Finance Workshop Series

 

Spring, 2008 Schedule

March 14 -- Richard Warr (NCSU)                   3:00-4:30      Nelson 2403
                  "Target Debt Ratios: The Impact of Equity Mis-pricing"  (pdf)

 

March 28 -- Mark Walker (NCSU)                    3:00-4:30      Nelson 2403
                 "Bankers on Boards, Financial Constraints, and Financial Distress" (pdf)

   

April 4 --     Anup Agrawal (Alabama)             3:00-4:30     Nelson 2403
                  "Boardroom Brawls: An Empirical Analysis of Disputes Involving Directors"
                  (pdf)

 

April 25 --   Tim Simin (Penn St.)                     3:00-4:30     Nelson 2403
                  "Expected Commodity Futures Returns " (pdf)

 

Fall, 2007 Schedule

October 12 -- James Linck (Georgia)               3:00-4:30     Nelson 2403
                   "The Effects and Unintended Consequences of the Sarbanes-Oxley                       Act on the Supply and Demand for Directors" (pdf)

 

October 26 -- Richmond Mathews (Duke)         1:00-2:30     Nelson 2403
                   "Empty Voting and Efficiency" (pdf)

 

November 2 -- Randall Heron (Indiana)           3:00-4:30     Nelson 2403
                     "What Fraction of Stock Option Grants to Top Executives have been                         Backdated or Manipulated?"  (pdf)