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Proposals/Defenses
The following is a list of dissertation proposal and defense presentations. Dissertation presentations are open to faculty and students. View an archive of proposals and defenses from previous years.
| Defense: |
"Dynamic Electricity Pricing for Smart Homes" |
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By:
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Canan Uckun |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, February 13, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. in room HC C25 |
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Committee:
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John Birge (Chair), Rod Parker, Che-Lin Su and Ali Hortacsu (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Variable Information Quality, Ambiguity, and Stock Returns" |
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By:
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Seung M. Yae |
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Date/Time:
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Friday, December 16, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. in room HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Nicholas Polson (Chair), Milton Harris (in absentia), Juhani Linnainmaa and Lars Hansen (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Heterogeneous Firms, International Trade and Merger and Acquisition Incentives" |
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By:
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Daniel Gomez |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, December 8, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. in room HC C02 |
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Committee:
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Dennis Carlton (Chair), Brent Neiman, Ralph Ossa and Chad Syverson |
| Proposal: |
"Redundancy and Robust Organizations" |
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By:
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Yuan Hou |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. in room HC C50B |
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Committee:
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Reid Hastie (Co-Chair), Damon Phillips (Co-Chair; Columbia Business School, Columbia University), George Wu and Edward Smith (Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; in absentia) |
| Proposal: |
"Moral Hazard and Internal Discipline: Theory and Evidence" |
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By:
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Meng Li |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. in room HC C03 |
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Committee:
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Haresh Sapra (Co-Chair), Doug Skinner (Co-Chair), Phil Berger, Pingyang Gao, Milton Harris and Abbie Smith |
| Proposal: |
"Essays on Applications of Particle Learning in Financial Econometrics" |
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By:
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Maria Rios |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011, at 4:30 p.m. in room HC 100-9A |
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Committee:
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Hedibert Lopes (Chair), Alan Bester (in absentia), Drew Creal, Ralph Koijen and Matt Taddy |
| Proposal: |
"Intentionality in Slow Motion" |
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By:
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Zach Burns |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at 3 p.m. in room HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Eugene Caruso (Chair), Nick Epley, Reid Hastie and Jonathan Masur (The Law School, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Do Price and Volatility Jumps Explain the Cross-Section of Stock Option Returns?" |
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By:
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Lei Lian |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, October 27, 2011, at 1:20 p.m. in room HC 3B |
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Committee:
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George Constantinides (Co-Chair), Jeffrey Russell (Co-Chair), Alan Bester (in absentia) and Ralph Koijen |
| Proposal: |
"Bank Heterogeneity and Capital Misallocation: Evidence from Shale Fracking Shocks" |
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By:
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Matthew Plosser |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011, at 1:20 p.m. in room HC C03 |
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Committee:
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Anil Kashyap (Chair), Doug Diamond, Steve Kaplan and Amit Seru |
| Proposal: |
"Creative Destruction and the Valuation of Incumbents" |
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By:
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Tim Dore |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at 11:45 a.m. in room HC C07 |
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Committee:
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Steve Kaplan (Chair), Toby Moskowitz, Amir Sufi and Paul Gompers (Harvard Business School, Harvard University; in absentia) |
| Proposal: |
"Consumption-Based Asset Pricing with Loss Aversion" |
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By:
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Marianne Andries |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at 1:20 p.m. in room HC C03 |
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Committee:
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Pietro Veronesi (Co-Chair), Lars Hansen (Co-Chair; Department of Economics, University of Chicago), Emir Kamenica (in absentia) and Ralph Koijen |
| Proposal: |
"Three Essays on Social Structure of Corporate Law Markets" |
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By:
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Eunjung (E.J.) Hyun |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, October 6, 2011, at noon in room HC 100-9A |
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Committee:
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Damon Phillips (Chair), Ron Burt, Steve Kahl and Amanda Sharkey |
| Proposal: |
"Skin in the Game and Equilibrium Asset Prices" |
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By:
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Valentin Haddad |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at 1:20 p.m. in room HC C03 |
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Committee:
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Pietro Veronesi (Co-Chair), Lars Hansen (Co-Chair; Department of Economics, University of Chicago), Zhiguo He and Stavros Panageas |
| Proposal: |
"A Present-Value Approach to Variable Selection" |
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By:
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Jhe Yun |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011, at 11:45 a.m. in room HC C07 |
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Committee:
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Ralph Koijen (Chair), John Cochrane, Lubos Pastor and Pietro Veronesi |
| Defense: |
"Career Concerns versus Entrenchment in Money Management: Quantifying Limits to Arbitrage Using Lockup Maturities" |
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By:
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Alan Moreira |
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Date/Time:
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Friday, August 26, 2011, at 11 a.m. in room HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Doug Diamond (Chair), John Heaton, Zhiguo He and Lars Hansen (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Breadth Perspective Theory: The Asymmetric Effect of Self-Affirmation on Estimates of One's Own vs. Others' Emotions" |
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By:
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Sara Kim |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011, at 1 p.m. in room HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Ann McGill (Chair), Eugene Caruso, Reid Hastie and Oleg Urminsky |
| Defense: |
"Bayesian Switching Model for Causal Inference with Constraints and Nonlinear Functions" |
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By:
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Ni Xiao |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, June 6, 2011, at 2 p.m. in room HC 100-9A |
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Committee:
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Robert McCulloch (Chair; McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin), Christian Hansen, Hedibert Lopes, Ruey Tsay and Paul Damien (in absentia; McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin) |
| Defense: |
"Does Rating Shopping Distort Observed Bond Ratings?" |
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By:
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Mathias Kronlund |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, June 6, 2011, at 2 p.m. in room HC C24 |
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Committee:
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Steve Kaplan (Chair), Toby Moskowitz, Raghuram Rajan and Amir Sufi |
| Defense: |
"Investor Sophistication, Disclosure and the Information Environment of the Firm" |
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By:
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Alon Kalay |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, June 6, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. in room HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Christian Leuz (Chair), Philip Berger, Jonathan Rogers, Doug Skinner and Luigi Zingales |
| Defense: |
"An Empirical Examination of Disclosure Horizon: Evidence from the Term Structure of Implied Equity Volatilities” |
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By:
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Jonathan Milian |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at 4 p.m. in room 3B |
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Committee:
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Doug Skinner (Chair), Ryan Ball, Philip Berger and Haresh Sapra |
| Proposal: |
"Extended Warranties - Demand Drivers and Price Discrimination" |
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By:
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Pranav Jindal |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. in room HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Jean-Pierre Dube (Chair), Pradeep Chintagunta, Gunter Hitsch and George Wu |
| Proposal: |
"Consumer Response to Repeated Advertising: Evidence from an Online Field Experiment" |
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By:
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Navdeep Sahni |
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Date/Time:
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Friday, May 27, 2011, at noon in room HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Pradeep Chintagunta (Co-Chair), Gunter Hitsch (Co-Chair), Jean-Pierre Dube and Ali Hortacsu (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Defense: |
“Essays on Mortgage Default” |
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By:
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Jennifer Bontas |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at 9 a.m. in HC 100-9A |
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Committee:
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Erik Hurst (Chair), Amit Seru, Amir Sufi and Steven Levitt (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Defense: |
“Predictable Trade Flows and Returns of Trade-Linked Countries” |
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By:
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Savina Rizova |
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Date/Time:
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Friday, May 6, 2011, at 10 a.m. in HC C07 |
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Committee:
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Toby Moskowitz (Co-Chair), Lubos Pastor (Co-Chair), Eugene Fama and Tarek Hassan |
| Defense: |
“International Liquidity Sharing: Evidence from Financial Crises” |
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By:
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Yian Liu |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. in HC 3SW |
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Committee:
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Anil Kashyap (Chair), Zhiguo He, Raghuram Rajan and Sam Kortum (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Defense: |
“Accounting Fraud: Booms, Busts, and Incentives to Perform” |
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By:
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Robert Davidson |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at 2 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Abbie Smith (Co-Chair), Ray Ball, Ryan Ball and Christian Leuz |
| Defense: |
“Ambiguity Shifts and the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis” |
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By:
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Nina Boyarchenko |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. in HC C03 |
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Committee:
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Pietro Veronesi (Co-Chair), Lars Hansen (Co-Chair), John Heaton and Stavros Panageas |
| Defense: |
“Mitigating Incentive Conflicts in Inter-Firm Relationships: Evidence from Long-Term Supply Contracts” |
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By:
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Anna Costello |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. in HC 223 |
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Committee:
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Doug Skinner (Chair), Ray Ball, Abbie Smith, Regina Wittenberg-Moerman and Ali Hortacsu (Department of Ecoomics, University of Chicago) |
| Defense: |
“A Network-Based Analysis of Over-the-Counter-Markets” |
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By:
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Michael Gofman |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. in HC C25 |
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Committee:
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Doug Diamond (Co-Chair), Roger Myerson (Co-Chair; Department of Economics, University of Chicago), Richard Holden, Raghuram Rajan and Luigi Zingales |
| Defense: |
“The Expert’s Curse: Shifting to Negative Feedback” |
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By:
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Stacey Finkelstein |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, May 2, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Ayelet Fishbach (Chair), Reid Hastie (in absentia), Wilhelm Hofmann and Ann McGill |
| Defense: |
“Essays in Organizational Economics” |
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By:
