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Kogod Research Seminar Series

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 Büyükşahin, 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"

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

E-mail: mrobe@american.edu

Last updated: March 18^th, 2010