Lone Star Finance Symposium
University of Texas at Dallas
School of Management
September 19th, 2008
All
sessions are in SOM 1.118
8:30-9:15
Coffee and pastries
9:15-9:30
Welcome remarks, SOM Dean Hasan Pirkul
9:30-10:20 “AIMing at PIN: Order Flow,
Information, and Liquidity”, Qin Lei,
SMU
Discussant: Masahiro Watanabe, Rice
10:20-10:30
Break
10:30-11:20 “Are ETFs Replacing Index Mutual Funds?”, Ilan Guedj / Jennifer
Huang, UT Austin
Discussant: Johan Sulaeman,
SMU
11:20-1:00
Lunch
1:00
-1:50 “Corporate Investment and Analyst
Pressure”, Sebastien Michenaud, Rice
Discussant: Scott Bauguess, Texas
Tech/visiting SEC
1:50-2:00
Break
2:00
-2:50 “Understanding the Non-linear Relation
between Mutual Fund Performance and Flows”, George Cashman, Texas Tech
Discussant: Kelsey Wei, UT Dallas
2:50-3:00
Break
3:00-3:50
“Is the Time-Varying Risk-Return Relation Positive?”, Ralitsa Petkova, Texas
A&M
Discussant: Feng Zhao, UT Dallas
3:50-4:00
Break
4:00-4:50 “Does access to external finance improve productivity?
Evidence from a natural experiment”