Kogod Research Seminar Series

Financial Economics, International Business and Accounting

Fall 2009 Schedule

Seminar Information

The Friday seminar series is run by Profs. Michel Robe and Valentina Bruno (Contact: mrobe@american.edu; phone: 202-885-1880).

The Economics Department runs a brownbag seminar series on Wednesdays – upcoming and past brownbags can be found here.

Seminars held in Spring 2008 were organized by Prof. Hauswald. Those in Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 were run by Profs. Rodgers and Bruno.

Previous years' seminars (organized by Prof. Michel Robe) are here (2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001).

Seminars at Georgetown University this Fall are listed here.

Seminars – Fall 2009 & Spring 2010

September 4 – No Seminar

September 11 (10.30-12.00) – Nick Bollen, Vanderbilt -- Finance Seminar
"Predicting Hedge Fund Fraud" (joint with V. Pool, Vanderbilt)

September 18 (10.30-12.00) – Simon Gervais, Duke -- Finance Seminar
“Legal Protection in Retail Financial Markets”

September 25 (10.30-12.00) – Andrei Kirilenko, CFTC -- Finance Seminar
"On the informational properties of trading networks" (joint with L. Adamic, U. of Michigan; C. Brunetti, Johns Hopkins; and J. Harris, U. of Delaware)

September 30 (WEDNESDAY 10.30-12.00) – Jennifer Huang, UT Austin -- Finance Seminar
"Internal Capital Allocation and firm performance" (joint with Ilan Guedj, UT Austin and Johan Sulaeman, Southern Methodist U.)

October 7 (11.30AM-1PM) – Phillip Swagel, Georgetown U – Joint Finance-Economics Seminar
“The Financial Crisis: An Inside View“(Please note that this seminar shall be held from 11.30AM-1PM in KSB 118)

October 9 (10.30-12.00) – Robin Lumsdaine, AU -- Finance Seminar
"What the Market Watched: Bloomberg News Stories and Bank Returns as the Financial Crisis Unfolded"

October 16 & 23 – No Seminar (FMA Annual Meeting)

October 30 (10.30-12.00) – Thierry Tressel, IMF – Finance and IB Seminar
"Lobbying and the Financial Crisis"

November 6 (10.30-12.00) – Eric Ghysels, UNC Chapel Hill -- Finance Seminar
"Should Macroeconomic Forecasters Use High-Frequency Financial Data?"

November 13 (10.30-12.00) – Clara Vega, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
"Rise of the Machines: Algorithmic Trading in the Foreign Exchange Market"

November 20 (10.30-12.00) – Heather Tookes, Yale – Finance Seminar
"Do Investment Banks' Relationships with Investors Impact Pricing? The Case of Convertible Bond Issues"

November 27 – No Seminar (Thanksgiving)

December 4 (10.30-12.00) – Juhani Linnainmaa, Chicago – Finance Seminar
"TBA"

December 11 (10.30-12.00) – Celso Brunetti, Johns Hopkins U. and Bahattin Buyuksahin, CFTC—Finance Seminar
"TBA"

Christmas Break

January 22 (10.30-12.00) – Josh White, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
"TBA"

January 22 (10.30-12.00) – TBD
"TBA"

February 5 (10.30-12.00) – Matt Prittsker, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
"TBA"

April 15 (10.30-12.00) – Pam Moulton, Fordham University
"TBA"

Past Seminars – Spring 2009

January 23 to February 6 – Recruiting Seminars

February 13– No Seminar

February 20 (10.30-12.00) – Gennaro Bernile, U of Miami and SEC – Finance Seminar

"SOX, Corporate Transparency, and the Cost of Debt"

February 27 (10.30-12.00) – Michel Robe, American U -- Finance Seminar
"Fundamentals, Trader Activity and Derivative Pricing"

March 6and 13 – No Seminar (Spring Break)

March 20 (10.30-12.00) – Kose John, NYU -- Finance Seminar
"Law, Institutions and Taxes: A Perspective on Optimal Regulation"

March 27 (10.30-12.00) – Luc Laeven, IMF -- Finance and IB Seminar
"Sovereign Wealth Funds: Their Investment Strategies and Performance"

April 3 & 10 – No Seminar

April 17 (10.30-12.00) – Vassil Mihov, Texas Christian U – Finance Seminar
"TBA"

April 24 (10.30-12.00) – Yasuda Ayako, UPenn – Finance Seminar
"Supply Uncertainty of Institutional Bond Investors and the Leverage of the Firm"

Past Seminars – Fall 2008

September 5 (11.15-12.45) – Toni Whited, U. of Wisconsin -- Finance Seminar
                                                "Capital Structure Dynamics and Transitory Debt""

September 12 (11.15-12.45) – Scott Bauguess, SEC -- Finance Seminar
                                                "The Role of Stock Liquidity in Monitoring Managers"

September 19 – No Seminar "

September 26 (11.15-12.45) – Ayla Kayhan -- Finance Seminar
                                   "Credit Rating Targets and Corporate Decisions"

October 3 (11.15-12.45) – Jan Bena, LSE / FMG -- Finance Seminar
                             "The Effect of Credit Rationing on the Shape of the Competition-Innovation Relationship"

October 10 – No Seminar (FMA Annual Meeting) "

October 17 (11.15-12.45) – Ugur Lel, FRB -- Finance Seminar
                               "Friends or Foes? The Stock Price Impact of Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments and the Price of Keeping Secrets"

October 24 (11.15-12.45) – Shijun Cheng, Maryland -- Finance Seminar
                               "CEO Loss-avoidance Incentives from Total Compensation"

October 31 – No Seminar

November 7 (11.15-12.45) – Jess Cornaggia, UT-Dallas -- Finance Seminar
                                "Does Risk Management Improve Productivity? Evidence from the US Agriculture Industry"

November 14 (11.15-12.45) – Tim Simin -- Finance Seminar
                                  "Expected Commodity Futures Returns"

November 21 (11.15-12.45) – David Becher, Drexel-- Finance Seminar
                                   "Does regulation substitute or complement governance?"

November 28 – No Seminar (Thanksgiving)

December 5 (11.15-12.45) – Valentina Bruno, AU -- Finance Seminar
                                 "The real effect of foreign banks"

This page is maintained by Michel Robe, Kogod School of Business, American University, Washington, DC 20016

E-mail: mrobe@american.edu

Last updated: April 28th, 2009