equity
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Finance seminars spring 2018
Finance seminars spring 2018
09.03, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHRichard Townsend, University of California San Diego
16.03, 12:15 - 13:30
AUD. TERJE HANSENNadya Malenko, Boston College, Carroll School of Management
06.04, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. TERJE HANSENRomeo Tedongap, ESSEC Business School
13.04, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHKonstantin Milbradt, Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University
A Theory of the Mortgage Rate Pass-Through
27.04, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. TERJE HANSENMartin Schmalz, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
04.05, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. CJonathan Brogaard, Foster School of Business, University of Washington
07.05, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHDavid Hirshleifer, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California Irvine
Visibility Bias in the Transmission of Consumption Norms and Undersaving
16.05, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHHendrik Bessembinder, Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
Liquidity Provision Contracts and Market Quality: Evidence from the New York Stock Exchange
25.05, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHYouchang Wu, University of Oregon, Lundquist College of Business
01.06, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHPatrick Verwijmeren, Erasmus School of Economics
Is Gender in the Eye of the Beholder? Identifying Cultural Attitudes with Art Auction Prices
13.06, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHGiorgo Sertsios, Universidad de los Andes
Going Public in Business Groups
27.06, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. APhillip Stocken, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
JOB MARKET TALKS WINTER 2018 11.01, 10:45 - 12.00
AUD. FINN KYDLANDJohann Reindl, BI
Market Implied Costs of Bankruptcy
12.01, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHMarkus Ibert, Stockholm School of Economics
What Do Mutual Fund Managers’ Private Portfolios Tell Us About Their Skills?
15.01, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHAndreas Rapp, Tilburg University
Middlement Matter: Corporate Bond Market Liquidity and Dealer Inventory Funding
16.01, 14:00 - 15:15
AUD. FINN KYDLANDJosé Albuquerque de Sousa, Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University
Do index funds’ family ties benefit the firms they own?
17.01, 14:00 - 15:15
AUD. KARL BORCHMaximilian Rohrer, BI
Challenging management in public
19.01, 14:00 - 15:15
AUD. KARL BORCHEmanuele Rizzo, Tilburg University
Afraid to Take a Chance? The Threat of Lawsuits and its Impact on Shareholder Wealth
25.01, 14:00 - 15:15
AUD. KARL BORCHRon Liu, Rice University
Asset Pricing Anomalies and the Low-risk Puzzle
26.01, 14:00 - 15:15
AUD. KARL BORCHAlessio Ruzza, USI and Swiss Finance Institute
Agency Issues in Corporate Bond Trading
8.02, 12:15 - 14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHKasper Jørgensen, Aarhus University
How Learnings from Macroeconomic Experiences Shapes the Yield Curve
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Finance seminars fall 2017
Finance seminars fall 2017
08.09, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHRan Duchin, Foster School of Business, University of Washington
15.09, 10:45 - 12.00
AUD. KARL BORCHGerard Hoberg, Marshall School of Business USC
"Product Life Cycles in Corporate Finance"
29.09, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHRavi Jagannathan, Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management
"Dividend Dynamics, Learning, and Expected Stock Index Returns"
09.10, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHPaul Schneider, USI and Swiss Finance Institute
"An Anatomy of the Market Return"
13.10, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHRyan Peters, Tulane University
20.10, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHAngelo Ranaldo, University of St.Gallen
"OTC Premia"
27.10, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHMarius Zoican, University Paris Dauphine
3.11, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHTim Jenkinson, Said Business School, Oxford University
“Best buys and own brands: investment platforms’ recommendations of mutual funds”
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Finance seminars spring 2017
Finance seminars spring 2017
12.01, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. FINN KYDLANDSuresh Sundaresan, Columbia Business School
