Finance Calendar
Current Topics in Market Regulation
May 20-21, 2010
Chicago Santa Fe Building
Description
Our conference on Current Topics in Market Regulation with be held at the Santa Fe Building in Chicago at 224 S. Michigan Ave. on May 20 and 21st. Speakers include former SEC Chief Economists Larry Harris and Chester Spatt, as well as Raghuram Rajan, former Director of Research at the IMF and co-author of the book, "Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists."
Agenda:
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
CONFERENCE ON CURRENT TOPICS IN MARKET REGULATION
THURSDAY, MAY 20th
12:00-1:45- Santa Fe Dining Room- 2nd Floor
Speaker: Raghuram Rajan (University of Chicago)
Topic: "Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy."
2:00-3:30 CLASSROOM 2nd floor Santa Fe Building
Chair: Houman Shadab (New York Law School)
Speaker: Pradeep Yadav (University of Oklahoma)
Topic: Naked Short Selling: The Emperor's New Clothes
Discussant: Adam Reed (University of No. Carolina)
Speaker: Stephen Dimmock (MSU)
Topic: Finding Bernie Madoff
Discussant: Jim Angel (Georgetown)
3:00-3:45 BREAK: DINING ROOM
3:45-5:15 PANEL DISCUSSION: DERIVATIVES REGULATION
Moderator: Louis Ederington (University of Oklahoma)
John Labuszewski (Head of Research and Market Development-Chicago Merc), Jeff Harris (Former CFTC Chief Economist), Richard Heckinger (Chicago Fed. Reserve)
7:00-9:00 DINNER: THE GAGE RESTAURANT
Speaker: Larry Harris (USC)
Topic: Short Selling?
FRIDAY, MAY 21st
11:45-1:15 LUNCH Santa Fe Dining Room- 2nd Floor
Speaker: Chester Spatt (Carnegie Mellon)
Topic: "Economics and Securities Regulation"
1:30-3:00 Architecture Suite- 1st Floor Santa Fe Building
Chair: Fan Yu (Claremont McKenna)
Speaker: Craig Pirrong (Univ. of Houston)
Topic: Mutualization of Default Risk
Discussant: Larry Wall (Atlanta Fed)
Speaker: Martin Oehmke (Columbia)
Topic: Credit Default Swaps and the Empty Creditor Problem
Discussant: Craig Brown (Baruch)
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:00 Architecture Suite-1st Floor Santa Fe Building
Chair: Tom George (Univeristy of Houston)
Speaker: Philipp Schnabl (NYU)
Topic: Securitization Without Risk Transfer
Discussant: Jerry Dwyer (Atlanta Fed)