Past Seminars

Nov 26, 2024 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Laura Starks, University of Texas McCombs School of Business
Long-Term Beliefs and Financial Choices

Dec 10, 2024 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Kasper Meisner Nielsen, Copenhagen Business School
Time Out for Trading

Dec 17, 2024 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Pedro Matos, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
The Green Transition: Evidence from Corporate Green Revenues

Jan 14, 2025 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Matthias Breuer, Columbia Business School
Minority Representation at Work

Jan 21, 2025 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Shivaram Rajgopal, Columbia Business School
Value over Values: Evidence from State Pension Funds

May 28, 2024 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Roni Michaely, University of Hong Kong
Can Executive Pay Improve Firms’ Environmental and Social Behavior?

June 04, 2024 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Amir Amel-Zadeh, University of Oxford
Sustainable Retail Investing: Motivations, Portfolio Consequences and the Role of ESG Ratings

June 18, 2024 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Philipp Krüger, University of Geneva
Decarbonizing Institutional Investor Portfolios: Helping to Green the Planet or Just Greening Your Portfolio?

July 02, 2024 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Marcel Olbert, London Business School
Carbon Leakage to Developing Countries

July 09, 2024 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Marcin Kacperczyk, Imperial College London
CO2 Question. Technological Progress and the Climate Crisis

Oct 10, 2023 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Jess Cornaggia, Penn State University
ESG Ratings Management

Oct 24, 2023 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Pat Akey, INSEAD/University of Toronto
Noisy Factors

Nov 07, 2023 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Wei Jiang, Emory University
How Do Firms Withstand A Global Economic Shock: Evidence From Within-Firm Responses

Nov 28, 2023 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Gaizka Ormazabal, IESE Business School
Trading of Emission Allowances and Financial Frictions

Jan 12, 2024 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Zacharias Sautner, University of Zurich and Swiss Finance Institute
Is History Repeating Itself? The (Un)Predictable Past of ESG Ratings

May 02, 2023 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Florencio López de Silanes, SKEMA Business School
Private Equity Debt Funds: Who Wins and Who Loses?

May 16, 2023 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Alex Edmans, London Business School
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

May 30, 2023 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Aaron Yoon, Kellogg School of Management
Shareholder Value Implications of Supply Chain ESG Performance

Jun 13, 2023 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Julian Kölbel, University of St. Gallen
The Economic Impact of ESG Ratings

Jun 27, 2023 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Johannes Stroebel, NYU Stern
Biodiversity Risk

Nov 08, 2022 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Christoph Schiller, Arizona State University
Can Social Media Inform Corporate Decisions? Evidence from Merger Withdrawals

Nov 22, 2022 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Florencio López de Silanes, SKEMA Business School
Private Equity Debt Funds: Who Wins and Who Loses?

Dec 06, 2022 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Michelle Lowry, Drexel University
Regulatory Fragmentation

Dec 20, 2022 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Francois Brochet, Boston University
Say on Pay Laws and Insider Trading

Apr 19, 2022 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
John Graham, Duke University
Corporate Finance and Reality (with Q&A)

May 03, 2022 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Florian Berg, MIT
ESG confusion and stock returns: Tackling the problem of noise

May 17, 2022 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Itzhak Ben-David, Ohio State University
A theory of corporate policies with EPS-fixated managers

May 31, 2022 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Michelle Lowry, Drexel University
Are all ESG funds created equal? Only some funds are committed

Jun 14, 2022 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Werner F. M. De Bondt, DePaul University
The Behavioral Revolution in Finance (with Q&A)

Jun 28, 2022 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Isil Erel, Ohio State University
Specialized investments and firm’s boundaries: Evidence from textual analysis of patents

Nov 03, 2021 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Elena Simintzi, Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC
Women in the Financial Sector

Nov 17, 2021 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Jonas Heese, Harvard Business School
The Monitoring Role of Social Media: Evidence from the Introduction of 3G Internet

Dec 09, 2021 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Laurent Frésard, Universita della Svizerra italiana
Does Alternative Data Improve Financial Forecasting? The Horizon Effect [SSRN]

Dec 15, 2021 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Merih Sevilir, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
The Reorganization of Knowledge When Firms Go Public

Jan 12, 2022 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Vikas Agarwal, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
Birth Order and Fund Manager’s Trading Behavior: Role of Sibling Rivalry

Jan 26, 2022 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Dirk Jenter, London School of Economics
CEO Compensation: Evidence From the Field

Apr 13, 2021 2:00 – 3:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Lauren Cohen, Harvard University
The ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting

Apr 27, 2021 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Mara Faccio, Purdue University
Impediments to the Schumpeterian Process in the Replacement of Large Firms

May 11, 2021 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Antoinette Schoar, MIT
Revenue Collapses and the Consumption of Small Business Owners in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 25, 2021 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Itzhak Ben-David, Ohio State University
Do Announcement Returns Predict (Predictable) Merger Outcomes?

Jun 08, 2021 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Kristine Hankins, University of Kentucky
Corporate Responses to Stock Price Fragility

Oct 13, 2020 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Morten Bennedsen, INSEAD and University of Copenhagen
Back to the future: The effect of returning family successions on firm performance

Oct 27, 2020 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Andrew Ellul, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
Labor unemployment risk and CEO incentive compensation

Nov 10, 2020 2:00 – 3:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Andrey Golubov, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Bidder-specific synergies and the evolution of acquirer returns [SSRN]

Nov 24, 2020 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Renée Adams, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Shareholders and Stakeholders around the World: The Role of Values, Culture, and Law in Directors’ Decisions

Dec 08, 2020 4:00 – 5:15 pm CET | Online (Zoom)
Rawley Heimer, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
Using High-Frequency Evaluations to Estimate Discrimination: Evidence from Mortgage Loan Officers

Apr 21, 2020 16:00 – 17:15 CEST | Online (Zoom)
Samuli Knüpfer, BI Norwegian Business School
Real Effects of Investment Fraud

May 05, 2020 16:00 – 17:15 CEST | Online (Zoom)
Henri Servaes, London Business School
Gender, Culture, and Firm Value: Evidence from the Harvey Weinstein Scandal and the #MeToo Movement [SSRN]

May 19, 2020 16:00 – 17:15 CEST | Online (Zoom)
Raghavendra Rau, University of Cambridge
Law, Trust, and the Development of Crowdfunding

Jun 02, 2020 17:00 – 18:15 CEST | Online (Zoom)
Ran Duchin, University of Washington
Does Size Matter? Evidence from Changes in Small Business Size Standards [SSRN]

Jun 16, 2020 16:00 – 17:15 CEST | Online (Zoom)
Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
How Valuable is Financial Flexibility When Revenue Stops? Evidence from the COVID-19 Crisis [SSRN]

Jun 30, 2020 16:00 – 17:15 CEST | Online (Zoom)
Dirk Jenter, London School of Economics
The Market for CEOs