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Karen Bernhardt-Walther |
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Date/Time:
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Friday, April 29, 2011, at 10 a.m. in HC 4SE |
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Committee:
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Luis Garicano (in absentia), Emir Kamenica, Canice Prendergast and Lars Stole (in absentia) |
| Defense: |
“Spreading Information and Media Coverage: Theory and Evidence from New Drug Approvals” |
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By:
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Asaf Manela |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, April 21, 2011, at 1 p.m. in HC C24 |
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Committee:
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Pietro Veronesi (Chair), Doug Diamond (in absentia), John Heaton and Lubos Pastor |
| Defense: |
"Status, Quality and the Luck in Between-The Case of Securities Analysts" |
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By:
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Ayelet Ben-David |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at noon in HC 100-9A |
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Committee:
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Damon Phillips (Chair), Steven Kahl, Regina Wittenberg-Moerman and Isil Eril (The Ohio State University) |
| Proposal: |
"An Empirical Examination of Disclosure Horizon: Evidence from the Term Structure of Implied Equity Volatilities” |
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By:
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Jonathan Milian |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, January 6, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Doug Skinner (Chair), Ryan Ball, Phil Berger and Haresh Sapra |
| Proposal: |
"Dynamic Electricity Pricing for Smart Homes” |
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By:
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Canan Uckun |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010, at 2 p.m in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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John Birge (Chair), Rodney Parker, Che-Lin Su and Ali Hortacsu (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Defense: |
“Contract Portfolio Optimization for a Gasoline Supply Chain” |
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By:
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Shanshan Wang |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010, at 11:30 a.m. in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Dan Adelman (Chair), John Birge, Laurens Debo, Robert Gertner and Rodney Parker |
| Proposal: |
"Innovation, Investment and Pricing in Digital Supply Chains” |
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By:
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Ayhan Aydin |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Dan Adelman (Co-Chair), Rod Parker (Co-Chair), John Birge and Chad Syverson |
| Proposal: |
"Life-Cycle Portfolio Allocation for Disappointment Averse Agents” |
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By:
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Revansiddha Khanapure |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010, at 4 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Pietro Veronesi (Chair), John Heaton, Ralph Koijen, Juhani Linnainmaa and Lars Hansen (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Identification and Estimation of Nonparametric Panel Data Regressions with Measurement Error" |
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By:
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Daniel Wilhelm |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, December 9, 2010, at 3:30 p.m. in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Christian Hansen (Co-Chair), Susanne Schennach (Co-Chair; Department of Economics, University of Chicago), Alan Bester and Azeem Shaikh (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Propsoal: |
"Investor Sophistication, Disclosure and the Information Environment of the Firm” |
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By:
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Alon Kalay |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. in HC C25 |
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Committee:
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Christian Leuz (Chair), Phil Berger, Jonathan Rogers, Doug Skinner and Luigi Zingales |
| Proposal: |
"Cmbined LTV at Origination and Household Default Probability" |
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By:
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Jennifer Bontas |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, November 29, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Erik Hurst (Chair), Amit Seru, Amir Sufi and Steven Levitt (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Best face forward: Does rating shopping distort observed bond ratings?" |
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By:
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Mathias Kronlund |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, November 18, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. in HC C24 |
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Committee:
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Steve Kaplan (Chair), Toby Moskowitz, Raghuram Rajan and Amir Sufi |
| Proposal: |
"Bayesian Switching Model for Causal Inference with Constraints and Nonlinear Functions" |
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By:
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Ni Xiao |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010, at 1 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Robert McCulloch (Chair; McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin), Christian Hansen, Hedibert Lopes, Ruey Tsay and Paul Damien (McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin) |
| Proposal: |
"Career Concerns versus Entrenchment in the Money Management Industry: Quantifying Limits to Arbitrage Using Lockup Maturities" |
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By:
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Alan Moreira |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at noon in HC C07 |
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Committee:
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Doug Diamond (Chair), Zhiguo He, John Heaton and Lars Hansen (in absentia; Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Capital Market Pressures and Accounting Fraud" |
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By:
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Robert Davidson |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Abbie Smith (Chair), Ray Ball, Ryan Ball and Christian Leuz |
| Proposal: |
"International Real Liquidity Sharing: Evidence from Financial Crises" |
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By:
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Yian Liu |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at 1:20 p.m. in HC C03 |
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Committee:
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Anil Kashyap (Chair), Zhiguo He, Raghuram Rajan (in absentia)and Sam Kortum (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Mitigating Incentive Conflicts in Inter-Firm Relationships: Evidence from Long-Term Supply Contracts" |
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By:
