Kogod Research Seminar Series

Accounting, Financial Economics & IB

Fall 2008 Schedule

Seminar Information

The Seminar Series in Fall 2008 is organized by Profs. Kimberly Rodgers and Valentina Bruno (contact: krodgers@american.edu; phone: 202-885-3908).

Unless otherwise noted, seminars in Fall 2008 shall be held on Fridays, 11.15-12.45, in KSB 215 in the Kogod building.

Upcoming Seminars -- Fall 2008

September 5 (11.15-12.45) -- Toni Whited, U. of Wisconsin -- Finance Seminar
"Capital Structure Dynamics and Transitory Debt"

       September 12 (11.15-12.45) -- Scott Bauguess, SEC -- Finance Seminar
                                            "The Role of Stock Liquidity in Monitoring Managers"

       September 19 – No Seminar

       September 26 (11.15-12.45) -- Ayla Kayhan -- Finance Seminar
                                            "Credit Rating Targets and Corporate Decisions"

October 3 (11.15-12.45) -- Jan Bena, LSE / FMG -- Finance Seminar
"The Effect of Credit Rationing on the Shape of the Competition-Innovation Relationship"

October 10 – No Seminar (FMA Annual Meeting)

       October 17 (11.15-12.45) -- Ugur Lel, FRB -- Finance Seminar
                                            "Friends or Foes? The Stock Price Impact of Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments and the Price of Keeping Secrets"

       October 24 (11.15-12.45) -- Shijun Cheng, Maryland -- Finance Seminar
                                            "CEO Loss-avoidance Incentives from Total Compensation"

       October 31 – No Seminar

       November 7 (11.15-12.45) -- Jess Cornaggia, UT-Dallas -- Finance Seminar
                                             "Does Risk Management Improve Productivity? Evidence from the US Agriculture Industry"

      November 14 (11.15-12.45) -- Tim Simin -- Finance Seminar
                                             "Expected Commodity Futures Returns"

November 21 (11.15-12.45) -- David Becher, Drexel-- Finance Seminar
"Does regulation substitute or complement governance?"

November 28 – No Seminar (Thanksgiving)

December 5 (11.15-12.45) -- Valentina Bruno, AU -- Finance Seminar
"The real effect of foreign banks"

Past Seminars

Upcoming speakers are here (Spring 2009). Previous years' seminars (organized by Prof. Michel Robe) are here (2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001).

This page is maintained by Valentina Bruno, Kogod School of Business, American University, Washington, DC 20016

E-mail: bruno@american.edu

Last updated: 24 October 2008