{"id":4515,"date":"2009-10-02T13:11:18","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T17:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=4515"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:00:32","slug":"finance-seminar-series-continues-to-attract-renowned-presenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2009\/10\/finance-seminar-series-continues-to-attract-renowned-presenters\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance seminar series continues to attract renowned presenters."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2006, <strong>Suchi Mishra<\/strong>, a member of the Finance and Real Estate Department, has organized seminars at which leading scholars present to faculty and PhD students.<\/p>\n<p>The 2009 season got off to a strong start on September 18<sup>th<\/sup> with a lecture by noted real estate professor Timothy Riddiough, University  of Wisconsin-Madison. Approximately 25 faculty members and graduate students, including 12 from the Finance Department and three from Economics, attended.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4516\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tn_finance_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4516\" title=\"tn_finance_01\" src=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tn_finance_01.jpg\" alt=\"Timothy Riddiough, University of Wisconsin-Madison, presented this year\u2019s first finance seminar.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Timothy Riddiough, University of Wisconsin-Madison, presented this year\u2019s first finance seminar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis was a beautiful argument in which Riddiough built a theoretical model about a socially and privately optimal revenue sharing contract between the monopolist supplier (for example, Walgreens or Wal-Mart or McDonalds) and the incumbent (such as franchise holders), so that the effort production by the incumbent is continuous, and default risk is minimized,\u201d Mishra said.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming speakers include Wayne Ferson, University of Southern   California on November 6, 2009, and Roger Huang, Notre Dame on February 26, 2010.<\/p>\n<p><em>Seminars benefit FIU and the field.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The talks and informal discussions enable PhD students to see where the research in their area is headed, and helps them build a strong network.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4517\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tn_finance_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4517\" title=\"tn_finance_04\" src=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tn_finance_04-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Suchi Mishra\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suchi Mishra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe events motivate all of us to do good research, which gets our name out,\u201d Mishra said. \u201cAlso, these scholars see that we have a strong PhD program, which helps put us on the map.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The list of previous speakers reads like a <em>Who\u2019s Who<\/em> in the field: Warren Bailey, Cornell University; Hendrik Bessembinder, University of Utah and co-editor of <em>Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis<\/em>; Timothy Burch, University of Miami; Cynthia Campbell, Iowa State University and former co-editor of <em>Financial Review<\/em>; William Christie, Vanderbilt University, editor of <em>Financial Management<\/em>; Arnie Cowan, Iowa State University and former co-editor of <em>Financial Review<\/em>; Jon Garfinkel, University of Iowa; Gerald Gay, Georgia State University and co-editor of <em>Journal of Financial Research<\/em>; Jayant Kale, Georgia State University and co-editor of <em>Journal of Financial Research<\/em>; and Abanidhar Subrahmanyam, UCLA and co-editor of <em>Financial Market<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2006, Suchi Mishra, a member of the Finance and Real Estate Department, has organized seminars at which leading scholars present to faculty and PhD students. 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