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  USF Department of Finance

Seminar Schedule--Fall 2007

Date

Time/Room

Speaker

Paper

August

8/31

10:00 a.m./BSN 112

 
 Chia-Wei Chen - USF

1. Outside Directorships & Acquirer Returns of Diversifying Acquisitions

2. Agency Conflicts & the Efficiency of Busy Outside Directors

September

9/14 9:30 a.m./BSN 112

Kelly Carter – USF

Ricky Scott – USF

Ziwei Xu – USF

Presentation of summer research papers.
9/21 10:00 a.m./BSN 112 Open  
9/28 10:00 a.m./BSN 112 Mark Chen, Georgia State University The Role of Advisory Services in Proxy Voting 

October

10/5 10 a.m./BSN 112 Vladimir Gatchev – University of Central Florida How Do Firms Finance Their Investments? The Relative Importance of Equity Issuance and Debt Contracting Costs  

10/12

10 a.m./BSN 112 Faculty meeting  
10/17 1:30 p.m./BSN 1304 Jay Hartzell, University of Texas--Austin

Explicit vs. Implicit Contracts: Evidence from CEO Employment Agreements

10/26 10 a.m./BSN 112 Open  
November
11/2 10 a.m./BSN 112 Mark Flannery, University of Florida  
11/9 10 a.m./BSN 112 Tim Burch, University of Miami  
11/16 10 a.m./BSN 112 Visiting Candidate  
11/23 10 a.m./BSN 112 Thanksgiving holiday  
11/30 10 a.m./BSN 112 Visiting Candidate  
December
12/7 10 a.m./BSN 112 Visiting Candidate  
12/14 10 a.m./BSN 112 Visiting Candidate  

Seminar Schedule--Spring 2007; papers previously presented

If you wish to present a paper, please contact the seminar coordinator, Delroy Hunter.  Electronic copies of papers will be available on the Finance Department Seminar web page about a week before the presentation.