"An Explanation of Negative Swap Spreads: Demand for Duration from Underfunded Pension Plans"
10.03, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHThierry Foucault, HEC Paris
17.03, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHBart Lambrecht, Cambridge Judge Business School
28.04, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. FINN KYDLANDHenri Servaes, London Business Scool
A Matter of Trust? The Bond Market Benefits of Corporate Social Capital During the Financial Crisis
19.05, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHDenis Gromb, HEC Paris
2.06, 14:00 - 15:15
AUD. KARL BORCHAlbert Menkveld, VU University Amsterdam
JOB MARKET TALKS WINTER 2017 13.01, 10:45 - 12.00
AUD. FINN KYDLANDWenqian Huang, Tinbergen Institute/VU Amsterdam
Central Counterparty Capitalization and Misaligned Incentives
17.01, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHNina Karnaukh, University of St. Gallen
19.01, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHMarc Gabarro Bonet, Erasmus University
Does a Larger Menu Increase Appetite? Collateral Eligibility and Bank Risk-Taking
23.01, 14:00 - 15:15
AUD. FINN KYDLANDJean-David Sigaux, HEC Paris
25.01, 14:00 - 15:15
AUD. KARL BORCHNataliya Gerasimova, University of Lausanne
30.01, 14:00 - 15:15
AUD. KARL BORCHVahid Saadi, Goethe University Frankfurt
Mortgage Supply and the US Housing Boom: The Role of the Community Reinvestment Act
8.02, 14:00 - 15:15
AUD. KARL BORCHKyeong Hun (Kyle) Lee, Tulane University
13.02, 14:00 - 15:15
AUD. KARL BORCHValeri Sokolovski, Stockholm School of Economics
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Finance seminars fall 2016
Finance seminars fall 2016
28.08, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. TERJE HANSENMurillo Campello, Cornell University
"Bankruptcy and the Cost of Organized Labor: Evidence from the Union Elections"
02.09, 10:45 - 12:00
LAB 1Darius Palia, Rutgers Business School
"Product Market Competition and CEO Pay Benchmarking"
23.09, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHBohui Zhang, University of New South Wales
26.09, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHSamuli Knuepfer, BI Norwegian Business School
"Equal Opportunity? Gender Gaps in CEO Appointments and Executive Pay"
07.10, 12:15 - 13:30
AUD. TERJE HANSENAndrew Lo, MIT Sloan School of Management
"The Adaptive Markets Hypothesis: Reconciling Behavior and Rationality via Evolution and Biology"
14.10, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHChristian Wagner, Copenhagen Business School
17.10, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. FINN KYDLANDOguzhan Karakas, Boston College
21.10, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHBurton Hollifield, Carnegie Mellon University
28.10, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHAdrien Matray, Princeton University
Can Innovation Help U.S. Manufacturing Firms Escape Import Competition from China?
4.11, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHFlorian Peters, University of Amsterdam
25.11, 10:45 - 12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHRenee Adams, University of New South Wales
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Finance seminars spring 2016
Finance seminars spring 2016
18.01, 12:15-13:45
AUD. KARL BORCHSturla Lyngnes Fesme, The University of Melbourne "The vicar, the widow, or the gentleman: who gets allocated IPO shares?" 19.01, 10:15-11:45
AUD. KARL BORCHKonstantinos E. Zachariadis, London School of Economics "Multi-Asset Noisy Rational Expectations Equilibrium with Contingent Claims" 25.01, 12:15-13:45
AUD. 24Ricardo Lopez Aliouckin, Stockholm School of Economics "Option-implied idiosyncratic and systematic risk in the cross-section of expected stock returns" 27.01, 12:15-13:45
AUD. TERJE HANSENMarlene Haas, Vienna Graduate School of Business "Equity Short Sales and Options: Complements or Substitutes?" 28.01, 10:15-11:45
AUD. JAN MOSSINXintong Zhan, Chinese University of Hong Kong "Peer Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility" 29.01, 12:15-13:45
AUD. KARL BORCHDarya Yuferova, Rotterdam School of Management "Intraday Return Predictability, Informed Limit Orders, and Algorithmic Trading" 10.02, 12:15-13:45
AUD. KARL BORCHDeniz Okat, Aalto University "Too Big To Rush" 16.02, 12:15-13:45
AUD. KARL BORCHSahil Raina, University of Michigan "VC financing and the entrepreneurship gender gap" 18.03, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHChristian Heyerdahl-Larsen, London Business School "Asset Prices and Portfolio Choice with Learning from Experience" 15.04, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHPatrick Verwijmeren, Erasmus University "The Buyers' Perspective on Security Design: Hedge Funds and Convertible Bond Call Provisions" 29.04, 12:45-14:00
