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!
We are back for another exciting season! Check below for the current schedule. Also, why not watch some of our previous events on video? See the slider at the bottom of the page.
If you have ideas for future speakers, let us know via this form!
Upcoming speakers
Andrew Chen
Federal Reserve Board
8/12/2021
4pm CET
Title: Most claimed statistical findings in cross-sectional return predictability are likely true
Discussion by: Dacheng Xiu, University of Chicago
Hope to see you there!
Past speakers
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