PH.D. RESEARCH SEMINAR IN FINANCE 

2003-2004 acad. year

Updated Mar. 31, 2004 

The meetings are expected to happen on Mondays 12-13. 

The next seminar is:

 

May 03 12:00-13:00 (Room 350)

 

Krister Ahlersten

"Predicting Business Cycles and Asset Returns"

Background paper 

Gabriel Perez-Quiros and Allan Timmermann, "Business Cycle Asymmetries in Stock Returns: Evidence from higher order moments and conditional Densities", WP 2000. (paper is distributed to students by Krister)

 

 

Past Seminars:

 

Apr 19

Johan Söderström

Corporate earnings reversal & momentum

 

March 29 12:00-13:00 (Room 350)

Roland Nilsson

Short Sales Restrictions and Momentum Strategies

Background paper is distributed by Roland...

 

March 8 12:00-13:00 (Room 350)

Annika Sandström

Political Determinants of Credit Risk

Background paper: Price of Democracy

 

Feb. 16

Maria Strömqvist

 

Feb. 2, 2004 12:00-13:00 (Room 350)

Per Östberg

"Disclosure, Asymmetric Information and the Debt Overhang"

Background papers: paper1 paper2

 

January 19, 2004 12:00-13:00 (Room 350)

Andriy Bodnaruk

IPOs and Investors' Recognition Hypothesis.

Background papers:

1. Merton, Robert, A Simple Model of Capital Market Equilibrium with Incomplete Information, Journal of Finance Vol. 42 (1987), No.3, pp.483-510 -- an idea. 

2. Ritter, Jay Initial Public Offerings, in Handbook of Modern Finance, 1998. Can also be found at http://bear.cba.ufl.edu/ritter/rittipo1.pdf -- a review article.

 

Organizers:

Associate Professor Mike Burkart
Department of Finance and SITE, Stockholm School of Economics

Assistant Professor Andrei Simonov
Department of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics
Room 677, Tel: 736 9159, e-mail Andrei Simonov  

Course Secretary

Marita Rosing
Department of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics
Room 665, Tel: 736 9140, e-mail Marita Rosing