ECONOMICS AND FINANCE SEMINARS IN WEEK 11

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MONDAY

THE JOINT FINANCE RESEARCH SEMINAR
http://project.hkkk.fi/gsf/gsf_seminar.html

Speaker: Robin Greenwood (Harvard Business School)
Title: STOCK PRICE FRAGILITY (joint with David Thesmar)

Time: March 15, 2010, at 15.15-16.30
Place: Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki. Casa Academica Building, Perhonkatu 6, room 501, 5th floor.

The paper can be found at:
http://project.hkkk.fi/gsf/seminar_papers/fragility15.pdf

For more information please contact: Mikko Leppämäki, mikko.leppamaki@hse.fi, Timo Korkeamäki timo.korkeamaki@hanken.fi or Matti Suominen matti.suominen@hse.fi

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MONDAY

HECER: LUNCH SEMINAR
www.hecer.fi/Seminars/lunch/lunch.htm

Speaker: Juuso Välimäki (Aalto University and HECER)
Title: TBA

Time: March 15, 2010, at 12.15-13.00
Place: Helsinki, Arkadiankatu 7, Economicum building, 4th floor, room B416

For more information please contact: Otto Toivanen, otto.toivanen@helsinki.fi.

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WEDNESDAY

BANK OF FINLAND: BOFIT SEMINAR
www.bof.fi/bofit_en/tutkimus/seminaarit/tiistai/seminaarit.htm

Speaker: Veronika Belousova (State University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow and BOFIT)
Title: DOES GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION IMPROVE BRANCH BANK EFFICIENCY? THE CASE OF RUSSIA

Time: March 17, 2010, at 9.30
Place: Bank of Finland, Rauhankatu 19, 3rd floor seminar room

Please register beforehand with Ms Liisa Mannila ( liisa.mannila@bof.fi, 0108312268). Visitors are requested to arrive at the Bank's Rauhankatu 19 entrance, from where they will be escorted to the BOFIT seminar room.

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THURSDAY

VATT-SEMINAARI
www.vatt.fi/ajankohtaista/seminaarit/viikkoseminaarit/

Speaker: Juha Honkatukia (VATT)
Title: VEROJÄRJESTELMÄN HYVINVOINTIKUSTANNUKSET SUOMESSA - YTP-ANALYYSI

Time: March 18, 2010, at 10.30-11.30
Place: Helsinki, Economicum, Arkadiankatu 7, VATTin kokoushuone, 4krs.

For more information, please contact: Essi Eerola, essi.eerola@vatt.fi or
Matti Sarvimäki, matti.sarvimaki@vatt.fi.
day. Visitors are requested to come to the main entrance of Rauhankatu 19 by 13.20.
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FRIDAY

HECER: ECONOMICS RESEARCH SEMINAR (KOLLOKVIO)
www.hecer.fi/Seminars/kollokvio/kollokvio.htm

Speaker: Alexander Ljungqvist (New York University)
Title: MONITORING MANAGERS: DOES IT MATTER? (with Francesca Cornelli and Zbigniew Kominek)

Time: March 19, 2010, at 14.15-15.45
Place: Helsinki, Economicum, Arkadiankatu 7, seminar room 3-4

The paper can be found at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1507762

For more information please contact any of the seminar organizers: Heikki Pursiainen, heikki.pursiainen@helsinki.fi, Pauli Murto, pauli.murto@hse.fi, Staffan Ringbom, staffan.ringbom@shh.fi