Upcoming seminars
Finance Convenors: Associate Professor Hong Feng Zhang, Dr Wei Opie, Associate Professor Qiang Li
| Seminar date | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2023 | Associate Professor Phong Ngo Australian National University | Lending standards disbursion |
| 19 Oct 2023 | Associate Professor Andrey Malenko Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Voting Choice |
| 9 Nov 2023 | Professor Eliezer Fich | TBC |
Past seminars 2018-2023
| Seminar date | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
21 Sep 2023 | Professor Kaveh Majlesi | Labor Market Shocks and Wealth Accumulation |
31 Aug 2023 | Associate Professor Zhenyu Gao | Green Preference, Green Investment |
| 24 Aug 2023 | Associate Professor Anastassia Fedyk | Lehman’s Lemons: Do career disruptions matter for the top 5%? |
| 17 Aug 2023 | Professor David Yermack New York University | Bitcoin mining meets wall street: A study of publicly traded crypto mining companies. |
| 8 Aug 2023 | Professor Sudipto Dasgupta | Balance sheet financial flexibility |
| 3 Aug 2023 | Dr Nicholas Sheard Victoria University | City size and housing costs in New South Wales |
| 13 Jul 2023 | Professor Charun Chordia | Beauty Contests around News Releases |
18 May 2023 | Associate Professor Buhui Qiu | Anomalous Lending and Bank Risks |
2 May 2023 | Dr Danny Yeung | The art of investing in emotions |
| 6 Apr 2023 | Associate Professor Ruchi SinghUniversity Georgia | Measures of Vertical Inequality in Assessments |
| 4 Apr 2023 | Associate Professor Ruchi Singh University Georgia | Flow trading |
| 30 Mar 2023 | Professor Alex Frino University of Wollongong | The cyber-attack iceberg: Evidence from an extended event study of the impact on securities prices |
| 23 Mar 2023 |
Associate Professor George Wong The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Demand Uncertainty, Inventory, and the Cost Structure |
| 16 Mar 2023 |
Associate Professor Isaac Hacamo Indiana Univeristy | Priced-out: Affordable Housing and Labor Markets |
| 9 Mar 2023 |
Associate Professor Zhuo Zhong University of Melbourne | Trust in DeFi: An Empirical Study of the Decentralised Exchange |
| 2 Mar 2023 |
Associate Professor Min Zhu University of Queensland | The Use of Multiple Testing Adjustments in Financial Research: A Critique |
| 13 Oct 2022 | Assistant Director Talei Parker | Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE) |
| 11 Oct 2022 | Associate Professor Hassan Naqvi | Secured and Unsecured Debt in Creditor-friendly Bankruptcy |
| 29 Sep 2022 | Professor Micah Officer | Negotiation, auction, or negotiauction?! Evidence from the field |
| 15 Sep 2022 |
Dr Emdad Islam Monash University | Politicians’ Pet: Political Connections and Abusive Workplace Culture |
| 8 Sep 2022 |
Assistant Professor Gertjan Verdickt Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Model-Free Implied Dependence and the Cross-Section of Returns |
| 1 Sep 2022 |
Ms Hao Zheng Deakin University | Financial strength and market competition: The real effects of IPO overfunding |
| 25 Aug 2022 |
Assistant Professor Alexander Vadilyev Australian National University (ANU) | Intangible Capital, Negative Cash Flow and Corporate Policy: International Evidence |
| 18 Aug 2022 | Professor Jason Zein | Do Incidental Encounters Strengthen Economic Ties? Evidence from Venture Capital Syndication |
| 11 Aug 2022 | Professor Tarun Chordia | Biased Expectations and Credit Risk in the Municipal Bond Market |
| 28 Jul 2022 |
Dr Griffin Geng Victoria University of Wellington | Does Board Overlap Promote Coordination Between Firms? |
| 14 Jul 2022 |
Associate Professor Zhuo Zhong University of Melbourne | Trust in DeFi: An Empirical Study of the Decentralised Exchange |
| 23 Jun 2022 |
Ms Kelly Guo Deakin University | The Real Effect of Health on Firms |
| 26 May 2022 |
Associate Professor Cristian Badarinza National University of Singapore | Reference Dependence in the Housing Market |
| 5 May 2022 |
Associate Professor Zhanhui Chen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Life Expectancy and Corporate Deb Markets |
| 28 Apr 2022 |
Mr Minh Nhat Nguyen Deakin University | Navigating Climate Uncertainty: Clean Tech vs Fossil Fuel ETFs |
| 14 April 2022 |
Associate Professor Hao Liang Singapore Management University | Delegated Gender Diversity |
| 31 March 2022 |
Dr. Nicole Johnston Deakin University | Impactful Strata Research. Nicole’s Research Outcomes during ASP |
| 24 March 2022 | Associate Professor Shams Tabrize Pathan | Common ownership and bank liquidity creation |
| 7 March 2022 |
Associate Professor Chyi Lin Lee UNSW | Listed Real Estate Futures Trading, Market Efficiency and Direct Real Estate Linkages: International Evidence |
| 17 Mar 2022 | Dr Jerry Liang | An Alternative Measure of Lockdown Cost: The Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on the Housing Market |
