Research seminars - Department of Finance

Upcoming seminars

Seminar date	Presenter	Topic
23 July 2020	Professor Tarun Chordia Emory University USA	The Transparency Premium
30 July 2020	Professor Alex Butler Rice University Texas	Racial Discrimination in the Auto Loan Market
13 August 2020	Dr Alok Kumar University of Miami	Minority Analysts, Diversity, and Market Behavior
24 September 2020	Dr Ning Gong	TBA

Past seminars

Seminar date	Presenter	Topic
9 July 2020	Prof Fabienne Michaux	How about Insights from the 2020 RIAA Benchmarking Impact Study
2 July 2020	Ms Arkaja Chakraverty	Executive Incentives In The Face Of Restricted Labor Mobility
25 June 2020	Assoc Prof Xiaoyang Li	Do market-wide circuit breakers calm markets or panic them? Evidence from COVID-19
18 June 2020	Assoc Prof Adrian Lee	Airbnb-COVID-19 Risk and Lockdowns: Global Evidence
11 June 2020	Assoc Prof Liz Wang Melbourne University	Characteristics-Based Factors
4 June 2020	Dr Robert Xiao	Private Information Dissemination in the Secondary Loan Market
14 May 2020	Dr Sagarika Mishra	Directors’ Turnover & Corporate Culture
23 April 2020	Professor Xiangkang	Are the Flows of Exchange-Traded Funds Informative?
12 March 2020	Professor Petko Kalev La Trobe University	Individual Investors’ Trading Activity and Major Lifecycles Events: The Case of Divorce
27 February 2020	Professor Lyndon Moore Monash University	Asset Pricing with Restricted Assets: The case of the Victorian Trustee
5 December 2019	Prof Chu Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Why Did the Investment – Cash Flow Sensitivity Decline Over Time?
28 November 2019	Prof Xiaoyun Yu Indiana University	Big Fish in Small Ponds: Human Capital Mobility and the Rise of Boutique Banks *
22 November 2019	Prof. Ronald Masulis	Mobility Restrictions and Risk-Related Agency Conflicts: Evidence from a quasi-natural Experiment
21 November 2019	Mr. Amanjot Singh	Why Do US firms use more long-term debt post activist intervention
14 November 2019	Prof Alfred Yawson University of Adelaide	Central Hub M&A Advisors
31 October 2019	Dr Jing Li Singapore Management University	Do Elderly Individuals Delay Claiming Social Security and Cash-out Home Equity When House Prices Appreciate?
29 October 2019	Dr.Fengfei.Li Deakin University	From Financial Innovation to Brand Innovation: How Option Trading Affects the Launch and Success of New Brands
17 October 2019	Dr.Shiyang Huang University of Hong Kong	Flow-induced Noise Trading and Asset Pricing Factors
10 October 2019	Assoc Prof Jun Yang Indiana University	The Effect of Secondary Market Existence on Primary Market Liquidity: A Natural Experiment in Peer-to-Peer Lending
3 October 2019	Dr.Ning Gong Deakin University	Beyond Culture: How does international migration affect cross-border mergers and acquisitions?
1 October 2019	Mr.Prasanna Tantri Indiana School of Business	Does Skilful use of hard information by machines outperform combination of a hard and soft information used by loan officers?
26 September 2019	Professor Tao Shu Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen	The Role of External Regulators in Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from SEC Comment Letters
17 September 2019	Assoc Prof David Solomon Boston College	Is “Not Guilty” the Same as “Innocent”? Evidence from SEC Financial Fraud Investigations
12 September 2019	Assoc Prof Edward Podolski Deakin University	Foreign Competition and New Product Creation: Evidence from Trademark Data
5 September 2019	Dr Yuri Tserlukevich Arizona State University	Competition, No-Arbitrage, and Systematic Risk
29 August 2019	Prof Zhiguo He University of Chicago	Commonality in Credit Spread Changes: Dealer Inventory and Intermediary Distress
22 August 2019	Prof Robert Marquez University of California, Davis	Selling assets: When is the whole worth more than the sum of its parts?
