WEBINAR SERIES
Financial Information is a topic definitely worth discussing more often than once a year. Tune in to our Webinar Series to stay on top of exciting research in this area!
When: every other Wednesday at 4pm CET (10am Eastern) – see below for upcoming dates
Where: Zoom
Format: 30 minutes presentation, 15 minutes prepared discussion and 15 minutes open Q&A
1-on-1 meetings: you have the possibility to talk to each speaker individually for 30 minutes. Three slots are available after each webinar – click the link next to each speaker to sign up!
If you have ideas for future speakers, let us know via this form!
Our next webinar starts in:
Upcoming speakers
Alejandro Lopez Lira
University of Florida
21/6/2023
4pm CET
Title: ChatGPT and the Future of Financial Economics Research
Format: 1 hour presentation with live examples + an interactive exercise – to participate fully, sign up for a free account at https://chat.openai.com/auth/login before the webinar! Questions will be taken throughout via the chat.
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4pm CET
Pablo Ottonello
University of Michigan
4/5/2022
4pm CET
Title: Financial Intermediaries and the Macroeconomy: Evidence from a High-Frequency Identification
Discussion by: Marco Grotteria, London Business School
Hope to see you there!
Past speakers
Pablo Ottonello
University of Michigan
Date: 4/5/2022, 4pm CET
Title: Financial Intermediaries and the Macroeconomy: Evidence from a High-Frequency Identification
Discussion by: Marco Grotteria, London Business School
Kai Li
Peking University
Date: 20/4/2022, 4pm CET
Title: A Machine Learning Based Anatomy of Firm-level Climate Risk Exposure
Discussion by: Stefano Ramelli, University of Zurich
Clara Vega
Federal Reserve Board
Date: 6/4/2022, 4pm CET
Title: Words Speak as Loudly as Actions: Central Bank Communication and the Response of Equity Prices to Macroeconomic Announcements
Discussion by: Isaiah Hull, Riksbank
Andrew Chen
Federal Reserve Board
Date: 8/12/2021
Title: Most Claimed Statistical Findings in Cross-Sectional Return Predictability Are Likely True
Discussion by: Dacheng Xiu, University of Chicago
Research slam
Two papers, twice the fun!
Date: 24/11/2021
Paper #1: The Cyber Risk Premium
Paper #2: Cybersecurity Risk
Sara Shirley
Middle Tennessee State University
Date: 10/11/2021
Title: Task-Oriented Speech in Earnings Conference Calls and Information Processing
Discussion by: Josh Lee, Brigham Young University
Russell Jame
University of Kentucky
Date: 13/10/2021
Title: Place Your Bets? The Market Consequences of Investment Advice on Reddit’s Wallstreetbets
Discussion by: Gregory Eaton, Oklahoma State University
Yijun Zhou
City University of New York
Date: 29/9/2021
Title: Information Specialization, Strategic Complementarity, and Market Efficiency: Evidence from Institutional Trading
Discussion by: Yuehua Tang, University of Florida
University of Colorado-Boulder
Date: 1/9/2021
Title: Echo Chambers
Discussion by: Umit Gurun, University of Texas at Dallas
Yale University
Date: 5/5/2021, 4pm CET
Title: Does Disagreement Facilitate Informed Trading? Evidence from Activist Investors
Discussant: Clifton Green, Emory University
LBS
Date: 21/4/2021, 4pm CET
Title: Music Sentiment and Stock Returns Around the World
Discussant: Alok Kumar, University of Miami
University of Southern California
Date: 7/4/2021, 4pm CET
Title: Life Cycles of Firm Disclosures
Discussant: Jessica Jeffers, University of Chicago
Jinfei Sheng
University of California Irvine
Date: 24/3/2021, 4pm CET
Title: Do Mutual Funds Walk the Talk? A Textual Analysis of Risk Disclosure by Mutual Funds
Discussant: Simona Abis, Columbia University
Clifton Green
Emory University
Date: 10/3/2021, 4pm CET
Title: Zero-Commission Individual Investors, High Frequency Traders, and Stock Market Quality
Discussant: Marina Niessner, Yale University
MIT
Date: 24/2/2021, 4pm CET
Title: Meet Markets: Investor Meetings and Expected Returns
Discussant: Eugene Soltes, Harvard University
Duke University
Date: 10/2/2021, 4pm CET
Title: Artificial Intelligence and High-Skilled Work: Evidence from Analysts
Discussant: Alejandro Lopez-Lira, BI Norwegian Business School
Yale School of Management
Date: 9/12/2020, 4pm CET
Title: Persuading Investors: A Video-Based Study
Discussant: Camille Hebert, University of Toronto
Tilburg University
Date: 25/11/2020, 4pm CET
Title: Localized Information Acquisition
Discussant: Jordi Mondria, University of Toronto
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Date: 11/11/2020, 10am CET
Title: Firm-level Climate Change Exposure
Discussant: Kelvin Law, Nanyang Technological University
London School of Economics
Date: 28/10/2020, 4pm CET
Title: The Value of Privacy: Evidence from Online Borrowers
Discussant: Christine Parlour, UCLA Berkeley
Sean Cao
Georgia State University
Date: 14/10/2020, 4pm CET
Title: How to Talk When a Machine is Listening: Corporate Disclosure in the Age of AI
Discussant: Tim Loughran, University of Notre Dame
Chao Ying
University of Minnesota
Date: 30/9/2020, 4pm CET
Title: The Pre-FOMC Announcement Drift and Private Information: Kyle Meets Macro-Finance
Discussant: Kerry Back, Rice University
Florian Berg
MIT
Date: 16/9/2020, 4pm CET
Title: Aggregate Confusion: The Divergence of ESG Ratings
Discussant: Christoph Schiller, Arizona State University
Alina Arefeva
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Date: 17/6/2020, 4pm CET
Title: How to Set a Deadline for Auctioning a House
Discussant: Roberto Pinheiro, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Diego Garcia
University of Colorado Boulder
Date: 3/6/2020, 4pm CET
Title: The Colour of Finance Words
Discussant: Byoung-Hyoun Hwang, Cornell University
Byoung-Hyoun Hwang
Cornell University
Date: 20/5/2020, 4pm CET
Title: Listening in on Investor Conversations
Discussant: Diego Garcia, University of Colorado Boulder
Naim Bugra Ozel
University of Pennsylvania
Date: 6/5/2020, 4pm CET
Title: Flying under the Radar: Confidential Filings and IPO Lawsuits
Discussant: Audra Boone, Texas Christian University
Nataliya Gerasimova
NHH Norwegian School of Economics
Date: 22/4/2020, 4pm CET
Title: House of Funds
Discussant: Michał Dzieliński, Stockholm University