
Financial Economics, International
Business and Accounting
2010 Schedule
Seminar Information
The Friday seminar series is run by Profs. Michel Robe and Valentina Bruno (Contact: mrobe@american.edu ; Telephone: (+1) 202-885-1880).
The Economics Department runs a brownbag seminar series on Wednesdays upcoming and past brownbags can be found here.
Seminars held in 2006, 2007 and Spring 2008 were organized by Prof. R. Hauswald. Those in Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 were organized by Profs. K. Rodgers & V. Bruno.
Since 2000, all other seminars have been organized by Prof. Michel Robe (2009, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001).
![]()
Seminars Spring 2010
January 22 No
seminar
January 29 (10.30-12.00) Christo Pirinsky, George
Washington U-- Finance Seminar
"Market
Segmentation and the Cost of Capital in a Domestic Market: Evidence from
Municipal Bonds" (joint with Q. Qang, Georgia Tech)
February 5 & 12 Seminars
POSTPONED to Fall 2010 due to Snow Storms
February 19 (10.30-12.00) Angela Gore, George
Washington U Accounting Seminar
Do
cities need pay czars? Excess compensation and fringe benefits in the municipal
sector (joint with S. Kulp and Y. Li, GWU)
February 26 (10.30-12.00) Stephan Diekmann, Wharton
Default
Risk of Advanced Economies: An Empirical Analysis of Credit Default Swaps
during the Financial Crisis
March 5, 12 & 19 No
Seminar (Spring Break)
March 26 (KSB 215,
10.30-12.00) Rick Green, Carnegie Mellow University -- Finance Seminar
"TBA"
April 2
Bin Ke, Penn State U
Accounting Seminar
"TBA"
April 8 (THURSDAY, 10am-12.30pm, CFTC Building) Dual Finance Seminar
Wei Xiong, Princeton University: Index
Investing and the Financialization of Commodities (joint with Ke Tang, HK
University)
Michel Robe, American University "Hedge Funds, Stress, and Cross-Market Linkages" (joint with B. Buyuksahin, CFTC)
April 16 (10.30-12.00) Pam Moulton, Fordham
University
"TBA"
April 20 (TUESDAY 1-2.30PM) Lutz Kilian, University of Michigan -- Finance
& Economics Seminar)
"TBA"
April 29 (THURSDAY, 10am-12.30pm, CFTC Building) Frank
Diebold, University of Pennsylvania
"TBA"
![]()
Seminars Fall 2010
September Jonathan Karpoff, U. of Washington (Seattle)
-- Finance Seminar
"TBA"
September Sugato Bhattacharyya, U. of Michigan -- Finance Seminar
Portfolio
Pumping, Trading Activity and Fund Performance (Joint with Vik Nanda, Georgia
Tech)
September Bahattin Bόyόkşahin, CFTC
"TBA"
September 24 (10.30-12.00) Matt Prittsker, Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System -- Finance Seminar
Knightian
Uncertainty and Interbank Lending
October 8 (10.30-12.00) Mara Faccio, Purdue
University Finance Seminar
"TBA"
October 15 & 22 No Seminar (Fall Break, FMA)
October 29 (10.30-12.00) Roni Michaely, Cornell
University Finance Seminar
"TBA"
November Jennifer Marietta-Westberg, Securities
& Exchange Commission (SEC) -- Finance
Seminar
"TBA"
November Josh White, Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) -- Finance Seminar
"TBA"
Last updated: March 18th, 2010
© Copyright 1999-2011 Michel A. Robe. All rights
reserved.
Small buttons courtesy of BCM