15 August 2019	Assoc Prof George Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Inventory Policy, Cost Structure and Cost Behaviour
13 August 2019	Prof David Yermack New York University	Investment Returns and Distribution Policies of Non Profit Endowment Funds
8 August 2019	Prof Robert Faff University of Queensland	Responsible Science and Replication Matters
7 August 2019	Dr Adrian Lee University of Technology, Sydney	Do Home Buyers Bunch at Threshold Price? Evidence from Housing Assistance Policies
5 August 2019	Professor Russ Wermer University of Maryland	Do ETFs Increase Liquidity?
1 August 2019	Assoc Prof Yuming Fu National University of Singapore	The Cost of Outdated Neighborhoods in a Growing Metropolitan Area: Evidence from the 2010-2011 Christchurch Earthquakes
25 July 2019	Assoc Prof Jing Wu Tsinghua University	Sticky Expectations in the Housing Market: Evidence from the Housing Purchase Restriction Policy
18 July 2019	Dr Chelsea Liu University of Adelaide Business School	Corporate gender diversity and employee relations: Evidence from labour lawsuits
11 July 2019	Assoc Prof Yuewen Xiao Fudan University (Internal)	Jumps, news and subsequent reversals: An intraday study
4 July 2019	Assoc Prof Mark Humphery-Jenner University of New South Wales	Of Fogs and Bogs: Why do companies make reports less readable?
18 June 2019	Dr Kang Koo Deakin University (Internal)	Transport fare removal and house prices
13 Jun 2019	Professor Tony He University of Technology Sydney	The Social Value of Asymmetric Information Revisited
6 Jun 2019	Ms Dianne Thomson Deakin University (Internal)	Does Corporate Governance Matter for Customer Satisfaction in Australian Financial Institutions?
4 Jun 2019	Dr Yuanji Wen University of Western Australia	Effects of Darkness on Market Quality when Markets are Fragmented: Experimental Evidence
28 May 2019	Assoc Prof Roger Edelen Virginia Tech University	Institutional constraints and preferences: Implications for factors and performance evaluation
23 May 2019	Prof Micah Officer Loyola Marymount University	Inside the 'Black Box' of Private Merger Negotiations
16 May 2019	Dr Phong Ngo Australian National University	Media Exposure and Stock Market Participation
9 May 2019	Assoc Prof Simba Chang Nanyang Technological University	Stock Liquidity and Corporate Social Responsibility
2 May 2019	Prof Christian Lundblad University of North Carolina	Crowded Trades and Tail Risk
18 Apr 2019	Assoc Prof Yangyang Chen Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Captured by Mutual Funds: Do Cross-Audits Undermine Auditor Independence?
11 Apr 2019	Assoc Prof Fangjian Fu Singapore Management University	Costly Corporate Governance: Evidence from Shareholder Approval in Mergers and Acquisitions
4 Apr 2019	Assoc Prof Jianxin Wang University of Technology Sydney	On the Common Determinants of Volatility Persistence and Asymmetry
28 Mar 2019	Assoc Prof Mike Mao Deakin University (internal)	Financial Sophistication and Conflicts of Interest: Evidence from the Investment Menus Offered in 401(k) Plans
22 Mar 2019	Assist Prof Qiang Li National University of Singapore	Informed Speculation about Trading Flows: Price Variability, Trading Volume and Market Liquidity
21 Mar 2019	Prof Tarun Chordia Emory Goizueta Business School	Bonds, Stocks and Sources of Mispricing
14 Mar 2019	Prof Darwin Choi Chinese University of Hong Kong	The Effect of Superstar Firms on College Major Choice
7 Mar 2019	Dr Abhinav Goyal University of Liverpool	Investment and Deleveraging Financed by Dividends: Evidence from Japanese Business Group
19 Feb 2019	Dr Sohel Azad Deakin University (internal)	Religiosity, Neglected Risk and Asset Returns: Theory and Evidence from Islamic Finance Industry
29 Nov 2018	Emma Li Deakin University	Exploration or Exploitation? Hedge Funds in Venture Capital
22 Nov 2018	Xiangkang Yin Deakin University	Overconfident Institutions and Their Self-Attribution Bias: Evidence from Earnings Announcements
16 Nov 2018	Dr. Hyun Soo Choi Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University	Clogged Intermediation: Were Home Buyers Crowded Out?
