Seminar Series
Students, faculty and industry professionals regularly come together at Department of Finance seminars to learn about state-of-the-art research, discuss ideas and share feedback with researchers from around the country. The events also provide faculty and students with forums for sharpening presentation skills, engaging in interactive collaboration and networking to advance their professional and academic careers.
2011-2012 Series
These seminars are free and open to the public, and will be held on Fridays, from 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. unless otherwise noted.
September 15, 2011 Thursday
"Volatility, the Macroeconomy and Asset Prices:" 
Ravi Bansal* 
, Duke University
BA 199
*Bettis Scholar
September 23, 2011 Friday
"Is Bigger Better? Size and Performance in Pension Plan Management"
Alex Dyck , University of Toronto
BA 253
October 7, 2011 Friday
"The Consumption and Portfolio Choice Implications of Alternative Social Security Policy Changes"
David Chapman , Boston College
BA 253
October 14, 2011 Friday
"The Timing of Pay"
Christopher Parsons , University of California at San Diego
BA 253
October 25, 2011 Tuesday
"Skin in the Game and Moral Hazard"
Christopher Hennessy , London Business School
BA 253
October 28, 2011 Friday
"Why Do Term Structures in Different Currencies Comove?"
Christian Lundblad , University of North Carolina
BA 253
November 1, 2011 Tuesday
"Speculative Betas"
Harrison Hong , Princeton University
BA 253
November 4, 2011 Friday
Martijn Cremers , Yale University
BA 253
November 18, 2011 Friday
Vincent Glode , University of Pennsylvania
January 10, 2012 Tuesday
"The Michelle Markup: The First Lady’s impact on stock prices of fashion companies"
David Yermack* , New York University
*Bettis Scholar
BA 258
March 16, 2012 Friday
"Access to Capital, Investment, and the Financial Crisis"
Rene Stulz , Ohio State University
BA 296
March 27, 2012 Tuesday
"The Social Costs and Benefits of Too-Big-To-Fail Banks: A "Bounding" Exercise"
John H. Boyd , University of Minnesota
CPCOM 416, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m
April 4, 2012 Wednesday
"Precision of Ratings"
Anastasia Kartasheva, University of Pennsylvania
BA 258
April 13, 2012 Friday
"Time-Varying Risk and the Reward for Beta"
Scott Cederburg , University of Arizona
BA 286, 3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
April 20, 2012 Friday
"Capital and Labor Reallocation Inside Firms"
Xavier Giroud , MIT
April 27, 2012 Friday
Scott Schaefer , University of Utah
For more information, please contact Frances Grieshaber, faculty assistant, at 480-965-3131 or frances.grieshaber@asu.edu.
Faculty Coordinator: Oliver Boguth