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Anna Costello |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, October 25, 2010, at 10 a.m. in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Doug Skinner (Chair), Ray Ball, Ali Hortacsu (Department of Economics, University of Chicago), Abbie Smith, and Regina Wittenberg-Moerman |
| Proposal: |
"Predictable Returns of Trade-Linked Countries: Evidence and Explanations" |
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By:
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Savina Rizova |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at 1:20 p.m. in HC C03 |
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Committee:
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Toby Moskowitz (Co-Chair), Lubos Pastor (Co-Chair), Eugene Fama and Tarek Hassan |
| Proposal: |
"Spreading Information and Media Coverage: Theory and Evidence from New Drug Approvals” |
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By:
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Asaf Manela |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010, atnoon in HC C07 |
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Committee:
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Pietro Veronesi (Chair), Doug Diamond, John Heaton, and Lubos Pastor |
| Proposal: |
"A Network-Based Analysis of Over-the-Counter Markets" |
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By:
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Michael Gofman |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010, at 1:20 p.m. in HC 03 |
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Committee:
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Doug Diamond (Co-Chair), Roger Myerson (Co-Chair; Department of Economics, University of Chicago), Richard Holden, Raghuram Rajan, and Luigi Zingales |
| Defense: |
“Biological Basis of Gender Gap in Risk Aversion and Competitiveness” |
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By:
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Moshe Hoffman |
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Date/Time:
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Friday, July 23, 2010, at 11 a.m. in HC 100-9A |
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Committee:
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John List (Chair), Emir Kamenica, Steve Levitt, Daniel Fessler (Center for Behavior Evolution and Culture, UCLA), Uri Gneezy (Rady School of Management, UCSD) and Brian Rogers (MEDS, Northwestern University) |
| Defense: |
“Does It Matter Who Owns the Stock?” |
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By:
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Shastri Sandy |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, July 15, 2010, at noon in HC 100-9A |
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Committee:
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Luigi Zingales (Chair), Steve Kaplan, Juhani Linnainmaa and Amir Sufi |
| Defense: |
“Cycles of Innovation and Financial Propagation” |
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By:
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Christian Opp |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Lars Hansen (Chair), Stavros Panageas (in absentia), Lubos Pastor, Raghuram Rajan, and Pietro Veronesi |
| Defense: |
“Quantifying Search and Switching Costs in the U.S. Auto Insurance Industry” |
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By:
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Elisabeth Honka |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, July 12, 2010, at 2 p.m. in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Pradeep Chintagunta (Chair), Jean-Pierre Dubé, Chad Syverson and Ali Hortacsu (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Defense: |
“Quantifying the Effect of Service Quality and Word of Mouth on Customer Acquisition, Usage and Retention” |
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By:
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Sungjoon Nam |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, July 12, 2010, at 11 a.m. in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Pradeep Chintagunta (Chair), Yesim Orhun, Ting Zhu and Puneet Manchanda (Ross School of Business, the University of Michigan) |
| Defense: |
“Tax and Non-tax Incentives for Voluntary IFRS Adoption: Evidence from the UK” |
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By:
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Jeff Ng |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, June 7, 2010, at 1 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Merle Erickson (Chair), Ryan Ball, Hans Christensen, and Douglas Skinner |
| Defense: |
"What Explains the Variance of Prices and Returns? Time-Series vs. Cross-Section" |
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By:
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Denis Chaves |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. in HC 100-9A |
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Committee:
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John Cochrane (Chair), George Constantinides, John Heaton and Pietro Veronesi (in absentia) |
| Proposal: |
"Ambiguity, Information Quality and Credit Risk" |
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By:
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Nina Boyarchenko |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, June 24, 2010, at 1 p.m. in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Lars Hansen (Co-Chair), Pietro Veronesi (Co-Chair), John Heaton, and Stavros Panageas (in absentia) |
| Defense: |
"Learning the Long-Run Asset Pricing Model" |
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By:
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Francisco (Paco) Vazquez-Grande |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at 1 p.m. in room HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Lars Hansen (Co-Chair), Ruey Tsay (Co-Chair), Pietro Veronesi (in absentia), and Kenneth Judd (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; Stanford University) |
| Defense: |
"Tax and Non-Tax Incentives for Voluntary IFRS Adoption: Evidence from the UK" |
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By:
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Jeff Ng |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, June 7, 2010, at 1 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Merle Erickson (Chair), Ryan Ball, Hans Christensen, and Doug Skinner |
| Defense: |
"What Explains the Variance of Prices and Returns? Time-Series vs. Cross-Section" |
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By:
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Denis Chaves |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. in HC 100-9A |
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Committee:
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John Cochrane (Chair), George Constantinides, John Heaton, and Pietro Veronesi (in absentia) |
| Proposal: |
"Experts Shift to Negative Feedback" |
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By:
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Stacey Finkelstein |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at 2 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Ayelet Fishbach (Chair), Reid Hastie, Ann McGill, and Wilhelm Hoffmann (Department of Psychology, University of Würzburg; in absentia) |
| Defense: |
"Trading Volume and Time Varying Betas" |
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By:
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Chris Hrdlicka |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at 1:45 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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John Cochrane (Chair), George Constantinides, John Heaton, and Ralph Koijen |
