Academic Discussions

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2013

Discussion of "Can Facebook Predict Stock Market Activities", by Y. Karabulut, American Finance Association Annual Meetings (San Diego), 2013

Discussion of "Social Networks and Price Discovery", by David Simon, SFS Finance Cavalcade (Miami), 2013

2012

Discussion of "Are Red or Blue Companies More Likely to Go Green? Politics and Corporate Social Responsibility", by A. Di Giuli and L. Kostovetsky, China International Finance Conference (Chongqing), 2012.

Discussion of "Securitization and Capital Structure in Nonfinancial Firms: An Empirical Investigation", by Michael Lemmon, Xiaolei Liu, Qinghao Mao, and Greg Nini, China International Finance Conference (Chongqing), 2012.

Discussion of "Local Bias of Investor Attention: Evidence from China's Internet Stock Message Boards", by Zhiguo Wu and Hiyang Qiu, China International Finance Conference (Chongqing), 2012.

Discussion of "What Are We Meeting For? The Consequences of Private Meetings with Investors" by David Solomon and Eugene Soltes, FIRS 2012

Discussion of "Beyond visibility and transparency: What distinguishes investment decisions of foreign and domestic investors?" by Fariborz Moshirian, Peter Kien Pham, Shu Tian, and Eliza Wu, American Finance Association Annual Meetings (Chicago), 2012.

2011

Discussion of "Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence", by Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina, The Third Hong Kong International Finance Conference, 2011.

Discussion of "Asymmetric Attention and Stock Returns" by J. Modria and T. Wu, SFS Finance Cavalcade 2011, Ann Arbor, MI

2009

Discussion of "Limits to Arbitrage and the Asset Growth Anomaly" by E. Lam and J. Wei, WFA 2009, San Diego, CA

Discussion of "How Does Venture Capital Financing Improve Efficiency in Private Firms? A Look Beneth the Surface" by T. Chemmanur, K. Krishnan, and D. Nandy, WFA 2009, San Diego, CA

2008

Discussion of "What Drives Stock Price Movement" by L. Chen and X. Zhao, WFA 2008, Wailoloa, Hawaii

2007

Discussion of "Riding the Post Earnings Announcement Drift: Evidence from Mutual Funds" by A. Ali, X.. Chen, T. Yao and T. You, China International Finance Conference (CIFC) 2007, Chengdu, P.R. China

Discussion of "Do Foreigners Facilitate Information Transmission?" by K. Bae, A. Ozoguz, and H. Tan, China International Finance Conference (CIFC) 2007, Chengdu, P.R. China