Research Presentations
Fall 2018 Semester:
Friday, August 17, 2018
Joint PhD Student Seminar with the
University of Memphis and Mississippi State University
Zhilu Lin (University of
Mississippi) – CEOs
with Innovative Ability
Jianning Huang (University of
Memphis) – Exchange
Competition with Levelled Speed
Caleb Houston (Mississippi State University)
– Insider
Filing Violations and Purposeful Information Delay
Friday, August 21
Sugata Ray (University of Alabama)
Are Hedge Fund
Managers’ Charitable Donations Strategic?
Friday, September 28
Tim Loughran (University of Notre
Dame)
Assimilation of
Oil News into Prices
Friday, November 2
Jeff Black (University of Memphis)
Information
Asymmetry and the Cost of Capital:
The Influence of Public and Private Information
Spring 2019 Semester:
January 18th, 2019
University of Mississippi,
Mississippi State University, University of Memphis & University of Alabama
Konstantin Sokolov (University of Memphis) - Ransomware Activity and Blockchain Congestion
Lixiong Guo (University of Alabama) - CEO Personal Donating Behavior and Corporate Social Responsibility
Lin Ge (University of Mississippi) - Governance, CEO Power, and Relative Performance Evaluation (RFE) Effectiveness
Randy Campbell (Mississippi State University) - Does CEO Pay Keep up with the Jonese? A test of the KUJ Theory
Friday, March 22
Jim Upson (University of Texas at El
Paso)
Passive Informed Trading
Around Earnings Announcements