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Spring 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>Speaker<\/strong><\/td>Paper<\/strong><\/td>Time\/Location<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Jan 17 <\/td>Helen Gardner
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/td>		Savings Rate Inequality & Monetary Policy<\/td>11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Jan 31 <\/td>Manuel Adelino
Duke<\/em>, Charlotte Fed JS<\/em><\/td>		The Heterogeneous Effects
of Household Debt Relief<\/td>		11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday 290A<\/td><\/tr>
Feb 7<\/td>Camelia Kuhnen
UNC Chapel Hill<\/em><\/td>		Learning How To Borrow in a Fintech World<\/td>11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Feb 21<\/td>Jon Garfinkel
Iowa<\/em><\/td>		Alumni Networks in Venture Capital Financing<\/td>11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Mar 14 <\/td>Zixing Jiang
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/td>		Political Affiliation and the Pricing
of Climate Risk in Mortgages<\/td>		11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Mar 28<\/td>Dacheng Xiu,
Chicago<\/em>, Finn\/Econ JS<\/em><\/td>		 Deep Autoencoders for Nonlinear Factor Models:
Theory and Applications<\/td>		10:00 AM -11:30 AM
Friday 212<\/td><\/tr>
Apr 4<\/td>Daniele Coen-Pirani,
Pittsburg<\/em>, Finn\/Econ JS<\/em><\/td>		TBA<\/td>10:00 AM -11:30 AM
Friday 212<\/td><\/tr>
Apr 7<\/td>Yiming Qian
Connecticut<\/em><\/td>		From Competitors to Partners: Banks’ Venture
Investments in Fintech<\/td>		11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday 212<\/td><\/tr>
Apr 18<\/td>Giulio Girardi
SEC<\/em><\/td>		Hedge Fund Liquidity Management:
Insights for Fund Performance and Financial Stability<\/td>		11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
May 2<\/td>Thi Trung Nguyen
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/td>		Active Factor Share and Fund Performance:
A New Measurement and Applications<\/td>		11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
May 9<\/td>Narayanan Venkatraman
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/td>		IPOs, Internal Control, and Financial Reporting Quality<\/td>11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>Speaker<\/strong><\/td>Paper<\/strong><\/td>Time\/Location<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Sep 06<\/td>Tracy Wang
Minnesota<\/em><\/td>		Political Divide and the Composition
of Households\u2019 Equity Portfolios<\/td>		11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday 153<\/td><\/tr>
Sep 27<\/td>Wei Wei
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/td>		Short Interest and Financial Reporting Misstatements:
Predictive or Processing Ability of Short Sellers<\/td>		9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Friday 153<\/td><\/tr>
Oct 11<\/td>Huseyin Gulen
Purdue<\/em><\/td>		Market-wide Misvaluation
and the Value Premium<\/td>		11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday 111<\/td><\/tr>
Nov 1<\/td>Michael Paul “Jack Kelly” James<\/a>
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/td>		Political Alignment and Housing Transactions<\/a><\/td>11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday 153<\/td><\/tr>
Nov 8<\/td>Vikas Agarwal
GSU<\/em><\/td>		Anticipatory Trading Against
Distressed Mega Hedge Funds<\/td>		11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday 153<\/td><\/tr>
Nov 15<\/td>Sebastien Bossu
UNC Charlotte<\/em><\/td>		Spanning Multi-Asset Payoffs With ReLUs<\/a><\/td>11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Spring 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>Speaker<\/strong><\/td>Paper<\/strong><\/td>Time\/Location<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Jan 19<\/td>George Zhe Tian<\/a>
University of Huston<\/em><\/td>		Skin in the Game: Risk of Environmental Pollution
