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Past Finance Colloquia


 
Workshop in Psychology & Capital Markets

 

 

FALL 2010


Joint Accounting Colloquium and WPCM Workshop


Jake Thornock
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Foster School of Business
University of Washington

Prof. Jake Thornock will be presenting his paper "Googling for Information around Earnings Announcements”, co-authored with Michael S. Drake and Darren T. Roulstone


Joint Accounting Colloquium and WPCM Workshop

Siew Hong Teoh
Dean’s Professor in Accounting
The Paul Merage School of Business
University of California, Irvine

Prof. Siew Hong Teoh will be presenting the paper “"Board Interlocks and Earnings Management Contagion”, co-authored by Peng Chia Chiu and Feng Tian


Joint Finance Colloquium and WPCM Workshop

Joey Engelberg
Assistant Professor of Finance
Kenan-Flagler Business School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Prof. Joey Engelberg will be presenting his paper “Learning from Prices”, co-authored with Prof. Chris Parsons

Host: Prof. Siew Hong Teoh and Prof. David Hirshleifer

 

 

SPRING 2010


Joint Accounting Colloquium and WPCM Workshop


Charles Lee
Stanford University
Joseph McDonald Professor of Accounting
Graduate School of Management

Prof. Charles Lee will be presenting his paper “Evaluating Implied Cost of Capital Estimates.”

Host: Prof. Siew Hong Teoh and Prof. David Hirshleifer


Joint Accounting Colloquium and WPCM Workshop

Siew Hong Teoh
Dean’s Professor in Accounting
The Paul Merage School of Business
University of California, Irvine

Prof. Siew Hong Teoh will be presenting her paper “Are Overconfident CEOs Better Innovators?”


Joint Accounting Colloquium and WPCM Workshop

Eli Bartov
New York University, Stern School of Business
Research Professor of Accounting
Director, Accounting Doctoral Program

Prof. Eli Bartov will be presenting his paper “Analysts’ Use of Qualitative Information: Evidence from Risk Disclosures in IPO Prospectus.”

Host: Prof. Lucile Faurel

 

 

WINTER 2010

 


Joint Finance Colloquium and WPCM Workshop

Jeffrey Wurgler
Research Professor of Finance, Research Associate, NBER
New York University
Leonard N. Stern School of Business

Joint Finance Colloquium and the brown bag
Workshop in Psychology and Capital Markets (WPCM)
Host:  Prof. Chris Schwarz, Prof. David Hirshleifer and Prof. Siew Hong Teoh

Prof.  Jeffrey Wurgler will be presenting his paper, “A Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions.”


Joint Finance Colloquium and WPCM Workshop

Dongmei Li

Assistant Professor of Finance
Rady School of Management                                                                                      
University of California, San Diego

Host: Prof. David Hirshleifer and Prof. Siew Hong Teoh

PAPER :  Does Q-Theory with Investment Frictions Explain Anomalies in the Cross-Section of Returns?


Joint Marketing Colloquium and WPCM Workshop

Norbert Schwarz
Charles Horton Cooley Collegiate Professor
 Psychology/Business/ISR
University of Michigan

Host: Prof. Connie Pechmann, Prof. Siew Hong Teoh and Prof. David Hirshleifer

Dr. Norbert Schwarz will be discussing his paper “If it’s easy to read, it’s easy to do, pretty, good, and true”.

SPRING 2009

 

 

Joint Finance Colloquium and WPCM Workshop

Joey Engelberg
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Workshop Topic:
Using Internet Search Volume as a New Measure of Investor Attention

Faculty Host: Professor Siew Hong Teoh


Joint Accounting Colloquium and WPCM Workshop

Sabrina Chi, PhD
University of California, Irvine, Paul Merage School of Business

Sabrina Chi will be presenting her paper "Does Convergence of Different Domestic GAAPs Reduce Investors’ Limited Attention Bias?"


Joint Accounting Colloquium and WPCM Workshop

Kin Lo
Sauder School of Business
University of British Columbia

Paper presented: “The impact of Seasonal Affective Disorder on financial analysts and equity market returns.”
Host:  Prof. Joanna Ho

 

 

WINTER 2009

 

 

Joint Accounting Colloquium and WPCM Workshop

Gregory B. Waymire

Topic: “NeuroAccounting”  
 
Gregory B. Waymire is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Accounting at Goizueta Business School, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.  Prof. Waymire received his PhD from the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1984.


Joint Finance Colloquium and WPCM Workshop


Anjan Thakor
Washington University, Olin School of Business
Finance Colloquial and Workshop in Psychology and Capital Markets
(Host: Christopher Schwarz)
Paper Topic: “Disagreement Costs, Control and Corporate Finance”



Joint Economics Colloquium and WPCM Workshop


Richard McKenzie
Topic: “Predictably Rational? In Search of Defenses for Rational Behavior in Economics.”  
 
Richard McKenzie, an economics professor and the Walter B. Gerken Professor of Enterprise and Society, has authored 30 books and is a nationally recognized authority on the Microsoft anti-trust case. His research focuses on economic policy issues. He is currently writing a book on In Search of a Defense of Rational Behavior in Economics