| Defense: |
"Free for a Fee: The Hidden Cost of Index Fund Investing |
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By:
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Alexi Savov |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at 9 a.m. in HC 100-9A |
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Committee:
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George Constantinides (Co-Chair), Doug Diamond (Co-Chair), Eugene Fama, and Ralph Koijen |
| Proposal/Defense: |
"Essays on Private Information Exchange" |
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By:
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Wes Gray |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Pietro Veronesi (Chair), Eugene Fama, Stavros Panageas (in absentia), and Amir Sufi |
| Defense: |
"Essays in Empirical Labor Economics" |
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By:
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Jessica Pan |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at 9 a.m. in HC 100-9A |
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Committee:
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Marianne Bertrand (Chair), Patricia Cortes, Jonathan Guryon, Kerwin Charles (Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago), and David Autor (MIT; in absentia) |
| Defense: |
"The Role of Rating Agencies and Conflicts of Interest: Evidence from Rating Agency Adjustments" |
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By:
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Pepa Kraft |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, May 6, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. in HC C25 |
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Committee:
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Ray Ball (Chair), Phil Berger, Doug Diamond (in absentia), Christian Leuz, and Doug Skinner |
| Defense: |
"The Impact of Shareholders on Corporate Investments: Evidence from Mutual Fund Holdings" |
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By:
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Roni Kisin |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, May 6, 2010, at 1:15 p.m. in HC C25 |
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Committee:
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Raghuram Rajan (Chair), Steve Kaplan, Gregor Matvos, Toby Moskowitz, and Amit Seru |
| Defense: |
"Beyond Payback: Grateful Responses to Help" |
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By:
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Ben Converse |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, May 6, 2010, at 10 a.m. in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Ayelet Fishbach (Chair), Nick Epley, Jane Risen, and Boaz Keysar (Department of Psychology, University of Chicago) |
| Defense: |
"Trade Credit in Supply Chains: Theory and Empirical Evidence" |
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By:
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Song (Alex) Yang |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at 3 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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John Birge (Chair), Dan Adelman, Laurens Debo, Doug Diamond, and Rodney Parker |
| Defense: |
"Amplified Interfaces: Essays on Organizational Identity and the Sociology of Hedge Funds" |
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By:
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Edward (Ned) Smith |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at noon in HC 100-9H |
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Committee:
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Damon Phillips (Chair), Matthew Bothner, Joseph Gerakos, Edward Laumann (Department of Sociology, University of Chicago), and John Levi Martin (Department of Sociology, University of Chicago) |
| Defense: |
"Informal Networks and the Modern Professional Managerial Career: Four Studies of Interpersonal Influence on Career Decisions & Outcomes" |
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By:
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Jennifer Merluzzi Hitler |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, May 3, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Ron Burt (Chair), Matthew Bothner (in absentia), Damon Phillips, Elizabeth Pontikes, and Stanislav Dobrev (INSEAD; in absentia) |
| Defense: |
"Firm Characteristics, Covariances and Cross-Sectional Expected Returns" |
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By:
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Pengqin (George) Gao |
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Date/Time:
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Friday, April 30, 2010, at 11 a.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Tim Conley (Chair), C. Alan Bester, John Cochrane, and Jeff Russell |
| Proposal: |
"Essays on Risk in the Macro Economy and Financial Markets" |
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By:
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Jaroslav Borovicka(Joint Program in Financial Economics) |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at 3:30 p.m. in Rosenwald room 329 |
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Committee:
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Lars Hansen (Chair), Fernando Alvarez (Department of Economics, University of Chicago), John Heaton, and Robert Shimer (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Biological Basis of Gender Gap in Risk Aversion and Competitiveness" |
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By:
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Moshe Hoffman |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 5 p.m. in HC C25 |
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Committee:
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John List (Chair), Steve Levitt, Emir Kamenica, Daniel Fessler (Center for Behavior Evolution and Culture, UCLA), Uri Gneezy (Rady School of Management, UCSD), and Brian Rogers (MEDS, Northwestern University) |
| Defense: |
"Sequential versus One-Off Decision Making: Statistical Guidelines and Behavior in a Watchful Waiting Medical Dilemma" |
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By:
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Elizabeth Moliski |
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Date/Time:
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Friday, April 16, 2010, at 2 p.m. in HC 223 |
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Committee:
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Reid Hastie (Chair), Tanya Menon, George Wu, and William Dale (Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Analysts' Quality or Status: Do Market Investors Care?" |
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By:
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Ayelet Ben-David |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, April 12, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. in HC 100-9A |
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Committee:
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Damon Phillips (Chair), Steven Kahl, Regina Wittenberg-Moerman, and Isil Erel (The Ohio State University) |
| Proposal: |
"Quantifying Search and Switching Cost in the U.S. Auto Industry" |
|
By:
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Elisabeth Honka |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at 1 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Pradeep Chintagunta (Chair), Jean-Pierre Dubé, Chad Syverson, and Ali Hortacsu (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Tax and Non-Tax Incentives for Voluntary IFRS Adoption: Evidence from the UK" |
