Kristine Watson Hankins

William E. Seale Professor of Finance
University of Kentucky

Finance Seminars



Please see the website of Russell Jame for current seminars: http://russelljame.com/Seminars.html




Fall 2015 / Spring 2016:


Tom Chemmanur (Boston College) – September 4


Radha Gopalan (Washington University) – September 25


Ken Lehn (University of Pittsburgh) – November 6


Nick Bollen (Vanderbilt University) – November 13


Diane Del Guercio (University of Oregon) – December 4


Clemens Sialm (University of Texas) – TBD


Recruiting – January/February


Alberto Manconi (Tilberg University)


Inaugural UK Finance Conference – April 22/23


Stu Gillan (University of Georgia) – May 13





Fall 2014 / Spring 2015:


Alex Butler (Rice University) – September 19


Pedro Matos (University of Virginia) – September 26


Eli Fich (Drexel University) – October 24


Rawley Heimer (Cleveland Fed) – March 9


Greg Nini (Drexel University) – April 10


Denis Sosyura (University of Michigan) – May 1


Martin Schmalz (University of Michigan) – May 8



Fall 2013 / Spring 2014:


Mark Liu (University of Kentucky) – September 13


Jongsub Lee (University of Florida) – September 20


Roni Michaely (Cornell University) – October 25


Chris Schwarz (University of California, Irvine) – November 8


Gjergji Cici (The College of William and Mary) – November 15


Leonce Bargeron (University of Pittsburg) – November 22


Ran Duchin (University of Washington) – January 24


UK/UT Conference – April 4-5


Veronika Pool (Indiana University) – April 18


Joseph Gerakos (University of Chicago) – April 25




Spring 2013:


Recruiting – January 18, 21, 28; February 8, 11


Kathleen Weiss Hanley (SEC) – March 1




Fall 2012:


Alice Bonaime (University of Kentucky) – August 31


Xin Hong (University of Kentucky) – September 28


Heitor Almeida (University of Illinois) – October 5


Russ Wermers (University of Maryland) – October 26


Josh Pierce (University of South Carolina) – November 9



Spring 2012:


Richard Evans (University of Virginia) – January 24


Mark Liu (University of Kentucky) – February 17


Heitor Almeida (University of Illinois) – rescheduled


Mike McDonald (University of Tennessee) – March 9


Matt Billett (Indiana University) – March 23


Breno Schmidt (Emory University)– April 20



Fall 2011:


Chris Clifford (University of Kentucky) – September 9


Adriano Rampini (Duke University) – September 30


Amy Dittmar (University of Michigan) – December 9



Summer 2011:


Will Gerken (Auburn University) – June 17



Spring 2011:


Hui Guo (University of Cincinnati) – March 4


Russ Wermers (University of Maryland) – April 15


Vikas Agrawal (Georgia State University) – April 29


Victoria Ivashina (Harvard University) – May 6




Fall 2010:


Richard Sias (Washington State University) – September 2


Lalitha Naveen (Temple University) – September 17


Shane Johnson (Texas A&M University) – October 15


Paul Schultz (Notre Dame University) – November 5




Summer 2010:


Alice Bonaime (University of Kentucky) – June 28
Financial Flexibility, Risk Management, and Payout Choice



Spring 2010:


Chris Clifford (University of Kentucky) – February 5
Do Investors Care About Risk-Adjusted Returns? Evidence from Fund Flows

Jim Schallheim (University of Utah) – April 9
A Test of the Substitution between Debt and Leases Using Sale-and-Leaseback Transactions

Shawn Thomas (University of Pittsburgh) – April 16
Accelerated Share Repurchases

Simi Kedia (Rutgers University) – April 23
The Effect of CEO Compensation on Relation-Specific Investments by Customers and Suppliers

Kathy Kahle (Arizona / Georgia) - rescheduled



Fall 2009:


Chris Clifford (University of Kentucky) – September 4
Out of the Dark: Hedge Fund Reporting Biases and Commercial Databases

Kristine Hankins (University of Kentucky) – September 18
Uncertainty, Merger Waves, and Vertical Integrations

Charlie Hadlock (Michigan State) – September 25
Financial Strength and Product Market Competition: Evidence from Asbestos Litigation

Michael Roberts (University of Pennsylvania) – October 9
Follow the Leader: Strategic Interaction in Corporate Capital Structure

Tom Bates (University of Arizona) – October 30
Is Bid Resistance Futile?

