BROWN BAG SEMINARS
Fall 2007

The seminar papers are available in print form in BAC 519. Papers are also available for download below:

September 4 Tuesday

Robert Marquez
"Stakeholder Capitalism, Corporate Governance and Firm Value"

September 11th Thursday

Vikram Nanda (Arizona State University)
"Why Do Aggressive Payout Policies Reduce Fund Discounts — Is It Performance or Investor Naiveté?"

September 18 Thursday

Simona Mola
"Affiliated Mutual Funds and Analyst Optimism on Seasoned Stocks "

September 19 Friday

Chris Clifford (Arizona State University)
"Blockholder Heterogeneity, Monitoring, and Firm Performance"

September 25

Stephan Dieckmann

October 2

Zhi Li(Arizona State University)

October 16

Jianxin Chi
"Overvaluation and Earnings Management"

October 22

Ayako Yasuda (University of Pennsylvania)
"The Economics of Private Equity Funds"

October 23

Ryan Polansky
"Internal Capital Markets and Optimal Investment Policy"

Brian Young
"Optimal IPO timing"

October 30

Akiko Watanabe
"Investor Expectations, Business Conditions, and the Pricing of Beta-Instability Risk"

November 1

Zhen Shi
"Investor Expectations, Business Conditions, and the Pricing of Beta-Instability Risk"

Qingqing Wu
"An examination of acquirer’s post-merger performance using a market to book decomposition method"

November 6

Tingjun Liu

November 20