Seminars and Conferences

Finance Seminars

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	TOPIC	LOCATION
February 3	Fred Ledley Laura McNamee	Bentley University	Value creation and measurement in biotechnology	AAC 143
March 2	Kristina Minnick	Bentley University	CEO Tournaments: A Cross-Country Analysis of Causes, Cultural Influences and Consequences	AAC 143
March 9	Xavier Giroud	MIT	Proximity and Investment: Evidence from Plant-Level Data	AAC 143
March 23	Alain Hanover	Bentley University	Raising Angel Money and Venture Capital	AAC 143
March 30	Oguzhan Karakas	Boston College	Activism on Corporate Social Responsibility	AAC 143
April 6	Eugene Soltes	HBS	Private Interaction Between Firm Management and Sell-Side Analysts	AAC 143
April 13	Boston Area Finance Conference	No Seminar
April 20	Udi Hoitash	Northeastern	Industry Expertise on Corporate Boards	AAC 143
April 27	Ebru Reis	Bentley University	TBA	AAC143

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	TOPIC	LOCATION

September 23	Namho Kang	Boston College	Do Hedge Funds Reduce Idiosyncratic Risk?	AAC 143
October 21	Kartik Raman	Bentley University	Why are stock splits disappearing?	AAC 143
October 28	Martin Goetz	Boston Fed	Bank Organization, Market Structure and Risk Taking: Evidence and Theory from U.S. Commercial Banks	AAC 143
November 4	Albert Sheen	HBS	Acquisitions and Product Market Impact	AAC 143
To be rescheduled Spring 2012	Xavier Giroud	MIT	TBA	AAC 143
December 2	Donna Fletcher	Bentley	A Longitudinal Study of the Effectiveness of Business Ethics Education: Establishing the Baseline	AAC 143

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic	Location
February 11	Christopher Malloy	HBS	Friends in High Places	AAC 143
February 25	Ebru Reis	Bentley	The Effect of Employee-Executive Pay Disparity on Labor Productivity	AAC 143
March 4	Bo Becker	HBS	Does Proxy Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge	AAC 143
March 25	Gustavo Manso	MIT	Feedback Effects of Credit Ratings	AAC 143
April 29	Ronnie Sadka	Boston College	Skin in the Game versus Skimmin the Game: Governance, Share, Restrictions, and Insider Flows	AAC 143