Posted 4/11/08
ANNOUNCING
THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CONFERENCE
AT THE QUEEN'S SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY
Sponsored by Bank of Canada
May 30 - 31, 2008
The Queen's School of Business at Queen's University
(Canada) is pleased to announce the International Financial
Conference to be held in Kingston, Canada. The conference
is to be held on May 30-31, 2008 at the Donald Gordon
Center, which is an executive development center operated
by the Queen's University (http://www.dgc.queensu.ca/) and
is located at Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The objective of
the meeting is to bring together a group of academic
researchers who share an interest in international finance.
REGISTRATION:
Finance faculty and PhD students are invited to attend.
Participation is limited due to the limited conference room
space. For those who are interested in the conference, it
is important to register early. Please register by email
either one of the co-organizers:
CONTACT: Prof. Kee-Hong Bae
Email: MAILTO:kbae@business.queenus.ca
CONTACT: Prof. Edwin Neave
Email: MAILTO:tneave@business.queensu.ca
CONTACT: Prof. Selim Topaloglu
Email: MAILTO:stopaloglu@business.queensu.ca
CONFERENCE PROGRAM:
Keynote speaker is Michael Brennan from the University of
California at Los Angeles. Below are the details of the
program.
THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CONFERENCE PROGRAM:
May 30-31, 2008
Donald Gordon Center
Queen's School of Business, Queen's University
Sponsored by Bank of Canada
THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2008
Registration and dinner: 18:00 - 20:30
FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008
Breakfast and Welcome Remark: 7:00 - 8:00
Welcome remark by David Saunders, Dean, Queen's School of
Business
Session 1: 8:00 - 10:00
International Asset Pricing
Chair: Edwin Neave, Queen's University
What Drives the Variation in Equity Risk Premia Around the
World?
- Lilian Ng, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- Sie Ting Lau, Nanyang Technological University
- Bohui Zhang, Nanyang Technological University
Is There a Trend in Idiosyncratic Volatility?
- Geert Bekaert, Columbia University and NBER
- Robert J. Hodrick, Columbia University and NBER
- Xiaoyan Zhang, Cornell University
Dispersion, Equity Returns Correlations and Market
Integration
- Esther Eiling, University of Toronto
- Bruno Gerard, Mellon Capital Management
Discussant
- Christian Lundblad, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
- Federico Nardari, Arizona State University
- Xiaoyan Zhang, Cornell University
Coffee Break: 10:00 - 10:30
Session 2: 10:30 - 12:30
Corporate Governance and Disclosure
Chair: Ron Giammarino, University of British Columbia
Growth Potential and Capital Structure: The Case of Foreign
Tariff Change
- Hui Tong, International Monetary Fund
- Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER
The Resource Curse: A Corporate Transparency Channel
- Art Durnev, McGill University
- Sergei Guriev, New Economic School and CEPR
Understanding Dynamics of Corporate Cash Holdings
- Kenichi Ueda, International Monetary Fund
- Thao Tran, Harvard University
Discussant
- Yishay Yafeh, The Hebrew University
- Peter Wysocki, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Isil Erel, The Ohio State University
Luncheon: 12:30 - 14:30
Keynote Speaker: Michael Brennan, University of California
at Los Angeles and London Business School
"Equilibrium Asset Pricing"
Session 3: 14:30 - 16:30
Investor Protection
Chair: Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University
Privatization, Large Shareholder's Incentive to
Expropriate, and Firm Performance
Jianping Deng, University of Electronic Science and
Technology of China
Jie Gan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jia He, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bonding Choices for Emerging Economy Firms
- Jordan Siegel, Harvard University
Investor Protection and the Mode of Acquisition: An
Implication for the Formation of Pyramids
- Woojin Kim, Korea University
Discussant
- Chuan-Yang Hwang, Nanyang Technological University
- Lynnette Purda, Queen's University
- Jie Gan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Dinner: 18:00 - 20:00
SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008
Breakfast: 7:00 - 8:00
Session 4: 8:00 - 10:40
Global Capital Markets
Chair: Ingrid Werner, The Ohio State University
The Relation between Earnings, Cash Flow and Investment:
U.S. and International Evidence
- George Papadakis, Boston University
- Peter Wysocki, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
International Quant Risk
- John Griffin, University of Texas at Austin
- Sohnke Bartram, Lancaster University
When Banks are Insiders: Evidence from the Global
Syndicated Loan Market
- Miguel A. Ferreira, ISCTE Business School
- Pedro Matos, University of Southern California
Capital Flows and Hedge Fund Regulation
- Douglas Cumming, York University
Discussant
- Dushyant Kumar Vyas, University of Toronto
- Louis Gagnon, Queen's University
- Ron Giammarino, University of British Columbia
- Ingrid Werner, The Ohio State University
Coffee Break: 10:40 - 11:00
Lunch: 11:30 - 13:00
Copyright © Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use