The Joint Finance Research Seminar - Spring 2007

The Joint Finance Research Seminar,  arranged within Graduate School of Finance (GSF) by the Helsinki School of Economics and the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration,  will meet during Spring 2007 on Mondays. The Seminar is supported by the Finnish Foundation for Advancement of Securities Markets.

Time: Monday at 15.00 – 16.30.

Place: Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration in Helsinki. For building and room, please refer to the schedule below.

  • Casa Academica Building, Perhonkatu 6, 5th floor, room 501
  • Hanken Main Building, Arkadiankatu 22, 3rd floor, room 304
  • Hanken Main Building, Arkadiankatu 22, 3rd floor, room 303
  • Hanken Main Building, Arkadiankatu 22, 4th floor, room 411

For more information you may contact any of the seminar organizers:

Mikko Leppämäki (GSF), Benjamin Maury (Hanken) or Matti Suominen (HSE)

 
Date Name School Paper Building and room Notes
22.1.2007 Arnoud W.A.Boot University of Amsterdam Competition and Entry in Banking: Implications for Capital Regulation, joint with Matej Marin (University of Ljubljana) Casa Academica, room 501  
29.1.2007 Markku Kaustia Helsinki School of Economics Mood variables and trading behavior Casa Academica, room 501  
5.2.2007  Benjamin Maury Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration Do family firms avoid risk-taking? Some evidence from diversification and capital structure in Western European firms, joint  with Anders Löflund (Hanken)  Casa Academica, room 501  
12.2.2007 Peter Nyberg Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration and GSF Volatility risk premium, risk aversion and the cross-section of stock returns Casa Academica, room 501  
19.2.2007 Samuli Knüpfer Helsinki School of Economics Community Spirit and Home Bias Casa Academica, room 501  
26.2.2007 Katja Ahoniemi Helsinki School of Economics and FDPE Multiplicative Models for Implied Volatility Casa Academica, room 501  
5.3.2007 Juha Joenväärä University of Oulu and GSF Enhanced Hedge Fund Indexation with Parametric Weights Casa Academica, room 501  
12.3.2007 Yrjö Koskinen Boston University, School of Management Market Conditions and Venture Capitalist Experience in Start-up Financing, co-authored with Michael Rebello and Jun Wang Hanken, Main Building, room 304  
19.3.2007 Dimitri Vayanos London School of Economics A Preferred-Habitat Model of the Term Structure of Interest Rates, co-authored with Jean-Luc Vila Hanken, Main Building, room 411  
26.3.2007 Darius Palia Rutgers Business School Does Better Corporate Governance "Cause" Better Firm Performance? co-authored with N.K. Chidambaran  and Yudan Zheng Hanken, Main Building, room 304  
27.3.2007

(Tuesday)

Sheraz Ahmed Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration Ownership Structure and Earnings Management in Russian Listed Companies Hanken, Main Building, room 303

Please note the unusual date of the seminar

2.4.2007 Steven Ongena CentER-Tilburg University “Time for a Change”: Loan Conditions and Bank Behavior When Firms Switch, co-authored with Vasso Ioannidou (CentER-Tillburg University) Hanken, Main Building, room 304  
9.4.2007 No seminar        
16.4.2007 Per Strömberg Swedish Institute for Financial Research Why are Buyouts Levered? The Financial Structure of Private Equity Funds, joint with Ulf Axelson and Michael S. Weisbach Hanken, Main Building, room 304  
23.4.2007 No seminar        
30.4.2007 No seminar        
7.5.2007 Ron Kaniel Duke University, Fuqua School of Business Price drift as an outcome of differences in higher order beliefs, joint with Snehal Banerjee and Ilan Kremer Casa Academica, room 501  
14.5.2007 Sergei Guriev New Economic School, Moscow Imperfect competition in financial markets and capital structure, joint with Dmitriy Kvasov Casa Academica, room 501  
16.5.2007

(Wednesday)

Time: 15.30-17.00  

Mike Burkart Stockholm School of Economics Security-Voting Structure and Bidder Screening, joint with Christian At and Samuel Lee Casa Academica, room 501 Please note the unusual date and time of the seminar
21.5.2007 Richard E. Kihlstrom

Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

 
Risk Aversion and the Elasticity of Substitution in General Dynamic Portfolio Theory: Consistent Planning by Forward Looking, Expected Utility Maximizing Investors Casa Academica, room 501  
28.5.2007 Denis Gromb London Business School Financially Constrained Arbitrage and Cross-Market Contagion, joint with Dimitri Vayanos (file updated 22.5.2007) Casa Academica, room 501  
 
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