14 Nov 2018	Professor Ben Marshall Massey University	Stock Liquidity and Labor Adjustment Costs
8 Nov 2018	Wei Opie Deakin University	Global Currency Hedging with Common Risk Factors
25 Oct 2018	Associate Professor Harminder Singh Deakin University	Bond Liquidity and Cost of bank Loans
18 Oct 2018	Dr. Nicholas Crain University of Melbourne	The Bright Side of Fair Value Accounting: Evidence from Private Company Valuation
11 Oct 2018	Associate Professor Abhiroop Mukherjee	Roads and Loans
4 Oct 2018	Associate Professor Ekta Selarka Madras School of Economics	Women on Board and Performance of Family Firms: Evidence from India
27 Sep 2018	Associate Professor Rik Sen University of New South Wales	Management (of) Proposals
20 Sep 2018	Professor Paul Ehling BI Norwegian Business School	Tax Collection from Realized Capital Gains on Equity
13 Sep 2018	Professor Spencer Martin, The University of Melbourne	Do You See What I See? Transparency and Bond Issuing Costs
6 Sep 2018	Professor Manpreet Singh Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business	Do Minimum Wage Increases Cause Financial Stress to Small Businesses? Evidence from 15 Million Establishments
23 Aug 2018	Associate Professor Frank Liu University of Western Australia	Cross Listings and Dividend Size and Stability: Evidence from China
16 Aug 2018	Professor Desmond Tsang McGill University, Canada	Quality of Life and Earnings Management: Do Firms at Less Desirable Locations Manipulate Earnings More Aggressively?
9 Aug 2018	Professor Andy Kim SKK Business School	Fighting for R&D Budget: CEO vs. CFO - whose masculinity matters more?
2 Aug 2018	Professor David Yermack Stern School of Business, New York University	Initial Coin Offerings: Financing Growth with Cryptocurrency Token Sales
30 Jul 2018	Professor Michael Chng Xi'an Jiatong-Liverpool University	Rise of the Machine-Learning Portfolio
26 Jul 2018	Associate Professor Meijun Qian Australian National University	Does property rights protection affect firm innovation?
23 Jul 2018	Dr Christian Hilpert Lingnan College, Sun yat-sen University	Surrender Contagion in Life Insurance: Modelling and Valuation
19 Jul 2018	Professor Talis Putnins University of Technology, Sydney	What moves stock prices? The role of news, noise and information
17 Jul 2018	Professor Alok Kumar University of Miami - School of Business Administration	Hispanic culture, stock preferences, and asset prices
12 Jul 2018	Dr Lixiong Guo University of Alabama	Unemployment Insurance and Takeovers
7 Jun 2018	Dr Alexander Vadilyev Australian National University	How sensitive is corporate propensity to save to financial development and uncertainty shocks?
