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