2008 Frank Batten Young Scholar Conference in Finance
Hosted by the Mason School of Business at the College of William and Mary
May 29-30, 2008
Mason School of Business, 334 Blow Hall
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Thursday, May 29
8:30-9:15
Continental Breakfast, Third Floor Lobby of Blow Hall
9:30-10:30
“Control and Target Managerial Incentives in Acquisition Decisions ”, Presenter: Paige Ouimet, University of Michigan
Discussant: Dalida Kadyrzhanova, University of Maryland
10:30-11:30
"The Factor-Spline-GARCH Model for High and Low Frequency Correlations", Presenter: Jose Rangel, New York University
Discussant: James Weston, Rice University
11:45-12:45
Lunch at Nawab Indian Cuisine
1:00-2:00
"Asset Pricing with Real Investment Commitment" , Presenter: Lars-Alexander Kuehn, UBC
Discussant: Vladimir Atanasov, College of William and Mary
2:00-3:00
Robust Equilibrium Yield Curves, Presenter: Isaac Kleshchelski, Northwestern University
Discussant: Lars-Alexander Kuehn, UBC
5:10
Meet in front of Hospitality House for Transportation to Williamsburg Winery
5:30-8:30
Conference Gala Dinner, Williamsburg Winery
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Friday, May 30
8:30-9:00
Continental Breakfast, Third Floor Lobby of Blow Hall
9:00-9:45
Do Hedge Fund Managers Misreport Returns? Evidence from the Pooled Distribution, Presenter: Veronika Krepely Pool, Indiana University
9:45-10:30
Lead Arranger Reputation and the Loan Syndication Market, Presenter: Radha Gopalan, Washington University – St. Louis
10:30-11:15
Optimal CEO Incentives and Industry Dynamics, Presenter: Dalida Kadyrzhanova, University of Maryland
11:15-12:00
Is Default-Risk Negatively Related to Stock Returns?, Presenter: Sudheer Chava, Texas A&M University
12:15-1:30
Lunch at Blue Talon
1:30-2:15
The impact of fraudulent earnings manipulation on industry rivals, Presenter: Irina Stefanescu, Indiana University
2:15-3:00
Understanding the Non-linear Relation between Mutual Fund Performance and Flows, Presenter: George Cashman, Texas Tech University
3:00-3:45
TBA, Presenter: James Weston, Rice University
4:00-
Happy Hour at the Green Leafe Cafe