Past Finance Colloquium

Workshop in Psychology & Capital Markets

Spring 2007

Dante Pirouz
Merage School UC Irvine
An Overview of Neuroeconomics: Part 2

Paul Zak
Claremont Graduate University
Neuroeconomics

Yong Rin Park
Merage School UC Irvine
Limited Attention, Trading Volume, & Returns Predictability

Ashley Wang
Merage School UC Irvine
Asset Pricing & Mispricing

Winter 2007

Bhagwan Chowdhry
Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles
Possibility of dying as a unified explanation of:
(i) why we discount the future,
(ii) get weaker with age, &
(iii) display risk aversion

David Hirshleifer
Merage School UC Irvine
Psychological Bias as a Driver of Financial Regulation

Fall 2006

David Hirshleifer
Merage School UC Irvine
A Tour of Behavorial Finance

Dante Pirouz
Merage School UC Irvine
An Overview of Neuroeconomics: Part 1

William Branch
Economics Department UC Irvine
Asset Return Dynamics & Learning

Spring 2007

Hank Bessembinder
Lancaster University Management School, University of Utah
Why Designate Market Makers? Affirmative Obligations & Market Quality

Simon Gervais
The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Work Ethic, Employment Contracts, & Firm Value

Avanidhar (Subra) Subrahmanyam
Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles
Social Networks & Corporate Governance

Clemens Sialm
Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Investment Taxes & Equity Returns

Winter 2007

Sheridan Titman
McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin
Financial Structure, Liquidity, & Firm Locations

Yuhang Xing
Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University
Taxes on Tax-Exempt Bonds

Nishant Dass
INSEAD
Why are firms value or growth?

Anh Le
Leonard Stern School of Business, New York University
Separating the Components of Default Risk: A Derivative-Based Approach

Nishad Kapadia
Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Next Microsoft? Skewness, Idiosyncratic Volatility, & Expected Returns

Rong Leng
London School of Business
Mispricing, Financing Constraints & Real Investment

Zheng Sun
Leonard Stern School of Business, New York University
Clustered Institutional Holdings & Stock Co-movement

Tao Shu
McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin
Trader Composition, Price Efficiency, & the Cross-Section of Stock Returns

Dongmei Li
The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
Financial Constraints, R&D Investment, & Stock Returns: Theory & Evidence

Rene Stulz
Fisher School of Business, Ohio State University
Do U.S. Firms Have the Best Corporate Governance?

Fall 2006

Sophie Shive
University of Notre Dame
An Epidemic Model of Investor Behavior, Mendoza College of Business

Tyler Shumway
Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Learning by Trading