| 10 Mar 2022 |
Mr Vinh Hua Deakin University | Retail Order Flow Data and Market Quality |
| 12 Nov 2021 |
Prof Tarun Chordia Emory University | High Frequency Trading Market Microstructure Seminar |
| 5 Nov 2021 |
Prof Tarun Chordia Emory University | High Frequency Trading Market Microstructure Seminar |
| 7 Oct 2021 |
Prof Alok Kumar University of Miami | Anxiety, Excitement and Asset Prices |
| 30 Sep 2021 |
Mr. Hong Xiang University of Hong Kong | Inefficient Information Intermediary and its Asset Pricing Implications: Evidence from the Corporate Bond Market |
| 23 Sep 2021 |
Dr Hoonsuk Park Melbourne University | Firm Uncertainty and Household Spending |
| 16 Sep 2021 |
Assist Prof Malcolm Wardlaw Uni of Georgia | Count Date in Finance |
| 9 Sep 2021 |
Dr Wei Opie Deakin University | Corporate Uses of Cash Flow in Recent Decades |
| 2 Sep 2021 |
Dr Sagarika Mishra Deakin University | Competitive Culture and Climate change Disclosures |
| 26 Aug 2021 |
Dr Robert Xiao Deakin University | Social Capital, Trust and Intraday Stock Trading |
| 12 Aug 2021 |
Prof Todd Gormley Washington University | The Big Three and Board Gender Diversity: The Effectiveness of Shareholder Voice |
| 5 Aug 2021 |
Dr Daniel Melser Monash University | Preferences for Single-Sex Schools: Evidence from the Housing Market |
| 29 July 2021 |
Nitin Vishen PhD Student, Deakin University | Strategic Default in Relationship Banking |
| 22 July 2021 |
Assoc Prof David Solomon Boston College | Predictable Price Pressure |
| 15 July 2021 |
Dr Kate Volkova Melbourne University | The Government Agenda and the Effects of Regulatory Dispersion |
10 June 2021 |
Dr Brooke Peel Deakin University | Financial Distress and Forecast Errors |
3 June 2021 | Dr Vincent Xiang | Return Extrapolation and Volatilities |
27 May 2021 | Emerson-Merrill Lynch Assoc Prof Yuehua Tang of Warrington College of Business, University of Florida | Institution-Broker Relationship and Mutual Fund Proxy Voting |
20 May 2021 | Assoc Prof Steven Riddiough of Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | Cross-Border M&A and Currency Returns |
13 May 2021 | Assist Prof Luis Filipe Goncalves-Pinto of The University of NSW | Convex Incentives and Liquidity Permia |
6 May 2021 | Assoc Prof Joshua Mollner of Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University | Principal Trading Procurement: Competition and Information Leakage |
29 April 2021 | Prof Tarun Chordia of Emory, Goizueta Business School | True Liquidity and Fundamental Prices: US Tick Size Pilot |
22 April 2021 | Assoc Prof Ilona Babenko of Arizona State University | Regulating CEO Pay: Evidence from the Nonprofit Revitalization Act |
15 April 2021 | Assoc Prof Rong Wang of Singapore Management University | Finance and Ideology: The Firm-level Channels |
| 1 April 2021 | Assoc Prof Xiaoyang Li of Deakin University | Monetary policy and the cross-section of stock returns in a market with frictions |
25 March 2021 | Assoc. Prof Elisabeth Kempf of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Partisan Firms |
11 March 2021 | Hao Zhen of Deakin University | Banks’ investment in FinTech ventures |
4 March 2021 | Assist. Prof Jianning Huang of St Francis Xavier University, Canada | Effects of a Speed Bump on Market Quality and Exchange Competition |
| 19 November 2020 | Assoc Prof Daxuan Zhao | Beijing Insider |
| 5 November 2020 | Prof Diane Del Guercio University of Oregan | How have passive portfolio managers fared in the era of the dramatic rise of passive investing? |
22 October 2020 | Dr Weinan Zheng University of Hong Kong | Less is more: Hidden Information in the strategies of corporate bond mutual funds |
8 October 2020 | Prof. Kathleen Kahle | How Deep Is the Labor Market for Female Directors? Evidence from California’s Board Gender Diversity Mandate |
| 24 September 2020 | Dr Ning Gong | Partial Information Disclosure and Share Price Volatility |
| 10 September 2020 | Assoc Prof Anna Scherbina Brandeis University | Performance Isn’t Everything: Personal Characteristics and Career Outcomes of Mutual Fund Managers |
3 September 2020 | Dr Sandip Dhole | Dividend Cuts: Good News or Bad News? |
27 August 2020 | Assoc Prof Joan Farre-Mensa | Financing Payouts |
| 13 August 2020 |
Dr Alok Kumar University of Miami | Minority Analysts, Diversity, and Market Behavior |
| 30 July 2020 |
Professor Alex Butler Rice University Texas | Racial Discrimination in the Auto Loan Market |
| 23 July 2020 |
Professor Tarun Chordia Emory University USA | The Transparency Premium |
| 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 | 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 |
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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 | 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 | 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 |