DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

Department of Finance
W. P. Carey School of Business
P.O. Box 873906
Tempe, AZ 85287-3906

Phone: 480-965-3131
Fax: 480-965-8539
Email: wpcareyfin@asu.edu
Department of Finance >> Seminars 2009-10

FINANCE SEMINARS
2009-2010 Series

These seminars are free and open to the public, and will be held on Fridays, from 10:30 a.m. - noon unless otherwise noted.


September 4, 2009 Friday - "Debt Covenants and Distressed Equity Issuance: Optimal Financing in the Presence of Monitoring"
Mark Westerfield, University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business
10:30  a.m.- 12:00 p.m., BA 296

September 18, 2009 Friday - "The Road Less Traveled: Strategy Distinctiveness and Hedge Fund Performance"
Ashley Wang, University of California at Irvine, Paul Merage School of Business
10:30  a.m.- 12:00 p.m., BA 241

October 9, 2009  Friday - "Are All CEOs Above Average? An Empirical Analysis of Compensation Peer Groups and Pay Design."
Mike Lemmon- University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business
10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., BA 241

October 16, 2009 Friday
Alex Edmans - The Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania
10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., BA 296

November 13, 2009 Friday
Ilan Guedj - University of Texas, McCombs School of Business
10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., BA 296

November 20, 2009 Friday
Paola Sapienza- Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., BA 296

December 4, 2009 Friday
Jeffrey Harris, University of Delaware and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
3:15 p.m.- 4:45 p.m.

December 11, 2009 Friday
Aydogan Alti - University of Texas, McCombs School of Business
10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., BA 296

March 22-26, 2010 Monday - Friday
Carr & Stephanie Bettis Distinguished Scholar Peter M. DeMarzo - Stanford University
Seminar Day and Time TBD

April 9, 2010 Friday
Bryan Routledge - Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

April 16, 2010 Friday
Christopher Malloy - Harvard Business School
9:45 a.m.- 11:15 a.m.

April 23, 2010 Friday
Anil Shivdasani - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business
10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

May 7, 2010  Friday
Michael Roberts- The Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania
10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.



Past seminar schedules:

For more information about the Finance Seminars, please contact Frances Grieshaber, faculty assistant, at (480) 965-3131 or e-mail her: frances.grieshaber@asu.edu.

Faculty coordinator, Seminar Series 2009-10: Laura Lindsey