Jim Wilcox (University of California, Berkeley) – November 20
Regime-Switching in the Prices of Art, Horses, and Houses


Spring 2009:


Ozzie Ince (Virginia Tech) – March 27
The Impact of Venture Capitalist and Underwriter: Interactions on Initial Public Offerings

Michael Roberts (University of Pennsylvania) – rescheduled

Jarrad Harford (University of Washington) – April 17
Incentive Effects of Extreme CEO Pay Cuts


Fall 2008:


Kerry Back (Texas A&M) – rescheduled

Chris Stivers (University of Georgia) – September 19
Realized Return Dispersion and the Dynamics of Winner-Minus-Loser and Book-to-Market Stock Return Spreads

Ayla Kayhan (Louisiana State University & SEC) – October 17
Credit Rating Targets and Corporate Decisions

Mark Carey (Federal Reserve Board) – October 30, Thursday
The Bank as Grim Reaper: Debt Composition and Recoveries on Defaulted Debt

Dave Mauer (University of Texas, Dallas) – December 5
Stockholder and Bondholder Wealth Effects of CEO Incentive Grants


Spring 2008:


Mark Liu (University of Kentucky) – February 8
Independent Institutional Investors and Equity Returns

Alice Bonaime (University of Florida) – March 4
Reputation and Repurchase Announcements

Dan Bradley (Clemson University) – April 4
Do Insiders Practice What They Preach?

Daniel Bergstresser (Harvard Business School) – rescheduled

Andrew Winton (University of Minnesota) – April 25
Corporate Fraud and Business Conditions: Evidence from IPOs


Fall 2007:


Mark Liu (University of Kentucky) – August 31
Analysts’ Incentives to Produce Industry-Level versus Firm-Specific Information: Theory and Evidence

Sreedhar Bharath (University of Michigan) – September 7
Why Do Firms Use Private Equity to Opt Out of Public Markets?

Chris Yung (University of Colorado) – September 21
IPO Information Aggregation and Underwriter Quality

George Jiang (University of Arizona) – September 28
The Cross-Section of Stock Price Jumps and Return Predictability

Archishman Chakraborty (Baruch University) – October 5
Security Design in Initial Public Offerings

Kristine Hankins (University of Kentucky) – October 12
Estimating Dynamic Panel Models: Simulation Results in the Context of Corporate Finance

Greg Udell (Indiana University) – October 26
Why Do Firms Switch Banks?

Michael Faulkender (Northwestern University) – November 9
A Panel Data Analysis of Interest Rate Risk Management

Takeo Hoshi (UC San Diego) – December 10
Zombie Lending and Depressed Restructuring in Japan

Spring 2007:


Dave Denis (Purdue University) – March 23
Do Firms Manage Earnings to Meet Dividend Thresholds?

Tong Yao (University of Arizona) – April 6
The Investment Value of Mutual Fund Portfolio Disclosure

Li Jin (Harvard Business School) – April 13
Managerial Career Concern and Mutual Fund Short-Termism

Micah Officer (University of Southern California) – April 20
Overinvestment, Corporate Governance, and Dividend Initiation


Fall 2006:


Amir Sufi (University of Chicago) – September 22
Creditor Control Rights and Firm Investment Policy

Vikram Nanda (Arizona State University) – (rescheduled)
Finance and Innovation: The Case of Publicly Traded Firms

Don Mullineaux (University of Kentucky) – October 20
A Comparison of Syndicated Loan Pricing at Investment and Commercial Banks

Ron Masulis (Vanderbilt University) – November 2
Seasoned Equity Offerings: Quality of Accounting Information and Expected Flotation Costs

Pankaj Maskara (University of Kentucky) – November 17
Are Bank Loans Special? Evidence from Bank Loan Announcements

Mark Liu and Qun Wu (University of Kentucky) – December 8
The Effects of Anti-Takeover Provisions on the Performance of Corporate Spin-Offs