and Executive Compensation Incentives<\/td>		10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Jan 24<\/td>Miaomiao Yu<\/a>
Louisiana State University<\/em><\/td>		Does Meeting Financial Expectations
Boost Employee Satisfaction?<\/td>		9:30 AM-11:00 AM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Feb 2<\/td>Christine Parlour<\/a>
UC Berkeley<\/em><\/td>		Minor Collusion and Bitcoin Protocol<\/td>11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Feb 9 <\/td>Wei Wei
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/td>		Short Interest and Financial Reporting Misstatements:
Predictive or Processing Ability of Short Sellers<\/td>		11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Feb 16<\/td>Lu Han<\/a>
UW-Madison<\/em><\/td>		Frictional and Speculative Vacancies:
The Effects of an Empty Homes Tax<\/td>		11:00AM-12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Feb 23<\/td>Janet Gao<\/a>
Georgetown, Charlotte Fed JS<\/em><\/em><\/td>		Access to Financing and Racial Pay Gap Inside Firms<\/a><\/td>11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Mar 1<\/td>Narayanan Venkatraman
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/td>		Do Private Firms Choose to Go Public to Get Acquired?<\/td>10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Mar 22<\/td>Zixin Jiang
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/td>		Bank M&As and Loan Officer Reallocation<\/td>11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Mar 28<\/td>Philip Strahan<\/a>
Boston College, Charlotte Fed JS<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/td>		House Speculation, GSEs, and Credit Market Spillovers<\/td>11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Apr 19<\/td>Mike Pagano<\/a>
Villanova University<\/em><\/td>		Of Seesaws and Swings: The Market-wide Impact
of Levered ETF Rebalancing during Stressful Times<\/td>		11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Apr 26<\/td>Thi Trung Nguyen
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/td>		Active Factor Share and Fund Performance:
A New Measurement and Applications*<\/td>		9:00 AM-10:30 AM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
May 3<\/td>Michael-Paul James<\/a>
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/td>		Partisan Bias and Economic Decision-Making:
Exploring the Influence on Real Estate Transactions<\/td>		11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>Speaker<\/strong><\/td>Paper<\/strong><\/td>Time\/Location<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Sep 8<\/td>Adam Nowak<\/a>
West Virginia University<\/em><\/td>		Asymmetric Information in the <\/a>
Florida Homeowners Insurance Market<\/a><\/td>		11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Sep 15<\/td>Walter D\u2019Lima<\/a>
Florida International University<\/em><\/td>		The Value of Connections – Evidence <\/a>
from the Commercial Real Estate Market<\/a><\/td>		11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Sep 22<\/td>Zifen Zeng
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/td>		CEO Conscientiousness and Reserve Management: <\/a>
Evidence from U.S. Property-Liability Insurers<\/a><\/td>		11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Oct 27<\/td>Markus Lithell
Dartmouth College<\/em><\/td>		Why are acquisitions of unlisted firms better deals?
Evidence from OTC markets<\/td>		11:00 AM-12:30PM
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Oct 30<\/td>Teng Wang
Federal Reserve Board<\/em><\/td>		How Private Equity Fuels
Non-Bank Lending<\/td>		11:00 AM-12:30PM
Friday 212<\/td><\/tr>
Nov 6<\/td>Jing Lu
University of Florida<\/em><\/td>		How Expensive Are Secured Bank Loans?<\/td>11:00 AM-12:30PM
Friday 212<\/td><\/tr>
Nov 10<\/td>Chandler Lutz
SEC<\/em><\/td>		The Impact of Crisis-Period Interest Rate
Declines on Distressed Borrowers<\/td>		11:00 AM-12:30PM
