Current Seminars
Listing of research seminars sponsored by the Center for the Study of Financial Markets (CSFM).
| Spring 2012 Guest Faculty Seminar Speakers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date Spring 2012 |
Speaker/Topic | Room/Time |
| Friday, January 13, 2012 | Dr. Yong Chen, VA Tech, Presenting: "Hedge Funds: The Good, the (Not-so) Bad, and the Ugly" | 008 Business 1:30-3:00 PM |
| Friday, January 20, 2012 | Anya Mkrtchyan, PSU, Finance Department Doctoral Student, Presenting: "Director Compensation and Acquisitions" | 121 Business 1:30-3:00 PM |
| Friday, January 27, 2012 | Dr. Joseph Engelberg, UCSD, Presenting: "Networks and Productivity: Causal Evidence from Editor Rotations*" |
121 Business 1:30-3:00 PM |
| Friday, February 3, 2012 | Dr. Heber Farnsworth, PSU, Assistant Professor of Finance, Presenting: TBA | 121 Business 1:30-3:00 PM |
| Friday, February 10, 2012 | Dr. David Denis, University of Pittsburgh, Presenting: "Insider Trading Restrictions and Top Executive Compensation" | 008 Business 1:30-3:00 PM |
| Friday, February 17, 2012 | Dr. Yelena Larkin, PSU, Assistant Professor of Finance, Presenting: "Do Investors Value Dividend Smoothing Stocks Differently?" | 008 Business 1:30-3:00 PM |
| Friday, February 24, 2012 |
Brad Goldie, PSU, Finance Department Doctoral Student, Presenting: "Risk Arbitrage and the Information Content of Hedge Fund Trading" |
008 Business 1:30-3:00 PM |
| Monday, March 19, 2012 |
Dr. Jean Helwege, University of South Carolina, Presenting: "Financial Firm Bankruptcy and Contagion" |
217 Business 10:00-11:30 AM |
| Friday, March 23, 2012 | Dr. Yaniv Grinstein, Cornell, Presenting: "Good Monitoring, Bad Monitoring" **CANCELLED** |
008 Business 1:30-3:00 PM |
| Friday, April 13, 2012 | Dr. Mike Weisbach, Ohio State, Presenting: "Equity-Holding Institutional Lenders: Do They Receive Better Terms?" |
008 Business 1:30-3:00 PM |
Review an archive of previous seminars.