31 May 2018	Associate Professor Roger Loh Singapore Management University	Getting feedback on your research: evidence from analysts
25 May 2018	Associate Professor Wenchi Liao National University of Singapore	The Buggerfly: The Effect of Transport Network Connectivity
10 May 2018	Assistant Professor Hao Liang Singapore Management University	Socially Responsible Corporate Customers
3 May 2018	Associate Professor Jin Yu Monash University	Credit default swaps and debt overhang
26 Apr 2018	Associate Professor Tien Foo Sing National University of Singapore	Information immobility and learning in commercial real estate markets
19 Apr 2018	Assistance Professor Kwanok Lee National University of Singapore	Property right restriction and house prices
12 Apr 2018	Dr Kentaro Asai Australian National University	Bank lobbying as a financial safety net: evidence from the post-crisis US banking sector
5 April 2018	Associate Professor Xin (Simba) Chang Nanyang Technological University	Political corruption and financial reporting conservatism
22 Mar 2018	Professor Tarun Chordia Emory University	P-hacking: evidence from two million trading strategies
13 Mar 2018	Associate Professor Yangyang Chen Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Executive equity risk-taking incentives and firm's choice of debt structure
1 Mar 2018	Professor Joseph Fan Chinese University of Hong Kong	Family monitoring the family
29 Jan 2018	Associate Professor Xiaoyang Li Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance	Board diversity, inventor collaboration, and corporate innovation
25 Jan 2018	Mr Anton Hasselgren Stockholm School of Business	Speculator activity and cross-asset predictability of FX returns
21 Nov 2017	Professor Thomas Lux University of Kiel	Network formation in the interbank money market: An application of the actor-oriented model
17 Nov 2017	Professor Vidhan Goyal Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Compensation Differences and Merger Outcomes
9 Nov 2017	Dr Henry Jung The University of Melbourne	Watch your basket – to determine CEO compensation
26 Oct 2017	Dr Phong Ngo Australian National University	Geopolitics and international bank flows
19 Oct 2017	Assistant Professor Chen Zhanhui Nanyang Technological University	In search of Preference Shock Risks: Evidence from Longevity Risks and Momentum Profits
18 Oct 2017	Associate Professor Wenlan Qian National University of Singapore	Dragon Babies
11 Oct 2017	Associate Professor Yulia Veld-Merkoulova Monash University	Why do individuals not participate in the stock market?
5 Oct 2017	Dr Daisy Doan Deakin University	A Sovereign Risk-Based Approach to Implementing Countercyclical Capital Buffer Schemes
28 Sep 2017	Associate Professor Jun Tu Singapore Management University	Purging Investor Sentiment Index from Too Much Fundamental Information
21 Sep 2017	Professor Jun-Koo Kang Nanyang Technological University	Geographic Concentration of Venture Capital Investors, Corporate Monitoring, and Firm Performance
7 Sep 2017	Dr Zhou Zhong The University of Melbourne	Inverted Fee Venues and Market Quality
31 Aug 2017	Dr Emma Li Australian National University	The Usual Suspects: Experienced Backers and Early Stage Venture Success
23 Aug 2017	Professor Bruce Grundy The University of Melbourne	The External Financing of Investment
10 Aug 2017	Mandy Tham Wealth Management Institute	Do security analysts learn from their colleagues?
3 Aug 2017	Dr Vincent Xiang Deakin University	Risk Neutral Skewness and the Cross-section of Stock Returns: Mispricing or Information
27 Jul 2017	Prof Andrew Winton University of Minnesota	Do Banks Still Monitor When There is a Market for Credit Protection?