|
By:
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Jeff Ng |
|
Date/Time:
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010, at 1 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
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Merle Erickson (Chair), Ryan Ball, Hans Christensen, and Doug Skinner |
| Proposal: |
"Channel of Trade Optimization for a Gasoline Supply Chain" |
|
By:
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Shanshan Wang |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at 1 p.m. in HC 3A |
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Committee:
|
Dan Adelman (Chair), John Birge, Laurens Debo, Robert Gertner, and Rodney Parker |
| Proposal: |
"Choosing and Responding to Helpers" |
|
By:
|
Ben Converse |
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Date/Time:
|
Monday, December 7, 2009, at 1 p.m. in HC C25 |
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Committee:
|
Nick Epley (Co-Chair), Ayelet Fishbach (Co-Chair), Jane Risen, and Boaz Keysar (Department of Psychology, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Effects of Learning the Long-Run Asset Pricing Model" |
|
By:
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Francisco (Paco) Vazquez-Grande |
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Date/Time:
|
Wednesday, December 3, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. in HC 100-9A |
|
Committee:
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Lars Hansen (Co-Chair), Ruey Tsay (Co-Chair), Pietro Veronesi (in absentia), and Kenneth Judd (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University) |
| Proposal: |
"Trade Credit in Supply Chains: Theory and Empirical Results" |
|
By:
|
Song (Alex) Yang |
|
Date/Time:
|
Monday, November 23, 2009, at 11:30 a.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
John Birge (Chair), Dan Adelman, Laurens Debo, Doug Diamond, and Rodney Parker |
| Proposal: |
"The Importance of Discount Rates and Cash Flows for Prices and Returns: Time-Series vs. Cross Section” |
|
By:
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Denis Chaves |
|
Date/Time:
|
Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at noon in HC C07 |
|
Committee:
|
John Cochrane (Chair), George Constantinides, John Heaton, and Pietro Veronesi |
| Proposal: |
"Free for a Fee: The Hidden Cost of Index Fund Investing" |
|
By:
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Alexi Savov |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at 1:20 p.m. in HC C03 |
|
Committee:
|
George Constantinides (Co-chair), Doug Diamond (Co-chair), Eugene Fama, and Ralph Koijen |
| Proposal: |
"Essays on Organizational Identity and the Sociology of Hedge Funds" |
|
By:
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Edward (Ned) Smith |
|
Date/Time:
|
Friday, October 22, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
Damon Phillips (Chair), Matthew Bothner, Joseph Gerakos, Edward Laumann (Department of Sociology, University of Chicago), and John Levi Martin (Department of Sociology, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Does It Matter Who Owns the Stock?" |
|
By:
|
Shastri Sandy |
|
Date/Time:
|
Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at noon in HC C07 |
|
Committee:
|
Luigi Zingales (Chair), Steven Kaplan, Juhani Linnainmaa, and Amir Sufi |
| Proposal: |
"Gender Segregation in Occupations: Do Tipping Points Matter?" |
|
By:
|
Jessica Pan |
|
Date/Time:
|
Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at 10 a.m. in HC 5SE |
|
Committee:
|
Marianne Bertrand (Chair), Patricia Cortes (in absentia), Jonathan Guryan, Kerwin Charles (Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago), and David Autor (MIT; in absentia) |
| Proposal: |
"Impact of the Financial Conditions of Shareholders on Corporate Investment: Evidence from Mutual Fund Holdings” |
|
By:
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Roni Kisin |
|
Date/Time:
|
Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at noon in HC C07 |
|
Committee:
|
Raghuram Rajan (Chair), Gregor Matvos, Toby Moskowitz, and Amit Seru |
| Proposal: |
"Volume and Changing Covariances" |
|
By:
|
Christopher Hrdlicka |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at 1:20 p.m. in HC C03 |
|
Committee:
|
John Cochrane (Chair), George Constantinides, John Heaton, and Ralph Koijen |
| Proposal: |
"Innovation, Financing and Aggregate Risk" |
|
By:
|
Christian Opp |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at 1:20 p.m. in HC C03 |
|
Committee:
|
Lars Hansen (Chair; Department of Economics, University of Chicago), Stavros Panageas (in absentia), Lubos Pastor, Raghuram Rajan (in absentia), and Pietro Veronesi (in absentia) |
| Proposal: |
"Characteristic –Based Covariances and Cross-Sectional Expected Returns" |
|
By:
|
Pengqin (George) Gao |
|
Date/Time:
|
Thursday, October 1, 2009, at 1:20 p.m. in HC 3B |
|
Committee:
|
Tim Conley (Chair), Alan Bester, John Cochrane, and Jeff Russell |
| Defense: |
"Essays in Decision Making: Risk, Reward and Opportunity Cost” |
|
By:
|
Andrew Chiu |
|
Date/Time:
|
Wednesday, September 30, 2009, at 2 p.m. in HC 5SE |
|
Committee:
|
George Wu (Chair), Eugene Caruso, Reid Hastie, and Oleg Urminsky |
| Defense: |
"Responsibility toward Others and its Effects on Motivation" |
|
By:
|
Ye Li |
|
Date/Time:
|
Friday, July 31, 2009, at 10 a.m. in HC 100-9A |
|
Committee:
|
George Wu (Chair), Nick Epley, Reid Hastie, and Roberto Weber (Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon; in absentia) |
| Defense: |
"Resource Space Dynamics in the Evolution of Industries: Formation, Expansion and Contraction of the Resource Space and its Effects on the Survival of Organizations |
|
By:
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Aleksios Gotsopoulos |
|
Date/Time:
|
Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at 1 p.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
Damon Phillips (Co-Chair), Stanislav Dobrev (Co-Chair; INSEAD, in absentia), Matthew Bothner, and Steven Kahl |
| Defense: |
"Measuring Welfare from Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A Spatial Analysis of Demand for Healthcare Centers" |
|
By:
|
Ellerie Weber |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at 10 a.m. in HC C25 |
|
Committee:
|
Kevin Murphy (Chair), Sam Peltzman, Chad Syverson, and Guy David (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania) |
| Defense: |
"Private Provision of Public Goods and Status" |
|
By:
|
Miguel Diaz Diaz |
|
Date/Time:
|
Thursday, July 23, 2009, at 1 p.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
Luis Rayo (Chair), Richard Holden, Haresh Sapra, and Alberto Simpser (Department of Political Science, University of Chicago) |
| Defense: |
"Negotiated Measurement Rules in Debt Contracts" |
|
By:
|
Ningzhong Li |
|
Date/Time:
|
Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at 9 a.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
Ray Ball (Chair), Christian Leuz, Haresh Sapra, and Doug Skinner |
| Defense: |
"The Influence of Looking Back versus Ahead on Goal Pursuit" |
|
By:
|
Minjung Koo |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at 2 p.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
Ayelet Fishbach (Chair), Aparna Labroo, Ann McGill, and Nira Liberman (Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University; in absentia) |
| Defense: |
"Does Social Approval Stimulate Prosocial Behavior? Evidence from a Field Experiment in the Residential Electricity Market" |
|
By:
|
Erez Yoeli |
|
Date/Time:
|
Monday, May 11, 2009, at 11:30 a.m. in HC C05 |
|
Committee:
|
Kevin Murphy (Chair), Marianne Bertrand, Matthew Gentzkow, Emir Kamenica, and John List (Department of Economics, University of Chicago) |
