Research Presentations

Fall 2019 Semester:

Friday, August 16, 2018

Joint PhD Student Seminar with the University of Memphis and Mississippi State University

Haoyang Xiong – Culture and the Regulation of Insider Trading Across Countries

Wei Sun – Trade Time Clustering

Jiawei Chen – Does Insider Trading Impact Innovation?

Shawn McFarland – Short Duration, Dynamic Price Limits: The Special Quote and Limit up-Limit Down Rules

Friday, September 6

Alvaro Taboada (Mississippi State University)

Women on Bank Boards: Evidence from Gender Quotas around the World

Friday, November 1

Craig Lewis (Vanderbilt University)

Is the Bottom Line the Top Priority? Revenue versus Earnings Guidance

Spring 2020 Semester:

Friday, January 17, 2020

University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University, University of Memphis & University of Alabama

Allen Carrion (Univ. of Memphis) Bulk Volume Trade Classification and Informed Trading

Lixiong Guo (Univ. of Alabama) Do Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Import More Aggressive Insider Trading?

Arup Ganguly (Univ. of Mississippi) The Impact of Tightly Contested Governance Proposals on Firms Narrative Disclosures: Evidence from a Regression-Discontinuity Design (RDD)

Brian Blank (Mississippi State Univ.) Do Political Contributions Impact Shareholder Wealth? Evidence from State Campaign Finance Reforms

Friday, February 28, 2020

David Denis (University of Pittsburg)

Acquisitions and CEO Compensation Changes