26 Jul 2017	Associate Professor Michael Chng Deakin University	Factor-of-factors and stock returns
20 Jul 2017	Fengfei Li University of Hong Kong	The 52-week high stock price and analyst recommendation revisions
29 Jun 2017	Dr Tze Ang Deakin University	The Multidimensional Pricing of Firm Productivity
22 Jun 2017	Mike Mao - Erasmus University	How do bank policies affect equity risk and cost of capital?
16 Jun 2017	Professor Sumit Agarwal Georgetown University	Cash demand and consumption response to unanticipated monetary policy shock: evidence from Turkey
9 Jun 2017	Dr Christopher Ratcliffe Deakin University	The Performance of REIT Acquirers in the Post-Merger Period
18 May 2017	Dr Juan Sotes-Paladino Melbourne University	The Invisible Hand of Internal Markets in Mutual Fund Families
11 May 2017	Dr Huson Ahmed Deakin University	What Drives Bank Lending behaviour in Australia? Co-integration Analyses by Integrated Modified Least Square (IM-OLS) Approach
4 May 2017	Professor Abe de Jung Erasmus University	Managing for Performance: The VOC Insurance Contract of 1613
27 Apr 2017	Gary Tian Macquarie University	Political Connections as an Endorsement Device: The Impact of Political Connections on Corporate Decision-making
20 Apr 2017	Professor David Reeb National University of Singapore	The Extreme Control Choice
13 Apr 2017	Professor Tarun Chordia (Equis) Emory University	Rent Seeking by Low Latency Traders: Evidence from Trading on Macroeconomic Announcements
6 Apr 2017	Dr George Wong (Equis) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Corporate Environmental Liabilities and Capital Structure
30 Mar 2017	Professor Stephen Brown Monash University / Emeritus Professor at NYU	Sensation Seeking, Sports Cars, and Hedge Funds
28 Mar 2017	Professor Avanidhar Subrahmanyam UCLA	The Information Role of Index Option Trading
27 Mar 2017	Professor Tse-Chun Lin The University of Hong Kong	Yesterday once more: Short selling and two banking crises
20 Mar 2017	Dr Mong Shan Ee Deakin University	Shadow Banking and Economic Development in Developing Countries: Evidence from China
16 Mar 2017	Professor Simba Chang Cambridge University/Nanyang Technological University	Does Financial Innovation Affect Technological Innovation? Evidence from Credit Default Swaps Trading
9 Mar 2017	Professor Jack Cooney Texas Tech University	Investor Demand for Information in Newly Issues Securities
16 Nov 2016	Prof Vidhan Goyal Hong Kong University	Index Membership and Capital Structure: International Evidence
27 Oct 2016	Dr Li Ge Monash University	The Effect of Stock Market Indexing on Option Latent Trading Cost
6 Oct 2016	Dr Pedro Barroso UNSW	Using Out-Of-Sample Errors in Portfolio Optimization
29 Sep 2016	Dr Phong Ngo Australian National University	Access to Finance: The Impact on Compulsory Education
15 Sep 2016	Prof John Wei HKUST	Demand Shock, Speculative Beta, and Asset Prices: Evidence from the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect
1 Sep 2016	Dr Le Zhang University of New South Wales	Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions
31 Aug 2016	Dr Angie Low Nanyang Technological University	Rookie Directors
25 Aug 2016	Professor Nadia Massoud, University of Melbourne	Who Benefits from Bank Trading Activity: Shareholders or Employees?
18 Aug 2016	Dr Oleg Chuprinin, UNSW	Bandwagon Effect in Peer-to-Peer Finance: Is Access to Credit a Matter of Luck?
11 Aug 2016	Dr Will Gornall, University of British Columbia	How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?
4 Aug 2016	Dr Adrian Lee, University of Technology Sydney (UTS)	Melting Pot or Salad Bowl: Cultural Difference and Housing Investment Decisions
25 Jul 2016	Prof Joseph Fan, Chinese University of Hong Kong and ANU	Family Ownership Structures and Corporate Policies: The Case of Family Trusts
21 Jul 2016	Prof Chris Veld, Monash University	Household Debt and Stock Market Participation
11 Jul 2016	Associate Professor Roy Kouwenberg, Mahidol University, Erasmus University	"Currency Wars": Who gains from the battle
6 Jul 2016	Associate Professor Paul Hsu, Hong Kong University (pending confirmation)	The Oscar goes to…: Takeovers and Innovation Envy
27 May 2016	Associate Professor Mujtaba Mian Zayed University UAE	Do managers use share prices to mitigate investor short-termism?
