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Spring
2007 |
The USC Finance and Business Economics Department sponsors three seminar series each semester.
Applied Economics Workshop | Finance Seminar Series | Macroeconomics and International Finance Workshop
The joint SPPD/Marshall School Lusk Center for Real Estate also offers a Real Estate Seminar series and the
FBE Dept. Center for Investment Studies has an occasional Distinguished Speaker Series.
Finance Series seminars are usually held on Fridays from 10:30
a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the rooms
listed below. [Get
map]
| Rev | Date | Presenter | Title of Paper | Room | Faculty Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 2 |
René Stulz Ohio State Univ. |
Do U.S. Firms Have the Best Corporate Governance? A Cross-Country Examination of the Relation between Corporate Governance and Shareholder Wealth (with Reena Aggarwal, Georgetown, Isil Erel, Ohio State Univ., and Rohan Williamson, Georgetown) | JKP-204 | Tuzel 213-740-9486 |
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| Feb. 9 | Hui
Chen Univ. of Chicago GSB |
Macroeconomic Conditions and the Puzzles of Credit Spreads and Capital Structure REVISED PAPER posted 2/2/07 | ACC-310 | J.
Chen 213-740-6509 |
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| Feb. 15 THURS. |
Chris
Malloy London Bus. School |
Rewriting History (with Alexander Ljungqvist, NYU, and Felicia Marston, Univ. of Virginia) seminar: 12:00 pm | ACC-236 12:00 pm |
J.
Chen 213-740-6509 |
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| Feb. 23 |
Otto Van Hemert NYU Stern |
Mortgage Timing (with Ralph S. J. Koijen, Tilburg University, and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, NYU Stern and NBER) joint with USC LUSK Center for Real Estate seminar: 10:30 am REVISED PAPER posted 2/20/07 | RGL-215 | Tuzel 213-740-9486 |
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| Mar. 2 |
Andrew Karolyi Ohio State Univ. |
What Factors Drive Global Stock Returns? (with Kewei Hou, Ohio State Univ., and Bong Chan Kho, Seoul National Univ.) Room CHANGED 2/27! | ACC-310 | Matos 213-740-6533 |
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| Mar. 9 | Sheridan
Titman Univ. of Texas at Austin |
Financial Structure, Liquidity, and Firm Locations (with Andres Almazan, Univ. of Texas; Adolfo de Motta, McGill Univ.; and Vahap Uysal, Univ. of Oklahoma) | ACC-310 | Tuzel 213-740-9486 |
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| Mar. 16 | - - - | No seminar - Spring Break | - - - | - - - | |
| Mar. 23 | Malcolm
Baker Harvard Bus. Sch. |
The Effect of Dividends on Consumption (with Stefan Nagel, Stanford GSB, and Jeffrey Wurgler, NYU Stern) | JKP-202 | Matos 213-740-6533 |
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| Mar. 30 |
Ronald Masulis Vanderbilt |
Venture Capital Conflicts of Interest: Evidence from Acquisitions of Venture Backed Targets (with Rajarishi Nahata, CUNY) REVISED PAPER posted 3/28/07 | ACC-310 | H.
DeAngelo 213-740-6541 |
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| Apr. 5 THURS. |
Massimo Massa INSEAD |
Cosmetic Mergers: The Effect of Style Investing on the Market for Corporate Control (with Lei Zhang, INSEAD) seminar: 2:00 pm | ACC-205 2:00 pm |
Matos 213-740-6533 |
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| Apr. 13 |
Franklin Allen Wharton |
Financing Firms in India (with Rajesh Chakrabarti, Georgia Institute of Technology, Sankar De Indian School of business, Jun Qian, Boston College, and Meijun Quinoa, National University of Singapore) | ACC-310 | Weinstein 213-740-6499 |
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| Apr. 20 |
Chris Telmer Carnegie Mellon |
Microeconomic Sources of Real Exchange Rate Variation (with Mario Crucini, Vanderbilt University) per the author's request, only an abstract is posted here. Contact Terry to request a PDF of the full paper. | ACC-201 | Tuzel 213-740-9486 |
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| Apr. 27 |
Joshua Rauh Chicago GSB |
The Effects of Financial Condition on Capital Investment and Financing: Evidence from Variation in Pension Fund Asset Performance | ACC-310 | Sensoy 213-740-6497 |
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| May 4 | Amir
Sufi Chicago GSB |
Control Rights and Capital Structure: An Empirical Investigation (with Michael R. Roberts, Wharton) | ACC-303 | Sensoy 213-740-6497 |
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| May 11 | - - - | No seminar - Commencement | - - - | - - - |
| Click on the paper title to download a PDF. Click
on a speaker's name to go to their website, obtain a vita, etc. To
meet with a particular visitor contact the FBE faculty host listed
in the right hand column. For a paper hardcopy or free parking, contact
the FBE Dept. at (213) 740-6515 or fbe@usc.edu. Parking
reservations require at least 24 hours advance notice! |
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| This page last modified: 5/29/07 by Terry Lichvar, Program Administrator, USC FBE Dept. ©2007 University of Southern California |