ANNOUNCING
THE GLOBAL FINANCE ACADEMY CONFERENCE
at the University College Dublin Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
May 27, 2009
The Global Finance Academy at the University College Dublin Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School would like to announce the 3rd Global Finance Academy Conference. The conference is a one-day event and our speakers include Don Bredin, Claudio Loderer, Philip Molyneux, Maureen O’Hara, Lucio Sarno, and Matthew Spiegel.
REGISTRATION
The conference is free, but delegates must register by emailing the organizer, Don Bredin
(Don.Bredin at ucd.ie), as soon as possible or by May 6th at the latest.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM: Wednesday, May 27
Location: UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business
University College Dublin, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:50 am Welcoming Remarks
Tom Begley, Dean of UCD, Michael Smurfit School of Business
10:00 am SPEAKERS
Claudio Loderer, University of Bern, “Firm Age and Performance”
Maureen O’Hara, Cornell University, “Liquidity and Valuation in an Uncertain World”
Lucio Sarno, CASS Business School, London, “The Forward Volatility Bias in Foreign Exchange”
12:15 pm LUNCH
2:00 pm SPEAKERS
Philip Molyneux, Bangor Business School, “Do Bank Mergers Increase Performance?”
Matthew Spiegel, Yale School of Management, “A New Take on Fund Flow Convexity Based
on Jensen’s Inequality”
Don Bredin, University College Dublin, “Carbon Finance & EU Emissions Trading Scheme”
3:55 pm Closing Remarks
Hassan Tehranian, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
GLOBAL FINANCE ACADEMY BOARD MEMBERS:
Franklin Allen Maureen O’Hara
Michael Brennan Matt Spiegel
John McConnell James Van Horne
Stewart Myers Hassan Tehranian