Friday 212<\/td><\/tr>
Nov 27<\/td>Sugata Ray
University of Alabama & SEC<\/em><\/td>		Learning by Consuming<\/td>11:00 AM-12:30PM
Niblock Flex Space<\/td><\/tr>
Nov 30<\/td>Haoyang Liu
Dallas Fed<\/em><\/td>		Implicit Extrapolation and the Beliefs
Channel of Investment Demand<\/td>		11:00 AM-12:30PM
Niblock Flex Space<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Spring 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>Speaker <\/strong><\/td>Paper<\/strong><\/td>Time\/Location<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Feb 3<\/td>Sara Easterwood<\/a>
Virginia Tech<\/em><\/td>		High on High Sharpe Ratios: Optimistically <\/a>
Biased Factor Model Assessments<\/a><\/td>		11-12:30pm
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Feb 10<\/td>Onur Bayar<\/a>
UT San Antonio<\/em><\/td>		The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Firm Exit Choice <\/a>
and the IPO Valuation Premium: Theory and Evidence<\/a><\/td>		11-12:30pm
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Feb 17<\/td>Zhenyu Wang<\/a>
Indiana University<\/em><\/td>		Strategic Bank Liability Structure
Under Capital Requirements<\/td>		11-12:30pm
Friday 302<\/td><\/tr>
Mar 17<\/td>Zifen Zeng
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/td>		Corporate Transparency and Net Premium Written Flows: <\/a>
Evidence from U.S. Property-Liability Insurers<\/a><\/td>		11-12:30pm
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Apr 14<\/td>Allen Berger<\/a>
USC, Charlotte Fed JS<\/em><\/td>		Let Us Put Our Moneys Together:’ <\/a>
Minority-Owned Banks and Resilience to Crises<\/a><\/td>		11-12:30pm
Atkins 143<\/td><\/tr>
Apr 21<\/td>Michael Rebello<\/a>
UT Dallas<\/em><\/td>		Busy Analysts, Spillover Effects,
and Firm Monitoring<\/td>		11-12:30pm
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Apr 28<\/td>Michael Paul “Jack Kelly” James<\/a>
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/td>		Partisan (Mis)Alignment and Earnings
Forecast: Evidence from Sell-Side Analysts<\/a> <\/td>		 9-10:30am
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>Speaker <\/strong><\/td>Paper<\/strong><\/td>Time\/Location<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Sep 9<\/td>Yueliang Lu<\/a>
UNC Charlotte PhD Student<\/em><\/em><\/td>		Macroeconomic Extrapolation, Machine Learning, <\/a>
and Equity Risk Premium Forecast<\/a> (link to paper)<\/td>		11-12:30pm
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Oct 24<\/td>Chi-Yang Tsou<\/a>
University of Manchester<\/em><\/td>		The Asset Durability Premium<\/td>11-12:30pm
Friday 212<\/td><\/tr>
Oct 28<\/td>Dayong Huang<\/a>
UNC Greensboro<\/em><\/td>		Environmental Performance
and Stock Returns<\/td>		11-12:30pm
Friday 212<\/td><\/tr>
Nov 4<\/td>David Eckles<\/a>
University of Georgia<\/em><\/td>		Asymmetry in Earnings Management
Surrounding Targeted Ratings<\/td>		11-12:30pm
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Nov 11<\/td>Ruiyao Zhu
UNCC Visiting Professor<\/em><\/td>		Does It Pay to Hire A Friend?<\/td>11-12:30pm
Friday 207<\/td><\/tr>
Dec 5<\/td>Xinyan Yan
University of Dayton [CV<\/a>]<\/em><\/td>		Risks in Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence <\/a>
from Acquirers\u2019 Mandatory Risk Factor Disclosure<\/a><\/td>		10:30-12pm
Friday 212<\/td><\/tr>
Dec 9<\/td>Ulas Alkan
Arizona State University [CV<\/a>]<\/em><\/td>		Market Timing in Corporate Finance Decisions: <\/a>
Evidence From Stock Market Anomalies<\/a><\/td>		11-12:30pm
Friday 212<\/td><\/tr>
Dec 12<\/td>Wenhao Yang
CUHK-Shenzhen [CV<\/a>]<\/em><\/td>		Prospect Theory in the Field:
Revealed Preferences from Mutual Fund Flows<\/td>		11-12:30pm
Friday 212<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

JS: Joint Seminar<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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