EFA / EIASM
Doctoral Tutorial in Finance
Bergen, Norway 19th August 2009
Final Programme
08.45 - 09.00 Welcome
09.00 - 09.45
1. Jungsuk
Han, London Business School
"INFORMATION ACQUISITION CHAINS"
Discussants:
Faculty: Loriana Pelizzon, University of Venice
Student: Jorge Ponce, Toulouse University
09.45 - 10.30
2. Laila
Neuthor, Munich Ludwig-Maximilians University
"COLLUSION IN REINSURANCE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BROKER
INTERMEDIATION"
Discussants:
Faculty: Steven Ongena, Tilburg University
Student:
Sven Groth, Frankfurt
University
10.30 - 10.45 Break
10.45 - 11.30
3. Andriosopoulos
Dimitrios, Cass Business School
"SHARE REPURCHASES IN EUROPE.
UNDERLYING SIGNALS AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS. A CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS"
Discussants:
Faculty: Tom Berglund, Hanken School
of Economics
Student:
Alberto Manconi, INSEAD
11.30 - 12.15
4. Alberto Manconi, INSEAD
"MIXING WHEAT WITH THE CHAFF: DIVIDEND SIGNALING, PECKING
ORDER, AND STYLE INVESTING"
Discussants:
Faculty: Ibolya Schindele,
BI Oslo
Student: Andriosopoulos Dimitrios,
Cass Business School
12.15 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.15
5. Sven
Groth, Frankfurt University
"FURTHER EVIDENCE ON 'TECHNOLOGY AND LIQUIDITY PROVISION: THE
BLURRING OF TRADITIONAL DEFINITIONS' "
Discussants:
Faculty: Laurent Frésard,
HEC Paris
Student: Laila Neuthor
14.15 - 15.00
6. Jorge
Ponce, Toulouse University
"THE PRICING AND QUALITY OF CREDIT RATINGS: A TWO-SIDED
MARKET PERSPECTIVE"
Discussants:
Faculty: Ulrich Hege, HEC
Paris
Student: Jungsuk Han, London Business
School
15.00 - 15.15 Break
15.15 - 16.00
7. Alessandro
Fontana, Venice University
"THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AND BOND
SPREADS: BEFORE AND DURING THE 2007 FINANCIAL CRISIS"
Discussants:
Faculty: Juan-Carlos
Rodriguez, Tilburg
University
Student:
Benjamin Golez, Pompeu
Fabra University
16.00 - 16.45
8. Benjamin
Golez, Pompeu Fabra University
"OPTIONS IMPLIED DIVIDEND YIELD AND MARKET RETURNS"
Discussants:
Faculty: Martijn Cremers, Yale School
of Management
Student: Alessandro
Fontana, Venice University
16.45 - 17.00 Closure
