FINANCE DEPARTMENT SEMINAR SERIES


2015-2016 Seminar series


Spring 2016


Monday, March 14th, 2016

Viktor Todorov, Kellogg Northwesten

"The Pricing of Tail Risk and the Equity Premium: Evidence from International Option Markets" (not online)


Monday, March 21st, 2016

Frank de Jong, Tilburg University

"The Dividend Term Structure"


Monday, April 11th, 2016

Chayawat Ornthanalai, Rotman School of Management - University of Toronto

"Time-Varying Crash Risk: The Role of Market Liquidity"


Monday, April 25th, 2016

Clemens Otto, HEC

"Debt Heterogeneity and Covenants"


Monday, May 2nd, 2016

John Cotter, University College Dublin

"Cross Sectional Asset Pricing Tests: Ex Ante versus Ex Post Approaches"


Monday, May 9th, 2016 CANCELLED

Manju Puri, Duke University


Monday, May 23rd, 2016 CANCELLED

Lily Yuanzhi Li, Temple University


Tuesday, May 31st, 2016 (exceptionnally on Tuesday)

Raghu Rau, University of Cambridge

"Are Serial Acquirers Born or Made?"


Monday, June 6th, 2016

Ibolya Schindele, BI Oslo

"The Impact of Monetary Conditions on Bank Lending to Households" (not online, paper distribution on request)


Monday, June 13th, 2016 CANCELLED

Adam Zawadowski, Central European University

"Learning in Crowded Markets"



Fall 2015


Monday, December 7th, 2015

Nicolas Coeurdacier, Siences Po

"Financial Integration and Growth in a Risky World"


Monday, November 3th, 2015

Oliver Spalt, Tilburg University

"Why Does Size Matter so Much for Bidder Announcement Reforms?"


Monday, November 23rd 2015 CANCELLED

Steven Ongena, University of Zurich

"Household Inequality, Entrepreneurial Dynamism and Corporate Financing"


Monday, November 9th, 2015

Guillaume Vuillemey, HEC Paris

"Derivatives and Interest Rate Risk Management by Commercial Banks"


Monday, October 19th, 2015

Marius Zoican, Paris Dauphine University

"Need for Speed? Exchange Latency and Liquidity"


Monday, October 12th, 2015

Zacharias Sautner, Frankfurt School of Finance

"The Retention Effects of Unvested Equity: Evidence from Accelerated Option Vesting"


Monday, October 5th, 2015

Jean-Stéphane Mésonnier, Banque de France

"Can the Provision of Long-Term Liquidity Help to Avoid a Credit Crunch? Evidence from the Eurosystem's Ltros"


Monday, September 28th, 2015

Olivier Dessaint, University of Toronto

"Employment Protection and Takeovers"