AUD. FINN KYDLANDDaniel Metzger, Stockholm School of Economics "Since you are so rich, you must be really smart: Talent and the Finance Wage Premium" 20.05, 14:15-15:30
AUD. FINN KYDLANDHenrik Cronqvist, University of Miami "In the Red: The effects of Color on Investment Behavior" 27.05, 10:45-12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHMicah S Officer, Loyola Marymount University "The effect of cultural similarity on mergers and acquisitions" 03.06, 10:45-12:00
AUD. KARL BORCHIng-Haw Cheng, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College "Do Managers do Good with Other People's Money?" -
Finance seminars fall 2015
Finance seminars fall 2015
28.08, 10.45-12.00
AUD. KARL BORCHRon Masulis, UNSW
"Independent Director Reputation Incentives: CEO Compensation Contracts and Financial Accounting Reliability"02.09, 12.15-13.30
AUD. KARL BORCHLasse Heje Pederson, Copenhagen Business School
"Quality Minus Junk"04.09, 12.45-14.00
AUD. KARL BORCHAlexander Ljungqqvist, NYU
"State Capitalism vs. Private Enterprise"02.10, 12.45-14.00
AUD KARL BORCHDoron Levis, Wharton
"Corporate Control Activism"16.10, 12.45-14.00
AUD. KARL BORCHHan Xia, University of Texas at Dallas
"Buying on certification: Governmant procurement and credit ratings"23.10, 12.45-14.00
AUD.. KARL BORCHJohan Walden, Berkeley
"Securitization Networks and Endogenous Financial Norms in US Mortgage Markets"27.11, 12.45-14.00
AUD. KARL BORCHDavid Lando, CBS
"Safe-Haven CDS-Premia"14.12, 10.45-11.45
AUD. KARL BORCHBerk Sensoy, Ohio State University
"The Liquidity Cost of Private Equity Investments: Evidence from Secondary Market Transactions"14.12, 12.45-13.45
AUD. KARL BORCHDavid Robinson, Duke University
"By any other name? The role of VC in the going picks process in China" -
Finance seminars spring 2015
Finance seminars spring 2015
14.01, 10:15-11:45
AUD. KARL BORCHMamdouh Medhat, Copenhagen Business School
"Liquidity Risk and Distressed Equity"15.01, 10:15-11:45
AUD. KARL BORCHGlenn Schepens, Ghent University and National Bank of Belgium
"Taxes and Bank Capital Structure"16.01, 12:45-14:00
AUD. TERJE HANSENNils Friewald, Vienna Univesity of Economics and Business
"Dealer Inventory and the Cross-Section of Corporate Bond Returns"20.01, 10:15-11:45
AUD. TERJE HANSENKevin Tseng, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
"Knowledge Network and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns"22.01, 10:15-11:45
AUD. 11Boris Radnaev, London Business School
"Learning and Leverage Dynamics in General Equilibrium"23.01, 12:15-13:45
AUD. TERJE HANSENDong Yan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
"Do Private Firms Learn from the Stock Market?"27.01, 10:15-11:45
AUD. TERJE HANSENPaolo Morales Acevedo, Tilburg University and the European Banking Center
"Strategic Choic of Delinquencies under Firm Liquidity Constraints"28.01, 10:15-11:45
AUD. KARL BORCHAdem Almaz, London Business School
"A Dynamic Model of Short Interest"04.03, 12:15-13:45
AUD. 11Xunhua Su, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
"The Dynamics of Performance Volatility and Firm Valuation"13.03, 12:45-14:15
AUD. TERJE HANSENAndrey Malenko, MIT Sloan School of Business
"Timing Decisions in Organizations: Communication and Authority in a Dynamic Environment"10.04, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHLaurent Bach, Stockholm School of Economics
"Why do shareholder votes matter?"14.04, 12:45-14.15
AUD. KARL BORCHKai Li, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
"Technological Competition and Strategic Alliances"17.04, 12:45-13:15
AUD. KARL BORCHToni Whited, Simon Business School, University of Rochester
"Collateral, Taxes and Leverage"24.04, 08:45-10:00
AUD. AGNAR SANDMORüdiger Fahlenbrach, Swiss Finance Institute
"Why Do Banks Practice Regulatory Arbitrage? Evidence from Usage og Trust Preferred Securities"29.05, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHDaniel Wolfenzon, Columbia Business School
"Evaluating the Impact of the Boss: Evidence from CEO Hospitalization Events -
Finance seminars fall 2014
Finance seminars fall 2014
05.09, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHEliezer Fich, LeBow College of Business
"Analyst coverage and acquisition returns: Evidence from natural experiments"09.09, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHSøren Hvidkjær, Copenhagen Business School
"Does the value factor beta predict the value premium?"12.09, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHLjubica Djordjevic, Tilburg University
