学术讲座 seminar
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Does Corporate Investment Respond to Time-Varying Risk? Empirical Evidence
Yongjin Kim, City University of Hong Kong
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 329, HSBC Business School Building ||
Abstract: I test whether firms take time-varying risk into account in their capital budgeting decisions The challenge to this test lies in measuring a conditional cost of equity
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Janus-Faced Nostalgia: Sentimentalism and the Market
Jing Meng, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 333, HSBC Business School Building ||
Abstract: Since the late 1990s, a growing number of films and television dramas with a nostalgic tint have mushroomed
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How Long Should You Stay at a Financial Job: Are Men and Women Different?
Shuo Yan, Southern University of Science and Technology
Thursday, April 27, 2017 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 337, HSBC Business School Building ||
Abstract:Using the career histories from LinkedIn data, this paper investigates whether the gender differences in representation and quit probabilities in the finance industry is related to gender difference in preference for competition
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Socializing at Work: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Manufacturing Work...
Sangyoon Park, The University of Hong Kong
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 329, HSBC Business School Building ||
Abstract:Through a field experiment at a seafood-processing plant, I examine how working alongside friends affects employee productivity and how this effect is heterogeneous with respect to an employee’s non-cognitive skills
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The Modigliani-Miller Second Proposition Is Dead; Long Live the Second Propos...
Kuo-Ping Chang, Xi'an Jiao Tong University
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 335, HSBC Business School Building ||
Abstract: By using the binomial option pricing model, this paper proves that with no arbitrage and no transaction costs
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Bubbles and House Price Dispersion in the United States during 1975-2007
Shenghao Zhu, National University of Singapore
Monday, March 27, 2017 | 3:30pm-5:00pm |Room 331, HSBC Business School Building ||
Abstract: We investigate the rapid growth in the dispersion of housing prices across metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the United States during 1975-2007
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Employer Loan Choices to Employees and the Profitability of Small, Labor-Inte...
Mathew Hayward, Monash University
Monday, March 27, 2017 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 333, HSBC Business School Building ||
Abstract:At small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), cash-strapped employees frequently request loans from employers because they cannot obtain money on reasonable terms elsewhere for exigent needs
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Trade Reforms, Structural Changes and Current Account Imbalances
Kang Shi,
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 | 4:00pm-5:30pm |Room 337, HSBC Business School Building ||
Abstract:This paper presents a dynamic Hechscher-Ohlin model that can discuss the effects of a permanent shock such as a tariff cut on structural changes and current account balance We make three contributions
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Relative Value Hedge Funds: A Quantitative Modelling of Financial, Economic, ...
Mick Swartz, University of Southern California
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 337, HSBC Business School Building ||
Abstract: This paper has three contributions to the literature First, it analyzes the risk characteristics for 11 Relative Value hedge fund strategies
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Non-harmonised Mandatory Standards as Non-Tari Barriers: Experience from Japa...
Naohiko Ijiri, Nihon University
Monday, March 20, 2017 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 337, HSBC Business School Building ||
Abstract:The WTO TBT agreement has been promoting a harmonisation of national standards with relevant international standards worldwide since 1995 Such a harmonisation of the standards may reduce trade costs stem from the differences between national standards