The Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration
Department of Finance
Spring 2005 Seminar Series
 

Seminars will be from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. in room BA 268, unless otherwise noted


 

January 21, 2005
Mark Moore (Texas Tech University)
Paper: The Blundering Herd (working paper)

January 28, 2005
Venkat Eleswarapu (Southern Methodist University)
Paper: The Impact of Legal and Political Institutions on Equity Trading Costs: A Cross-Country Analysis

February 11, 2005
Scott Hein (Texas Tech University)
Paper: Avoiding Double Taxation: The Case of Commercial Banks

February 18, 2005

Ekkehart Boehmer (Texas A&M University)

Paper:  Institutional Investors and the Informational Efficiency of Prices

February 25, 2005
Scott Baugess (Texas Tech University)

Paper: Is all ownership equal? The effect of voting structure in the market for corporate control

 

March 25, 2005
Stu Gillan (University of Delaware, visiting at Arizona State University)
Paper:  Explicit vs. Implicit Contracts: Evidence from CEO Employment Agreements

April 1, 2005 
Sheridan Titman (University of Texas)
Paper:  Individualism and Momentum around the World

April 8, 2005
John Nofsinger (Washington State University)

Paper:  Shareholder Protection Laws and Corporate Boards: Evidence from Europe

April 29, 2005

Eric Kelley (Texas A&M University)

Paper:  Evidence to the Contrary: Extreme weekly returns are not overreactions