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University of Virginia Finance Seminar Schedule

Last Modified: 12/5/2006

Fall 2006
Date & Time	Speaker	Sponsor/Location	Paper
Fri., Sept. 8 1:30 - 3:00 pm	David Ikenberry University of Illinois	Darden 190	Share Repurchases as a Tool to Mislead Investors: Evidence from Earnings Quality and Stock Performance
Fri., Sept. 15 3:00 - 4:30 pm	Ross Levine Brown University	McIntire Room 122	Postponed until the spring
Fri., Sept. 29 3:00 - 4:30 pm	David C. Smith University of Virginia	McIntire Room 114	Creditor Control Rights and Firm Investment Policy
Fri., Oct. 6 1:30 - 3:00 pm	Ingrid Werner Ohio State	Darden Room 190	Can Short-sellers Predict Returns? Daily Evidence
Fri., Oct. 20 1:30 - 3:00 pm	Lasse Heje Pedersen New York University	McIntire Room 110	Market Liquidity and Funding Liquidity
Fri., Oct. 27 3:00 - 4:30 pm	Jeff Pontiff Boston College	Darden Room 190	Investment Taxation and Portfolio Performance
Fri., Nov. 3 3:00 - 4:30 pm	Phil Strahan Boston College	McIntire Room 118	Managing Bank Liquidity Risk: How Deposit-Loan Synergies Vary With Market Conditions
Fri., Nov. 10 3:00 - 4:30 pm	David Skeel Univ. of Pennsylvania	McIntire Room 122	Who Writes the Rules for Hostile Takeovers, and Why?�The Peculiar Divergence of US and UK Takeover Regulation.
Fri., Nov. 17 1:30 - 3:00 pm	Michael King Bank of Canada	Darden Room 190	The Long-Term Effects of Cross-Listing, Investor Recognition, and Ownership Structure on Valuation
Fri., Dec. 1 10:30 - 12:00pm	Kathleen Weiss Hanley SEC	Darden Room 140	Regulatory Monitoring Under Sarbanes-Oxley:The Intersection of Sections 408 and 404 of the Act
Fri., Dec. 8 1:30 - 3:00 pm	Bill Christie Vanderbilt	Darden Room 190	Microstructure of the Pink Sheets Market

Spring 2007
Date & Time	Speaker	Sponsor/Location	Paper
Fri., Jan. 19 3:00 - 4:30 pm	Rudi Fahlenbrach Ohio State University	McIntire Room 116	Large Shareholders and Corporate Policies
Fri., Jan. 26 3:00 - 4:30 pm	David Robinson Duke University	McIntire Room 122	Market Structure, Internal Capital Markets, and the Boundaries of the Firm
Wed., Jan. 31 1:30 - 3:00 pm	Olubunmi Faleye Northeastern University	Darden Room 130	Is What's Best for Employees Best for Shareholders?
Fri., Feb. 2 1:30 - 3:00 pm	Jinghua Yan Wharton	Darden Room 130	Merger Waves: Theory and Evidence
Fri., Feb. 2 3:00 - 4:30 pm	Enrichetta Ravina NYU	McIntire Room 122	What Do Independent Directors Know? Evidence from their Trading
Wed., Feb. 21 1:30 - 3:00 pm	Alex Edmans MIT	Darden Room 130	How Should Acquirers Select Advisors? Persistence in Investment Bank Performance
Fri., Mar. 2 1:30 - 3:00 pm	Richard Evans Boston College	Darden Room 20	The Role of Market Governance in Financial Mutuals: Evidence from Variable Annuities
Fri., Mar. 9 1:30 - 3:00 pm	Paolo Fulghieri UNC - Chapel Hill	Darden Room 40	Size and Focus of a Venture Capitalist's Portfolio
Fri., Mar. 16 1:30 - 3:00 pm	Manju Puri Duke	Darden Room 190	On Loan Sales, Loan Contracting, and Lending Relationships
Fri., Mar. 23 3:00 - 4:30 pm	Naveen Khanna Michigan State	Darden Room 290	Can the Board of Directors Save Corporate America? Paradoxically, the Answer Appears to be No!
Fri., Mar. 30 1:30 - 3:00 pm	Andrew Metrick Wharton	Darden Room 190	The Economics of Private Equity Funds
Fri., April 13 1:30 - 3:00 pm	Robert Whitelaw NYU	Darden Room 190	The Information in Long-Maturity Forward Rates: Implications for Exchange Rates and the Forward Premium Anomaly
Fri., April 27 1:30 - 3:00 pm	David Denis Purdue	Darden Room 120	Do Firms Manage Earnings to Meet Dividend Thresholds?

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