International Virtual Research Seminars in Finance

The Finance Research Consortium consists of:

• Aalborg University Business School, Denmark
• BAFFI CAREFIN Centre, Bocconi University, Italy
• Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy, University of Bath, United Kingdom
• Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
• University of Rome - Sapienza, Italy

The one-hour seminars will run on Zoom. They will be organized as a forum, where a speaker will give 30-45 minutes of presentation followed by 15 minutes of moderated Q&A. Questions will be selected by the moderator from the ones submitted via Zoom chat.

Upcoming Seminars Fall – 2020

Corporate flexibility and the COVID crisis
Time: October, 6th, 2 PM (CET)
Speaker: John Graham, The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty/john-graham
Registration: https://aaudk.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5EscuChrDktGdPL5Boz0E7-8RV4DQ_0QQi0

Sustainability or Performance: Ratings and Fund Managers
Time: October, 27th (TBA)
Speaker: Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
https://www.hhs.se/en/houseoffinance/about/people/people-container/mariassunta-giannetti/

Political Connections Impede the Schumpeterian Process of Creative Destruction
Time: November, 17th, 2 PM (CET)
Speaker: Mara Faccio, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
https://www.krannert.purdue.edu/faculty/mfaccio/home.asp

International Characteristic-Based Asset Pricing
Time: November 24th, 3 PM (CET)
Speaker: Russ Wermers, Robert H. Smith School of Management, University of Maryland
https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/directory/russell-wermers

Why is Dollar Debt Cheaper? Evidence from Peru
Time: December, 8th (TBA)
Speaker: Victoria Ivashina, Harvard Business School
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=378483

Past seminars

Nudging the CEO-Employee Pay Gap
Time: September 22nd, 1 PM (CET)
Speaker: David Reeb, National University of Singapore, Singapore
https://www.davidreeb.net/

Contact

For further information please contact:

Cesario Mateus
Professor of Finance, Aalborg University Business School
E-mail: cmateus@business.aau.dk