Program 2011

European Winter Finance Summit, March 14- 17, 2011

TimePresenterDiscussantTitle
Monday, March 14
19:00 - 19:30Registration and Welcome Reception
from 19:30Dinner
Tuesday, March 15
08:30 - 08:15Engelbert DocknerWelcome
08:15 - 09:00Steve Figlewski *
Justin Birru
The impact of the Federal Reserve's interest rate target announcement on
stock prices: a closer look at how the market impounds new information.
09:00 - 15:00Recreational time - skiing
15:30 - 17:00Claudio Loderer
Urs Wälchli *
Klaus Neusser
Arne WesterkampFirm age and survival
Gennaro Bernile *
Evgeny Lyandres
Juliusz RadwanskiMerger synergies along the supply chain
17:00 - 17:15Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:45Yrjö Koskinen *
Arturio Bris
Mattias Nilsson
Josef ZechnerThe euro and corporate financing
Apostolos Kourtis *
Raphael Markellos
Engelbert DocknerAsset selection with estimation risk
18:45 - 19:00Coffee Break
19:00 - 19:45Mathijs van Dijk *
Dimitrios Vagios
Christian WagnerInternational capital flows and liquidity
from 20:00Dinner
Wednesday, March 16
08:00 - 09:00Matthew SpiegelKeynote lectureDynamic Competition, Valuation and Merger Activity
(coauthored with Heather Tookes)
09:00 - 15:00Recreational time - skiing
15:30 - 17:00Alex Stomper *
Xavier Giroud
Holger Müller
Arne Westerkamp
Tim AdamSnow and leverage
Alexander Mürmann
Daniela Straka
Raphael MarkellosAsymmetric Information in Automobile Insurance:
New Evidence from Telematics Data
17:00 - 17:15Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:45Avri Ravid *
David de Angelis
Hamed Ghoddusi Hedging policies, incentives and market power
Razvan Vlahu *
Stefan Trautmann
Alexander MürmannStrategic loan defaults and coordination: an experimental analysis
18:45 - 19:00Coffee Break
19:00 - 19:45Christian Laux *
Alexander Mürmann
Kjell NyborgInsuring non-verifiable losses and the role of intermediaries
from 20:00Dinner
Thursday, March 17
08:00 - 09:30Andreas Danis *
Daniel Rettl
Kristian MiltersenTesting dynamic tradeoff theory
Moez BennouriThomas GehrigTrading Mechanisms, ex-post uncertainty and IPO underpricing
09:30 - 09:45Coffee Break
09:45 - 11:45Gideon Ozik
Ronnie Sadka
Mirna MarovicMedia and investment management
Aneta HryckiewiczStefan PichlerTransmission of bank liquidity shocks in loan and deposit markets:
the role of interbank borrowing and market monitoring