Date

Speaker

Paper

September 1,

Mara Faccio, Vanderbilt University

Sudden Deaths:Taking Stock of Political Connections

September 15,

Texas Finance Conference

September 22,

Anup Agrawal, University of Alabama

 Do Analyst Conflicts Matter? Evidence from Stock Recommendations

September 29,

Murillo  Campello, University of Illinois

 Asset Tangibility and Corporate Performance under External Financing

October 11-14 

FMA Meetings, Salt Lake City, UT

October 20

Charles Hadlock, Michigan State

What happens in acquisitions? Evidence from brand ownership and advertising

November 3

Harold Zhang, UT Dallas

Capital Gains Taxes and Stock Return Volatility

January 4-7 

AFA Meetings, Chicago

February 16

David Denis, Purdue University

 Do firms manage earnings to meet dividend thresholds?

March 2

Shane Johnson, Texas A&M

 A re-examination of corporate governance and equity prices

March 23

David Robinson, Duke University

 Strategic Alliances, Venture Capital, and the Going Public Decision

April 20

Marcin Kacperczyk, UBC

 Competition and Bias

April 27

Hank Bessembinder, University of Utah

 Why designate market makers