"Determinants of Household Bank Switching"19.09, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHJonathan Lewellen, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
"The behaviour of aggregate corporate investment"26.09, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHOguzhan Ozbas, University of Southern California
"Managerial Accommodation, Proxy Access, and the Cost of Shareholder Empowerment"03.10, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHChristopher Polk, London School of Economics
"The Booms and Busts of Beta Arbitrage"17.10, 12:45-14:00
AUD. FINN KYDLANDCláudia Custódio, W. P. Carey School of Business
"Do General Managerial Skills Spur Innovation?"24.10, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHL'uboš Pástor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
"Do funds make more when they trade more?"31.10, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHThorsten Beck, Tilburg University
"Lending Concentration, Bank Performance and Systemic Risk: Exploring Cross-Country Variation"14.11, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHPer Östberg, University of Zürich
"Money and Correlations"14.11, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHLarissa Shäfer, Tilburg University
"Relationship Lending and Loan Performance"05.12, 12:45-14:00
AUD. BHao Liang, Tilburg University
"Concentrated Wealth and Stakeholder Value"08.12, 10:15-11:45
AUD. FINN KYDLANDMarkus Broman, Schulich School of Business
"Liquidity Clienteles, Correlated Demand and Excess Comovement of ETF Returns"12.12, 12:45-14:00
AUD. FINN KYDLANDLars A. Lochstoer, Columbia Business School
"Asset Pricing when 'This Time is Different'" -
Finance seminars spring 2014
Finance seminars spring 2014
13.01, 12:45-14:00
AUD. KARL BORCHKatarina Kvasnakova, Vienne Graduate School of Finance
"Is Imperfection Better? Evidence from Predicting Stock and Bond Returns"Full listing of seminars to come here. -
Finance seminars fall 2013
Finance seminars fall 2013
12.09, 10:45-12:00
AUD. AGNAR SANDMOFinn Kydland, University of California
"Monetary Policy. the Tax Code, and the Real Effects of Energy Shocks"13.09, 12:45-14:00
AUD. BMichael Ewens, Carnegie Mellon University
"Is a VC Partnership Greater Than the Sum of its Partners?"20.09, 12.45-14.00
AUD. AJarrad Harford, University of Washington
"Mergers that Matter: The Value Impact of Economic Links"27.09, 12.45-14.00
TERJE HANSENElroy Dimson, London Business School
"The Price of Wine"03.10, 14.15-15.30
AUD. DYrjo Koskinen, Boston University
"Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Risk: Theory and Empirical Evidence"04.10, 14.15-15.30
AUD. FINN KYDLANDRajnish Mehra, Arizona State University
"Macroeconomic Foundations of Financial Predictability"11.10, 12.45-14.00
AUD. KARL BORCHHarjoat Bhamra, University of British Columbia
"Stochastic Operating Risk and Real Options: Implications for Stock Returns -
Finance seminars spring 2013
Finance seminars spring 2013
14.01, 12:15-13:30
AUD. 24Martijn Boons, University of Tilburg
"State Variable Hedging and Individual Stocks: New evidence for the ICAPM"18.01,12.15-13.30
AUD. 24Julien Cujean, Swiss Finance Institute
"The Social Dynamics of Performance21.01, 12.15-13.30
AUD. 24David Schumacher, INSEAD
"The Role of Domestic Industries in Foreign Policy Decisions23.01, 12.15-13.30
AUD. KARL BORCHCornelius Schmidt, University of Lausanne
"Shareholder Monitoring Incentives and Corporate Policies"28.01, 12.15-13.30
AUD. 24Haitao Mo, University of Southern California
"Implied Economic Risk Premiums"06.02, 12.25-13.30
AUD. 24Oliver Randall, New York University
"Pricing and Liquidity in the US Corporate Market"11.02, 12.15-13.30
AUD. 24Onur Tosun, University of Maryland
"The Effect of the CEO's Option Compensation on the Firm's Capital Structure: A Natural Experiment"18.02, 12.15-13.30
AUD. 24Tong Wang, University of Southern California
"The Destabilizing Effects of Option Hedging and the Weekly Reversal Anomaly"22.02, 14.15-15.30
AUD. 24Dr. Peter Kondor, Central European University
"Trading and Information Diffusion in Over-the Counter Markets"01.03, 14.15-15.30
AUD. KARL BORCHDr Stefano Giglio, University of Chicago
"Asset Pricing in the Frequency Domain: Theory and Empirics"05.03, 12.15-13.30
AUD. KARL BORCHDr. Mustafa Caglayan, Ozyegin University
"Emerging Betas and the Cross Section of Hedge Fund Return"08.03, 14.15-15.30
AUD. KARL BORCHDr. Andrew Hertzberg, Columbia University
"Heterogeneous Time Preferences within the Household"22.03,14.15-15.30
AUD. KARL BORCHDr. Peter Feldhutter, London Business School
"New Evidence on the Credit Spread Puzzle"