| Defense: |
"Does Education Cause Better Health? Evidence from Sibling Data" |
|
By:
|
Yoad Shefi |
|
Date/Time:
|
Monday, May 11, 2009, at 10 a.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
Kevin Murphy (Chair), Gary Becker, Dennis Carlton, and Robert Topel |
| Defense: |
"Buyer's Remorse: When Evaluation is Affect-Based Before You Chose but Deliberation-Based Afterwards" |
|
By:
|
Yan Zhang |
|
Date/Time:
|
Thursday, May 7, 2009, at 3 p.m. in HC 100-9A |
|
Committee:
|
Reid Hastie (Chair), Nicholas Epley, Aparna Labroo, and Ann McGill |
| Defense: |
"Structural Estimation of a Moral Hazard Model: An Application to Business Selling" |
|
By:
|
Renna Jiang |
|
Date/Time:
|
Thursday, May 7, 2009, at 2 p.m. in HC C24 |
|
Committee:
|
Pradeep Chintagunta (Co-Chair), Peter Rossi (Co-Chair), Jean-Pierre Dubé, and Milton Harris |
| Defense: |
"Essays in Market Microstructure and Asset Pricing" |
|
By:
|
Omid Sabbaghi |
|
Date/Time:
|
Thursday, May 7, 2009, at 11 a.m. in HC 100-9H |
|
Committee:
|
Federico Bandi (Co-Chair; in absentia), Jeffrey Russell (Co-Chair), George Constantinides, and Juhani Linnainmaa |
| Defense: |
"Selective Publicity and Stock Prices" |
|
By:
|
David Solomon |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at 11 a.m. in HC 4SE |
|
Committee:
|
Lubos Pastor (Chair), Toby Moskowitz, Richard Thaler, and Luigi Zingales |
| Defense: |
"News Dissemination and the Impact of the Business Press" |
|
By:
|
Eugene Soltes |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. in HC 100-9A |
|
Committee:
|
Doug Skinner (Chair), Christian Leuz, Abbie Smith, and Suraj Srinivasan (Harvard Business School; in absentia) |
| Defense: |
"The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Agency Costs" |
|
By:
|
John Scalf |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
Robert Gertner (Chair), Hans Christensen, Amir Sufi, and Ashwini Agrawal (NYU Stern; in absentia) |
| Defense: |
"Status and Surprises: Causes of Overreaction to New Information about Firm Performance" |
|
By:
|
Daniela Lup |
|
Date/Time:
|
Monday, May 4, 2009, at 1 p.m. in HC 100-9A |
|
Committee:
|
Damon Phillips (Co-Chair), Valery Yakubovich (Co-Chair; Wharton), Steven Kahl, and George Wu |
| Proposal: |
"Organizing for Problem Solving" |
|
By:
|
Karen Bernhardt-Walther |
|
Date/Time:
|
Friday, April 10, 2009, at 11 a.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
Luis Garicano (Chair), Emir Kamenica, Canice Prendergast, and Lars Stole |
| Proposal: |
"On Responsibility: Effects on Adherence to Social Norms and Employee Motivation" |
|
By:
|
Ye Li |
|
Date/Time:
|
Friday, March 20, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
George Wu (Chair), Nick Epley, Reid Hastie, John List (Department of Economics, University of Chicago), and Roberto Weber (Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University; in absentia) |
| Prospoal: |
"Statistical Guidelines and Medical Decision Making: Can Mindset Help Healthcare Decision Makers Better Adhere to Guidelines When they Make Multi-Round Risky Decisions Using Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Decision Making as a Model?" |
|
By:
|
Elizabeth Ghini Moliski |
|
Date/Time:
|
Monday, March 9, 2009, at 1 p.m. in HC C01 |
|
Committee:
|
Reid Hastie (Chair), Tanya Menon, George Wu, and William Dale (Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago) |
| Proposal: |
"Do Managers Have Timing Ability in Firms Issuing and Repurchasing Equity?" |
|
By:
|
Larry Takeuchi |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at 3 p.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
Luigi Zingales (Chair), Juhani Linnainmaa, Doug Skinnner, and Darren Roulstone (Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University; in absentia) |
| Proposal: |
"Does Education Cause Better Health? Evidence from Sibling Data" |
|
By:
|
Yoad Shefi |
|
Date/Time:
|
Monday, March 2, 2009, at 10 a.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
Kevin Murphy (Chair), Gary Becker, Dennis Carlton, and Robert Topel |
| Proposal: |
"The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Firm Transparency: Evidence from the Syndicated Loan Market" |
|
By:
|
John Scalf |
|
Date/Time:
|
Friday, January 20, 2009, at 10 a.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
Robert Gertner (Chair), Hans Christensen, Amir Sufi, and Ashwini Agrawal (Stern School of Business, New York University; in absentia) |
| Defense: |
"Why Are CEOs Rarely Fired? Evidence from Structural Estimation" |
|
By:
|
Luke Taylor |
|
Date/Time:
|
Friday, January 23, 2009, at 11:30 a.m. in HC C25 |
|
Committee:
|
Lubos Pastor (Chair), Steve Kaplan, Gregor Matvos, Pietro Veronesi, and Morten Sorensen (Columbia Business School; in absentia) |
| Proposal: |
"Negotiated Measurement Rules in Debt Contracts" |
|
By:
|
Ningzhong Li |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at 9 a.m. in HC C25 |
|
Committee:
|
Ray Ball (Chair), Christian Leuz, Haresh Sapra (in absentia), and Doug Skinner |
| Proposal: |
"Rating Agency Adjustments to GAAP Financial Statements and their Effect on Ratings and Bond Yields" |
|
By:
|
Pepa Kraft |
|
Date/Time:
|
Friday, December 12, 2008, at 2 p.m. in HC C24 |
|
Committee:
|
Ray Ball (Chair), Phil Berger, Doug Diamond, Christian Leuz, and Doug Skinner |
| Proposal: |
"News Dissemination and the Impact of the Business Press" |
|
By:
|
Eugene Soltes |
|
Date/Time:
|
Thursday, December 11, 2008, at 1 p.m. in HC C04 |
|
Committee:
|
Douglas Skinner (Chair), Christian Leuz, Abbie Smith, and Suraj Srinivasan (Harvard Business School; in absentia) |
| Proposal: |
"Vicarious Consumption and Social Prizes" |
|
By:
|
Miguel Diaz Diaz |
|
Date/Time:
|
Friday, December 5, 2008, at 8 a.m. in HC C24 |
|
Committee:
|
Luis Rayo (Chair), Haresh Sapra, Alberto Simpser (University of Chicago Department of Political Science), and Richard Holden (in absentia) |
| Proposal: |
"Missed Opportunities: The Psychology of Opportunity Costs" |
|
By:
|
Andrew Chiu |
|
Date/Time:
|
Thursday, December 4, 2008, at 10 a.m. in HC 3B |
|
Committee:
|
George Wu (Chair), Eugene Caruso, Reid Hastie, and Oleg Urminsky |
| Proposal: |
"The Psychological Consequences of Pursuing an Action as an End versus a Means" |
|
By:
|
Jinhee Choi |
|
Date/Time:
|
Friday, October 31, 2008, at 2 p.m. in HC C24 |
|
Committee:
|
Ayelet Fishbach (Chair), Reid Hastie, Aparna Labroo, and Oleg Urminsky |
| Proposal: |
"Selective Publicity and Stock Prices" |
|
By:
|
David Solomon |
|
Date/Time:
|
Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at noon in HC 3B |
|
Committee:
|
Lubos Pastor (Chair), Toby Moskowitz, Richard Thaler, and Luigi Zingales |
| Proposal: |
"Activating Self-Control: Isolated vs. Interrelated Temptations" |
|
By:
|
Kristian Myrseth |
|
Date/Time:
|
Friday, October 10, 2008, at 2 p.m. in HC 4SE |
|
Committee:
|
Ayelet Fishbach (Chair), Reid Hastie, Richard Thaler, and Yaacov Trope (Department of Psychology, New York University; in absentia) |
| Proposal: |
"Buyer's Remorse: When Evaluation is Based on Simulation Before You Chose but Deliberation After" |
|
By:
|
Yan Zhang |
|
Date/Time:
|
Monday, September 22, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. in HC C24 |
|
Committee:
|
Reid Hastie (Chair), Aparna Labroo (in absentia), Ann McGill, and Nick Epley |
| Proposal: |
"Brokerage, Second-Hand Brokerage and Difficult Working Relationships: The Role of the Informal Organization on Speaking Up about Difficult Relationships and Being Deemed Uncooperative by Co-Workers" |
|
By:
|
Jennifer Hitler |
|
Date/Time:
|
Monday, September 22, 2008, at 1 p.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
Ron Burt (Chair), Matthew Bothner, Damon Phillips, and Stanislav Dobrev (INSEAD; in absentia) |
