Frontiers in Finance 2012

June 9-10
Banff, Alberta, Canada

This two day conference aims to invite papers in a broad range of finance, law, and economics with an eye on emerging topics and subjects. Topics include governance, corporate control, ownership and capital structure, investor protection, and networking and price formation in financial markets.

Keltie Tolmie, the FSA Department Administrator, will be on-site if you have any questions or concerns while at the conference. Her cell phone number is (780) 907-1208 and her e-mail is keltie.tolmie@ualberta.ca.

General information on Banff: www.banff.com/index.htm

How to get to Banff from the Calgary Airport:
Information on the Banff Airporter Shuttle: www.banffairporter.com/
Driving from Calgary to Banff: Click here to download a PDF file with directions on how to get out of Calgary from the Calgary Airport. This file also shows you how to get to the Rimrock Resort Hotel once you reach Banff.

The Rimrock Resort Hotel: www.rimrockresort.com/
Parking is available at the hotel. Self-parking is $16/day and valet parking is $30/day. Parking information will be given to you when you check in to the hotel.

Program of Events:

Day 1: Saturday, June 9 (Session chair: Felipe Aguerrevere)
8:00-9:30 a.m. Breakfast for participants and their families in the Hawthorn Room (level 6)
9:30 a.m.-12:00 noon Networking with colleagues
Lunch and afternoon presentations are in the Hawthorn Room (level 6)
12:00-12:30 p.m. Conference Lunch
12:30-1:15 p.m. Paper #1: TBA
Presenter: Laura Starks, University of Texas at Austin
1:15-2:00 p.m. Paper #2: "Transparency, Tax Pressure and Access to Finance" by Andrew Ellul, Tullio Jappelli, Marco Pagano, and Fausto Panunzi
Presenter: Fausto Panunzi, Università Bocconi
2:00-2:30 p.m. Afternoon coffee break
2:30-3:15 p.m. Paper #3: "The Media Role in Corporate Governance Improvement: Lessons from Dual Class Shar Unification" by Beni Lauterbach and Anete Pajuste
Presenter: Anete Pajuste, Riga Business School
3:15-4:00 p.m. Paper #4: "Ambiguity, Entrepreneurs, and Corporate Finance" by Lorenzo Garlappi, Ron Giammarino, and Ali Lazrak
Presenter: Ron Giammarino, University of British Columbia
4:00-4:30 p.m.  Wine and cheese break
4:30-5:30 p.m.  Panel discussion: Young faculty panel
Moderator: Vikas Mehrotra, University of Alberta
Panelists: Esthatios Avdis (PhD Wharton); Ivor Cribben (PhD Columbia); Egor Matveyev (PhD Rochester)
6:00 p.m. Cocktails in the Hawthorn Room (level 6)
6:30 p.m.

Conference Dinner in the Hawthorn Room (level 6)


Day 2: Sunday, June 10 (Session chair: Akiko Watanabe)
8:00-9:30 a.m. Breakfast for participants and their families in the Hawthorn Room (level 6)
9:30 a.m.-12:00 noon Networking with colleagues
Lunch and afternoon presentations are in the Hawthorn Room (level 6)
12:00-12:30 p.m. Conference Lunch
12:30-1:15 p.m. Paper #5: "Performance Measurement with Market and Volatility Timing and Selectivity" by Wayne Ferson and Haitao Mo
Presenter: Wayne Ferson, University of Southern California
1:15-2:00 p.m. Paper #6: "Investor Protection and Capital Raising Activities of Newly Public Firms" by Aziz Alimov and Michael Hertzel
Presenter: Mike Hertzel, Arizona State University
2:00-2:30 p.m.  Afternoon coffee break
2:30-3:15 p.m. Paper #7: "Game Theory in the Brain" by Lusha Zhu, Kyle E. Mathewson, and Ming Hsu
Presenter: Ming Hsu, University of California at Berkeley
3:15-4:00 p.m. Paper #8: "Firm Characteristics and Long-Run Stock Returns after Corporate Events" by Hank Bessembinder and Feng Zhang
Presenter: Hank Bessembinder, University of Utah
4:00-4:30 p.m.  Wine and cheese break 
4:30-5:30 p.m. 

Panel discussion: Private Equity panel
Moderator: Amit Monga, University of Alberta
Panelists: Walter Comelli, IMI Fondi Chiusi SGR; William Charlton, University of Texas at Austin; Shailesh Pathak, SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd.
6:00 p.m. Cocktails in the Hawthorn Room (level 6)
6:30 p.m. Conference Dinner in the Hawthorn Room (level 6)

Click here to see paper abstracts. Links to the various papers will be added above as they become available.