Date
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Sponsor
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE)
School of Finance

Location

Registration
To register for the conference and reserve your luncheon ticket, please send an email to li.heng@mail.shufe.edu.cn by June 24. Indicate your name, university/affiliation, and email address in your response.

Program

8:15 – 8:30 Registration

8:30 – 8:35 Welcome address by the president of SUFE

8:35 – 8:45 Introduction by Professor Neng Wang

8:45 – 9:45 Erica X.N. Li, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Nominal Rigidities, Asset Returns and Monetary Policy
Discussant: Ting Wu, School of Finance, SUFE

9:45–10:00 Refreshment Break

10:00–11:00 Jianfeng Yu, Calson School of Management, University of Minnesota Asset Pricing in Production Economies with Extrapolative Expectations
Discussant: Shaojin Li, School of Finance, SUFE

11:00–11:15 Refreshment Break

11:15–12:15 Song Han, Division of Research & Statistics, Federal Reserve Board
Information Asymmetry in Corporate Bond Trading, Credit Risk, and Yield Spread
Discussant: Zhihua Chen, School of Finance, SUFE

12:30–14:00 Lunch
Keynote Speaker: Patrick Bolton, University of Columbia
Europe’s Banking and Sovereign Debt Twin Crises

14:00-15:00 Xin Deng, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University
Voting Efficiency and the Even-Odd Effects of Corporate Board:
Theory and Evidence
Discussant: Zhen Wang, School of Finance, SUFE

15:00-15:15 Refreshment Break

15:15-16:15 Patrick Bolton, Columbia University
Market Timing, Investment, and Risk Management
Discussant: Nengjiu Ju

Break