Height and Income Attraction: An Online Dating Field Experiment
Many desirable traits: income, education, and health, are correlated with height However, most studies of marriage or dating do not control for height and these other qualities simultaneously
David Ong, PHBS
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 | 12:30pm-1:30pm | Room 237, HSBC Business School Building
Keywords: Height and Income Attraction: An Online Dating Field Experiment
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Leadership Vacillation as a Pattern of CEO Succession
CEO succession is a vital organizational decision because organizational strategy is a reflection of the experiences of a firm’s top leader, which is determined by successor choice
James Yen, PHBS
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 | 12:30 pm | Room 237, HSBC Business School Building
Keywords: CEO succession
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Property Rights Protection and Investment: an Event Study from China
This paper examines the link between the protection of property rights and investment activity We explore the new land-title granting scheme implemented by the Shenzhen government as an exogenous shock that increases property rights protection
Miao Meng, University of Oxford
Thursday, September 18, 2014 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Room 335, HSBC Business School Building
Keywords: Property Rights Protection and Investment: an Event Study from China
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Education attraction:An Online Dating Field Experiment
Becker s theory of the family predicts that couples will match on education because of the possibility of shared public goods
David Ong, PHBS
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 | 12:30pm | Room 237, HSBC Business School Building
Keywords: Education attraction:An online dating field experiment
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Dynamic Stochastic Inventory Management with Reference Price Effects
We analyze a periodic review stochastic inventory model in which demand depends on not only the current selling price but also a memory-based reference price
Peng Hu, Huazhong University of Science and technology
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | 2:00pm-3:30pm | Room 335, HSBC Business School Building
Keywords: Marketing pricing, Policies, Inventory production, Stochastic
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The Science of Money
We will discuss three aspects of the application of scientific methods to finance: (1) Investment (2) Derivatives (3) Risk Management
Steven Kou, National University of Singapore
Thursday, September 4, 2014 | 3:20pm – 4:40pm | Room 335, HSBC Business School Building
Keywords: The Science of Money
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Does Dividend Policy Drive Earnings Smoothing?
This paper examines the earnings smoothing behavior of dividend-paying firms We show that dividend-paying firms engage in more earnings smoothing than non-payers through both real activities and accrual choices
Nan Liu, Indiana University South Bend
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Room 335, HSBC Business School Building
Keywords: Earnings smoothing, Dividend policy, Real earnings management; Accruals management, Earnings persistence
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Epistemic Game Theory
The epistemic approach to game theory makes how players reason about a game a central feature of the theory
Adam Brandenburger, New York University
Monday, June 23, 2014 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Room 335, HSBC Business School Building
Keywords: Epistemics, Game theory
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Harnessing CEO Overconfidence
The literature posits that some CEO overconfidence benefits shareholders, though high levels may not In principle, adequate controls and oversight should harness the benefits of CEO overconfidence and mitigate its costs
Suman Banerjee, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Room 335, HSBC Business School Building
Keywords: CEO Over-Confidence, Over-investment, Risk-taking, Quality of Investment, SOX, Firm performance
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