Finance Seminar Series 2002

Fall Semester

Shane Corwin and Paul Schultz, University of Notre Dame
Topic: "IPO Underwriting Syndicates"
Wednesday, August 28, 11:30a.m., 339 MCOB

Toby Moskowitz, University of Chicago
Topic: "Market Frictions, Price Delay and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns"
(ND Contact: Rick Mendenhall)l
Friday, September 13, 11:30 a.m., 339 MCOB

Alexander Ljungqvist, New York University
Topic: "Conflicts of interest and efficient contracting in IPOs"
(ND Contact: Shane Corwin)
Wednesday, September 18, 11:30 a.m. 339 MCOB

Bob Dittmar, Indiana University
Topic:"Consumption, Dividends, and the Cross-Section of Equity Returns"
(ND Contact: Rick Mendenhall)
Wednesday, September 25, 11:30 a.m., 339 MCOB

Ron Masulis, Vanderbilt University
Topic: "Venture Capital Investments by IPO Underwriters: Certification or Conflict of Interest?"
(ND Contact: Mara Faccio)
Wednesday, November 6, 11:30 a.m., 339 MCOB

Kose John, New York University
Topic: "Design of Corporate Governance: Role of Ownership Structure, Takeovers,
Bank Debt and Large Shareholder Monitoring" (with Simi Kedia)
Topic: "Institutions, Markets, and Growth: A Theory of Comparative Corporate
Governance" (with Simi Kedia)
(ND Contact: Mara Faccio) Wednesday, November 13, 11:30 a.m.,339 MCOB

Kent Womack, Dartmouth University
Topic: "Industries, Analysts, and Price Momentum"
(ND Contact: Rick Mendenhall)
Friday, November 22, 11:30 a.m., 339 MCOB

Mara Faccio, Notre Dame University
Topic: "Why is Cash the Preferred M&A Currency in Europe?"
Wednesday, November 27, 11:30 a.m., 339 MCOB

Larry Glosten, Columbia University
Topic: "Discriminatory Limit Order Books, Uniform Price Clearing and Optimality"
(ND Contact: Robert Battalio)
Wednesday, December 4, 11:30 a.m., 339 MCOB

Spring Semester

Jennifer Marietta-Westberg, Michigan State University

Allen Poteshman, University of Illinois

Joel Hasbrouck, New York University
Topic: "Limit Orders and Volatility in a Hybrid Market: The Island ECN"

Shane Corwin, University of Notre Dame

Tim Loughran/Paul Schultz, University of Notre Dame

John McConnell, Purdue University

Paqita Davis-Friday/Tom Frecka, University of Notre Dame