Macro-International Seminar Series

Wednesdays, 2:30-4:00pm

Monroe and Government Hall, Room 321


Spring Semester, 2010

January 20:Neng Wang, Columbia University
“Entrepreneurial Finance and Non-diversifiable Risk”
January 27:Giovanni Favara, HEC Lausanne
February 3 :Stijn Claessens, IMF
“Does Investment Adjust Faster in Countries with “Good”  Institutions?”
February 17:Brian Peterson, Indiana University
"Fooled by Search: Housing Prices, Turnover, and Bubbles"
February 24 :

Roberto Samaniego, The George Washington University
“Between Alpha and Beta: Modeling the Effects of Size and Regulation in  Hedge Fund Industry”

March 3 :Seth Pruitt, FRB
"The Market-Perceived Monetary Policy Rule"
March 24 :Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, University of Houston
"Deep Financial Integration and Volatility"
April 7 :

Ana Fostel, The George Washington University

April 14 :

Pedro Gete, Georgetown University

April 28 :

Lutz Kilian, University of Michigan
“The Role of Inventories and Speculative Trading in the Global Market for Crude Oil”