L’atelier « Financial Economics » se déroule le 8 avril à partir de 8h30 au Chateauform’ sur le pouce, 2 Avenue Velasquez (Parc Monceau) Paris 8^e.

Pour en savoir plus : https://sites.google.com/a/essec.edu/workshop2010/program

8:30 – 9:00 Coffee and Welcome
9:00 – 9:45 Learning from Stock Prices and Economic Growth Joel Peress, INSEAD and CEPR Discussant : Xavier Ragot, PSE and Banque de France

9:45 - 10:30 Do Countries Falsify Economic Data Strategically ? Some Evidence that They Do. Tomasz Michalski, HEC (joint with Gilles Stoltz, ENS-CNRS and HEC-CNRS) Discussant : Romain Rancière, PSE

10:30- 10:50 Coffee Break

10:50 - 11:35 When Private Equity Can Afford to be Generous Stefano Lovo, HEC (joint with Ulrich Hege, HEC, Myron Slovin, HEC, Marie Sushka, Arizona State Univ. and HEC) Discussant : Sridhar Arcot, ESSEC

11:35 - 12:15 Liquidity Externalities and Buyout Delisting Activity José-Miguel Gaspar, ESSEC (joint with Laurence Lescourret, ESSEC) Discussant : Christine Parlour, Haas School, UC Berkeley

12:15 – 14:15 Lunch

14:15 – 15:00 The Pricing of Derivatives under Borrowing and Short-Selling Costs Lorenzo Naranjo, ESSEC Discussant : Ali Lazrak, HEC

15:00 – 15:45 Carry Trade and Return Crash Risk Hamidreza Tabarraei, PSE (joint with Mouhamadou Sy, PSE) Discussant : Harald Hau, INSEAD

15:45– 16:10 Coffee Break

16:10 – 16:55 Political Reforms and the Causal Impact of Blood-Related Politicians on Corporate Performance in the World’s Least Corrupt Society Morten Bennedsen, INSEAD (joint with Mario Daniele Amore, Copenhagen Business School and INSEAD) Discussant : Margherita Comola, PSE

16:55 – 17:40 Committing to Transparency to Resist Corruption Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky, PSE (joint with Frédéric Koessler, PSE and CNRS ) Discussant : Morten Bennedsen, INSEAD

17:40 – 17:45 Closing remarks