26 May 2016	Professor Doug Foster, Sydney University	Options on Options, Tradeoffs, Technology and Algorithms:My How Times Have Changed*
19 May 2016	Dr Stefan Petry, University of Melbourne	Determinants of Secondary Market Prices for Structured Products During the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis
12 May 2016	Professor Peter Bossaerts University of Melbourne	Neural Mechanisms Behind Identification of Leptokurtic Noise and Adaptive Behavioral Response
5 May 2016	Dr Steven Riddiough, University of Melbourne	Currency Premia and Global Imbalances
28 Apr 2016	Dr Kanh Mo Koo National University of Singapore	Consumption response to temporary price shock: Evidence from Singapore’s annual sale event
14 Apr 2016	Dr Jane Luo, University of Adelaide	Short seller’s view on fair employee treatment
8 Apr 2016	Professor Ghon Rhee, University of Hawaii	Does Better Corporate Governance Encourage Higher Payout? Risk, Agency Cost, and Dividend Policy
7 Apr 2016	Associate Professor Xianming Zhou, Australia National University	Newly Listed Firms as Acquisition Targets: The IPO Debutant effect
10 Mar 2016	Dr Shams Pathan, University of Queensland	Investor Horizons and Bank Risk-taking
1 Mar 2016	Dr George Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Corporate Environmental Risk and the Customer-Supplier Relationship
22 Oct 2015	Associate Professor Cameron Truong, Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University	Earnings announcement idiosyncratic volatility and the Cross-section of stock returns
16 Oct 2015	Dr Eric Lam, Hong Kong Baptist University	On the positive relation between cash holdings and stock returns
15 Oct 2015	Professor Robert Faff, Business School, Queensland University	The labor-leverage relation: new firm-level evidence and a quasi-natural experiment
8 Oct 2015	Dr Phong Ngo, Australian National University	Local bank access, financial flexibility and corporate liquidity management
1 Oct 2015	Dr Andrea Lu, Department of Finance, University of Melbourne	A market-based funding liquidity measure
24 Sept 2015	Andrew Ainsworth, Business School, University of Sydney	Can dividend schedules predict abnormal returns? International evidence
10 Sept 2015	Dr Ali Akyol, Department of Finance, University of Melbourne	Director skill sets
7 Sept 2015	Jerry Cao, Singapore Management University	Institutional bidding in IPO allocation: evidence from China
3 Sept 2015	Professor Carole Comerton-Forde, Department of Finance, University of Melbourne	Regulating dark trading: order flow segmentation and market quality
27 Aug 2015	Dr Zhuo Zhong, Department of Finance, University of Melbourne	The risk sharing benefit versus the collateral cost: the formation of the Inter-dealer network in over-the-counter trading
20 Aug 2015	Dr Minh Do, Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University	The dividend month premium uncovered
13 Aug 2015	Dr Frank Liu, University of Western Australia	Model-free risk-neutral moments and proxies
12 Aug 2015	Associate Professor Michael Chng, Department of Finance, Deakin Business School	Arbitrage activity and price discovery across spot, futures and ETF markets.
30 Jul 2015	Dr Le Zhang, University of New South Wales	Who captures the power of the pen?
23 Jul 2015	Dr Tze (Chewie) Ang, Deakin University	DRIP arbitrage and externalities
16 Jul 2015	Dr A.S.M. Sohel Azad, Deakin University	Why interest free Islamic banking is not free from interest?
11 Jun 2015	Professor Ed Lin, Deakin University	Portfolio risk and investment horizon of institutional investors
4 Jun 2015	Professor Garry Twite, Department of Finance, University of Melbourne	Ownership structure and the public/private equity choice
21 May 2015	Professor Takeshi Yamada, Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies & Applied Statistics, Australia National University	Employee inside debt and firm risk-taking: evidence from employee deposit programs in Japan
7 May 2015	Debarshi Sanyal	Dynamics of household leverage in Australia: is macro-prudential regulation missing a key point?
16 Apr 2015	Dr Edward Podolski, Department of Economics and Finance La Trobe Business School	Free cash flow and the unproductive inventor
2 Apr 2015	Van Vu (student), Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University	How do firms cope with bank credit contraction? Evidence of the substitution between financial markets
26 Mar 2015	Professor Rhon Rhee, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii	Stock liquidity, managerial short-termism, and corporate earnings management
19 Mar 2015	Professor Gary Tian, University of Wollongong	How do political connections affect M&A decisions and post-M&A performance? A comparison between SOEs and non-SOEs
12 Mar 2015	Richard Zhang (Deakin student)	The impact of investor sentiment on financial market: from the perspective of both market and firm.
26 Feb 2015	Professor Wei (Victor) Huang, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii	Residual correlation, active management, and fund performance
19 Feb 2015	Professor Patrick Verwijmeren, Department of Business Economics, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam	Security design from a buyer's perspective

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