ECONOMICS 235

"Financial Economics Seminar"
Fall Semester 2007
Professor Ulrike Malmendier
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Schedule: Thursday, 4-6pm in 639 Evans Hall
Please Note: "Seminar date, time, and location vary from week to week since seminars are held in conjunction with other seminars."

Friday, August 31
608-7 Evans Hall
Organizational Meeting
(If you are a Ph.D. Students with concentration in Finance and were not at the organizational meeting,
please email Professor Malmendier at ulrike@econ.berkeley.edu.)


Tuesday, September 11
2-4pm, 608-7 Evans Hall
Bill Zame, UCLA
Ambiguity in Asset Markets
Joint with Psychology & Economics

Thursday, September 20
4:10-5:40pm, C210 Cheit Hall (Haas)
Daniel Paravisini, Columbia University
Joint with Haas Finance

Thursday, September 27
4:10-5:40pm, C210 Cheit Hall (Haas)
David Sraer, UC Berkeley
"Corporate Wealth Effect: From Real Estate Shocks to Corporate Investment"
Joint with Haas Finance

Thursday, October 11
4:10-5:40pm, C210 Cheit Hall (Haas)
Mike Weisbach, UIUC
Main Paper (with Ulf Axelson, Swedish Institute for Financial Research; Tim Jenkinson, Oxford University; and Per Strömberg, Swedish Institute for Financial Research): "Leverage and Pricing in Buyouts: An Empirical Analysis*

Related Paper (with Ulf Axelson and Per Strömberg, SIFR): "Why are Buyouts Levered? The Financial Structure of Private Equity Funds"
Joint with Haas Finance

Monday, October 15
12-1pm, 119 Moses Hall
Effi Benmelech, Harvard University
"The Political Economy of Financial Regulation: Evidence from U.S. State Usury Laws in the 19th Century"
Joint with Comparative Economics and Economic History

Tuesday, October 23
12-2pm, 608-7 Evans Hall
Prasad Krishnamurthy, UC Berkeley
"Financial Deregulation and Banking Market Structure" (no paper available)
Joint with Development Lunch Seminar

Wednesday, October 31
12-1:30pm, C330 Cheit Hall (Haas)
Mark Garmaise, UCLA
Joint with Haas Real Estate

Monday, November 5
12:20-1:50pm, Boalt Hall
Boalt Hall, Room 13
Bernie Black, University of Texas, Austin
"How Does Law Affect Finance? An Examination of Financial Tunneling in an Emerging Market"
Joint with Law and Economics

Friday, November 9
2-3pm, 608-7 Evans Hall
Keith Gamble, UC Berkeley
"How Segregated Framing of Portfolio Results by Asset Affects Investors' Decisions: Evidence from a Lab Experiment" (paper forthcoming)
Joint with Psychology & Economics Lunch

Wednesday, November 14
12-1:30pm, C330 Cheit Hall (Haas)
Nancy Wallace, UC Berkeley (CANCELED)
Please Note Change of Speaker: Jean-Paul Décamps (attendance optional)
"Free Cash-Flow, Issuance Costs and Stock Volatility"
Joint with Haas Real Estate

Tuesday, November 27
3-5pm, 639 Evans Hall
Si-Yeon Lee, UC Berkeley
Joint with International Trade & Finance Seminar

Monday, December 3
12-2pm, 639 Evans Hall
Erin Syron, UC Berkeley
Joint with Public Economics Lunch Seminar

Tuesday, December 4
2-4pm, 608-7 Evans Hall
Terry Odean, UC Berkeley
"Systematic Noise"
Joint with Psychology & Economics

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