Finance Workshop

For information concerning this workshop, please email Allison Harris or phone her at 773.834.2079. She is located in Room 343 of the Charles M. Harper Center.

Schedule:

Tuesday seminars will be heldfrom 1:20 - 3:00 p.m. in Harper Center Room 03 Copies of the paper will be available in Harper Center Room 03 as well.

Spring Workshops

March 27

"Human Capital, Bankruptcy and Capital Structure PDF

Jonathan B. Berk, Berkeley

April 3

"A Skeptical Appraisal of Asset-Pricing Tests" PDF

Stefan Nagel, Stanford

April 10

"Default and Recovery Implicit in the Term Structure of Sovereign CDS Spreads" PDF

Ken Singleton, Stanford

April 17

"Attracting Flows by Attracting Big Clients: Conflicts of Interest and Mutual Fund Portfolio Choice" PDF

Lauren Cohen, Yale

April 24

"Dollars Dollars Everywhere, Not a Dime to Lend: Credit Limit Constraints on Financial Sector Absorptive Capacity" PDF

Atif Mian, Chicago GSB

May 1

"Control Rights and Capital Structure: An Empirical Investigation" PDF

Amir Sufi, Chicago GSB

May 8

"The Investment Value of Mutual Fund Portfolio Disclosure" PDF

Russ Wermers, Maryland

May 15

"Who Blows the Whistle on Corporate Fraud?" PDF

Luigi Zingales, Chicago GSB

May 22

"Operating Leverage" PDF

Robert Novy-Marx, Chicago GSB

May 29

"Industrial Structure and Corporate Finance" PDF

Hyun Shin, Princeton

June 5

"The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns"

Andrea Frazzini, Chicago GSB

Past Workshops

• Winter 2007