Speaker Archives

• February 11, 2011
  Finance Research Seminar Series
  "Strategies for policy reform by engaging entrepreneurs in emerging markets and developing countries-the business model for the Center for International Private Enterprise."
  Dr. John D. Sullivan, Executive Director
  Center for International Private Enterprise
  10:00 a.m.
  Business Building 4.02.10
  
  
• November 11, 2011
  Cultural Values, CEO Risk Aversion and Corporate Takeover Decisions
  Dr. Bart Frijns
  Associate Professor of Finance
  Auckland University of Technology
  1:00 p.m.
  Business Building 4.02.10
  
  
• November 18, 2011
  Do Local Capital Market Conditions Affect Consumers' Borrowing Decisions?
  Dr. Alexander Butler
  Associate Professor of Finance
  Jones Graduate School of Business
  Rice University
  11:15 a.m.
  Business Building 4.02.10

2010

• March 5
  Finance Research Seminar Series
  "Knightian Uncertainty and Interbank Lending"
  Dr. Matthew Pritsker, Federal Reserve Board
  BB 4.02.10
  10:30 a.m.
  
  
• March 12
  Finance Research Seminar Series
  "Does Say on Pay Matter? Evidence in the U.S."
  Dr. Natasha Burns, Assistant Professor of Finance
  BB 4.02.02
  10:00 a.m.
  
  
• April 9
  Finance Research Seminar Series
  "Implications for GAAP from an Analysis of Positive Research in Accounting"
  Dr. S.P. Kothari, MIT Sloan School of Management
  HSS 3.04.26
  1:30 p.m.
  
  
• April 30
  Finance Research Seminar Series
  "Cross-listing and Subsequent Delisting in Foreign Markets"
  Dr. Leyuan You, Texas State University
  BB 4.02.10 Executive Conference Room
  2:00 p.m.

2009

• November 13
  Finance Research Seminar Series
  "Probability weighting functions implied by options prices"
  Dr. Feng Zhao, UT Dallas
  Call (210) 458-7325



• November 20
  Finance Research Seminar Series
  "A Theory of Capital Structure, Price Impact, and Long-Run Stock Returns under Heterogeneous Beliefs"
  Dr. Onur Bayar, UTSA Department of Finance
  BB 4.02.02
  10:00am
  Call (210) 458-6315



• December 3
  Finance Research Seminar Series
  "Isomorphism Toward Local and Non-Local Rivals and Their Outcomes: A Study of Firms Raising Capital
  Abroad"
  Dr. Stewart Miller, UTSA Department of Management
  BB 4.02.10
  2:00pm
  Call (210) 458-6315

2008

• Feb. 1
  Stuart Gillan
  Texas Tech.
• April 4
  Lorenzo Garlappi
  University of Texas
  Financial Distress and the Cross Section of Equity Returns
• April 11
  Jean Helwege
  Penn State.
• April 18
  John Wald
  UTSA
  Political Rights and the Cost of Debt
  
• Sept. 7
  Rene Stulz
  Ohio State University
  Article: Differences in Governance Practices Between US and Foreign Firms
  
• Oct. 26
  Student Presentations
• Nov. 9
  Sudheer Chava
  Texas A&M
  Article: Is Default Risk Negatively Correlated With Stock Returns?

2007

• Jan. 23
  Avanidhar Subrahmanyam
  UCLA
  Corporate Governance and Financial Markets
• Feb. 28
  Utpal Bhattacharya
  Indiana Bloomington
  When No Law is Better than a Good Law
• March 30
  Amar Gande
  Southern Methodist University
  Sovereign Credit Rating and Portfolio Flows
• Sept. 22
  Clifford Smith
  University of Rochester
  Debt and Taxes- Evidence from REITs
• Oct. 6
  Sorin Sorescu
  Texas A&M
  Corporate Governance and Equity Prices
• Nov. 17
  E Han Kim
  University of Michigan
  Labor Laws and Corporate Governance
• Dec. 1
  Anand Vijh
  University of Iowa
  The Aquisition Performance of S&P500 Firms

2006

• Jan. 27
  Andrew Chen
  Southern Methodist University
  Its time to correct shortcomings of BOT
  Research Thoughts for PhD students
• Feb. 3
  Richard Baille
  Michigan State University
  Do Asymmetric and Nonlinear Adjustments Explain the Forward Premium Anomaly?
• March 3
  Alex Butler
  University of Texas at Dallas
  Stock Market Liquidity and Long Run Performance of Debt Issuers
  
• Sept. 30
  Paul Tetlock
  University of Texas at Austin
  Giving Content to Investor Sentiment
• Oct. 26
  Jeff Fleming
  Rice University
  ARCH Effects and Trading Volume
• Nov. 4
  Oliver Hansch
  Penn State
• Nov. 8
  Tunde Kovacs
  Virginia Tech.
  Post Earnings Announcement Drift
• Nov. 11
  John Wald
  Penn State
  Effect of State Laws on Capital Structure
• Nov. 22
  Elena Loutskina
  Boston College
  Securitization and Bank Lending

2005

• Feb. 4
  Gaiyan Zhang
  University of California at Irvine
  Intra-industry Credit Contagion
• Feb. 16
  Laura Liu
  University of Rochester
  Do Firms Have Target Leverage Ratios?
• March 4
  Thomas George
  University of Houston
  Disclosure Policies of Investment Companies
• April 29
  Jay Hartzell
  University of Texas at Austin
  Explicit vs. Implicit Contracts: Evidence from CEO Contracts
• Sept. 30
  Laura Starks
  University of Texas at Austin
  Madison Avenue Meets Wall Street: Mutual Fund Families, Competition, and Advertising.
• Oct. 15
  Robert Kieschnick
  University of Texas at Dallas
  The Board of Directors: A Bargaining Perspective
• Nov. 12
  Paramita Gupta
  University of Texas at San Antonio
  Multi-market Trading in Eurodollar Futures Market
• Dec. 3
  Jay Coughenour
  University of Delaware
  Specialist Profits and the Minimum Price Increment
• Dec. 8
  Antonio Mello
  University of Wisconsin at Madison
  Corporate Risk Management
• Dec. 10
  Phyllis Keys
  University of Delaware
  "An Analysis of Board Actions Toward CEOs During Employee Layoffs"