| Proposal: |
"Resource Space Dynamics in the Evolution of Industries: Formation, Expansion and Contraction of the Resource Space and its Effects on the Survival of Organizations: |
|
By:
|
Aleksios Gotsopoulos |
|
Date/Time:
|
Friday, August 8, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. in HC 100-9A |
|
Committee:
|
Damon Phillips (Co-Chair), Stanislav Dobrev (Co-Chair; INSEAD), Matthew Bothner (in absentia), and Steven Kahl |
| Defense: |
"An Examination of Status Dynamics in the U.S. Venture Capital Industry" |
|
By:
|
Young-Kyu Kim |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at 1 p.m. in HC 3B |
|
Committee:
|
Matthew Bothner (Chair), Ron Burt, Damon Phillips, Sean Safford, and Stanislav Dobreve (in absentia; INSEAD Organizational Behavior Area) |
| Defense: |
"Group Dynamics and Contact: A Natural Experiment" |
|
By:
|
Arjun Chakravarti |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. in HC C25 |
|
Committee:
|
Tanya Menon (Chair), Reid Hastie, Damon Phillips, and Amit Gandhi (Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin) |
| Defense: |
"Essays in Corporate Governance" |
|
By:
|
Ashwini Agrawal |
|
Date/Time:
|
Monday, June 9, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. in HC 3A |
|
Committee:
|
Marianne Bertrand (Co-Chair), Morten Sorensen (Co-Chair), Steven Kaplan, and Joshua Rauh |
| Defense: |
"Essays on Consumer Finance" |
|
By:
|
Brian Melzer |
|
Date/Time:
|
Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. in HC C25 |
|
Committee:
|
Marianne Bertrand (Co-Chair), Toby Moskowitz (Co-Chair), Erik Hurst, Amir Sufi, and Luigi Zingales |
| Defense: |
"Male Incarceration and Teen Fertility" |
|
By:
|
Amee Kamdar |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. in HC C10 |
|
Committee:
|
Steven Levitt (Chair), Gary Becker, Marianne Bertrand, and Jonathan Guryan |
| Defense: |
"Essays on Economic Fundamentals in Asset Pricing" |
|
By:
|
Jie (Jennie) Bai |
|
Date/Time:
|
Monday, May 19, 2008, at noon in HC C03 |
|
Committee:
|
George Constantinides (Co-Chair), Ruey Tsay (Co-Chair), Alan Bester, Lars Hansen, and Monika Piazzesi (in absentia) |
| Defense: |
"Asset-Intensity and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns" |
|
By:
|
Raife Giovinazzo |
|
Date/Time:
|
Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at noon in HC 100-9A |
|
Committee:
|
Toby Moskowitz (Co-Chair), Richard Thaler (Co-Chair), Eugene Fama, Andrea Frazzini, and Abbie Smith |
| Defense: |
"Essays on Household Behavior" |
|
By:
|
Marlena Lee |
|
Date/Time:
|
Thursday, May 8, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. in HC 100-9A |
|
Committee:
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Erik Hurst (Chair), Eugene Fama, John Heaton, and Toby Moskowitz (in absentia) |
| Proposal: |
"How (Un)Accomplished Goal Actions Affect Goal Striving and Goal Setting" |
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By:
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Minjung Koo |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at 2 p.m. in HC C25 |
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Committee:
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Ayelet Fishbach (Chair), Aparna Labroo, Ann McGill, and Nira Liberman (Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University) |
| Defense: |
"Empirical Entry Games with Complementarities: An Application to the Shopping Center Industry" |
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By:
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Maria Ana Vitorino |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at 10 a.m. in HC C25 |
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Committee:
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Pradeep Chintagunta (Co-Chair), Jean-Pierre Dubé (Co-Chair), Matthew Gentzkow, Peter Rossi, and Kenneth Judd (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; Stanford University) |
| Defense: |
"Betas, Characterisitcs, and the Cross-Section of Hedge Fund Returns" |
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By:
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Mark Klebanov |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, April 17, 2008, at 10 a.m. in HC C05 |
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Committee:
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John Cochrane (Chair), Eugene Fama, John Heaton, Steve Kaplan, and Lubos Pastor |
| Defense: |
"Expropriatin Risk and Technology" |
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By:
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Marcus Opp |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. in HC C24 |
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Committee:
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Doug Diamond (Chair), Milt Harris, Raghuram Rajan, and Morten Sorensen |
| Defense: |
"Essays in Corporate Finance and Real Estate" |
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By:
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Itzhak Ben-David |
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at 10 a.m. in HC C25 |
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Committee:
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Toby Moskowitz (Chair), Erik Hurst, Steven Levitt, and Richard Thaler |
| Proposal: |
"Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Contact: A Natural Experiment" |
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By:
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Arjun Chakravarti |
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, March 27, 2008, at 9 a.m. in HC C25 |
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Committee:
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Tanya Menon (Chair), Reid Hastie (in absentia), Damon Phillips, and Amit Gandhi (Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin) |
| Proposal: |
"Structural Estimation of a Moral Hazard Model: An Application to Industrial Selling" |
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By:
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Renna Jiang |
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at 2 p.m. in HC 3B |
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Committee:
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Pradeep Chintagunta (Co-Chair), Peter Rossi (Co-Chair), Jean-Pierre Dubé (in absentia), and Milt Harris |
| Proposal: |
"Status, Quality, and Earnings Announcements: An Analysis of the Effect of News of which Confirms or Contradicts the Status-Quality Correlation on the Stock of a Company" |
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By:
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Daniela Lup |
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Date/Time:
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Monday, March 3, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. in HC C04 |
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Committee:
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Damon Phillips (Chair), Steven Kahl, George Wu, and Valery Yakubovich (Wharton) |
| Defense: |
"Diversification and its Discontents: Idiosyncratic and Entrepreneurial Risk in the Quest for Social Status" |
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By:
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Nick Roussanov |
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Date/Time:
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Friday, February 22, 2008, at 10 a.m. in HC C24 |
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Committee:
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John Cochrane (Co-Chair), John Heaton (Co-Chair), Toby Moskowitz (in absentia), and Pietro Veronesi |
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