Research seminars

Past research seminars

2021 

April 20 Wouter Torsin (HEC Liège) "The impact of linguistic errors on investors’ investment decision: The case of ICOs”

May 11 Wentao Li (University of Groningen) "Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility", discussant: Shantanu Banerjee, (Lancaster University)

May 25 Mikael Paaso (Rotterdam School of Management) "Entrepreneur Debt Aversion and Financing Decisions: Evidence from COVID-19 Support Programs" 

June 8 Ozan Güler (Gent University)
"Employment Protection, Productivity, and Credit" (with Andrea Caggese, Mike Mariathasan and Klaas Mulier)

June 22 Su Wang (University of Amsterdam)
"The Impact of Uncertainty on Labor Reallocation"

October 12 Rodrigo Londono van Rutten (The Université catholique de Louvain)

"Lobbying Activity and the Outcome of Cartel Enforcement", discussant: Swarnodeep Homroy (The Univerity of Groningen)

October 26 Romulo Alves (SKEMA Business school)

“Social Networks and Corporate Social Responsibility”

November 9, Elisa Navarra (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

“Stock Market Response to Firms’ Unethical Conduct”, discussant Lena Tonzer (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam)

November 23, Roberto Steri "How to get prepared for the job market" (the University of Luxembourg)

2022

February 1, Prabal Shrestha (KU Leuven / UC Louvain)

“Unpacking the black box of ICO white papers: A topic modeling approach”, discussant Arjen Siegmann (VU Amsterdam)

February 15, Gianni Spolverato (Vlerick Business School / Ghent University), "The Impact of PE and VC Investors on the Acquisition Behavior of Listed Firms”

March 8, Aleksandrina Ralcheva (Rotterdam School of Management), “Democratizing Entrepreneurship: The Real Effects of Crowdfunding”

April 19, Katja Bringmann (Ghent University), “The Gender Gap in Startup Valuation and its Remedies”

May 10, Borja Fernandez Tamayo (SKEMA Business School), "The importance of soft information in private equity"

May 24, Asad Rauf (University of Groningen), "Unexpected Spillovers of Global Liquidity: Evidence from Emerging Market Firms"

June 7, Paolo Mazza (IÉSEG School of Management), "Lead Arrangers in Syndicated Loans"

June 21, Aleksandr Ermakov (University of Luxembourg), "The Role of Investor Beliefs for Buyout Fund Valuation"

Novermber 8,  Zihao Liu (Tilburg University), Can CEO speech predict the future firm performance?

November 22, Atiqa Rehman (University of Groningen), Carbon emissions and firm value: The role of family ownership?

December 6, Roberto Steri  (the University of Luxembourg) "How to get prepared for the job market"

2023

February 7, Chiara De Amicis (SKEMA) "Does it pay to be bold? Financial analysts’ thirst for visibility and their tone during earnings conference calls"

February 21,  Slavek Roller (University of Groningen), "Executive contracts for sustainable innovation: incentivising gains in wealth and health"

March 7, Leentje Moortgat (Ghent University), "The long-run persistence of dividend policy"

May 9, Jeroen Verbouw (Ghent University), "Divide and Conquer: Investor Type Diversity in Entrepreneurial Ventures"