December 7, 2010 René M. Stulz (The Ohio State University)The Credit Crisis Around the Globe: Why Did Some Banks Perform Better?
November 23, 2010 Valentina Hartarska (Auburn University)Economies of Scope of Lending and Mobilizing Deposits in Rural Microfinance Institutions: A Semiparametric Analysis
October 26, 2010 Matthew Rhodes-Kropf (Harvard University)Financing Risk and Bubbles of Innovation
September 21, 2010 Â Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
September 9, 2010 Fabiano Schivardi, (University of Cagliari and EIEF)Does Idiosyncratic Business Risk Matter?
May 27, 2010 Chotibhak Jotikasthira,(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)Asset Fire Sales and Purchases and the International Transmission of Financial Shocks
May 11, 2010 Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, (University of Houston)What Hinders Investment in the Aftermath of Financial Crises: Insolvent Firms or Illiquid Banks?
April 22, 2010 Dean Karlan, (Yale University)Getting to the Top of Mind: How Reminders Increase Saving
April 6, 2010 Murillo Campello, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)Corporate Debt Maturity and the Real Effects of the 2007 Credit Crisis
February 16, 2010 Â The Miracle of Microfiance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
December 1, 2009 John Van Reenen, (London School of Economics)Trade induced technical change? The impact of Chinese imports on innovation, diffusion and productivity
November 24, 2009 Laurence Kotlikoff, (Boston University)
November 3, 2009 Sergi Lanau (Bank of England)Domestic Financial Regulation and External Borrowing
September 22, 2009 Rajkamal Iyer, Â (MIT)The Importance of Holdup in Contracting: Evidence from a Field Experiment
September 8, 2009 Jonathan Zinman, Â (Dartmouth College & Innovations for Poverty Action)Expanding Microenterprise Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions to Estimate the Impacts in Manila
September 1, 2009 Siddharth Sharma, (International Finance Corporation)Entry Regulation, Labor Laws and Informality: Evidence from India
April 21, 2009 Garth Frazer, University of Toronto
March 10, 2009 Olga Shurchkov, Wellesley CollegeUnder Pressure: Gender Differences in Output Quality and Quantity under Competition and Time Constraints
February 24, 2009 Alexander Butler, University of Texas at DallasDoes access to external finance improve productivity? Evidence from a natural experiment
January 27, 2009 Nicola Cetorelli, Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkExplaining the China-India Performance Gap with Micro data: Identifying the Binding Constraints Â
November 11, 2008 Subika Farazi, World BankGovernment Borrowing and Private Credit: Evidence from Developing Countries
November 4, 2008  Depression Babies: Do Macroeconomic Experiences Affect Risk-Taking  with Stefan Nagel
October 21, 2008 Stock Market Liberalization and the Decision to Go Public
October 7, 2008 Bilal Zia, World Bank
September 23, 2008 Art Durnev, McGill UniversityThe Resource Curse: A Corporate Transparency Channel with Sergei Guriev Finance Â
September 9, 2008 Â Public Information and Coordination: Evidence from a Credit Registry Expansion
A pril 22, 2008 Who Runs? The Importance of Relationships in Bank Runs
March 25, 2008 Amil Petrin (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)Measuring Aggregate Productivity Growth Using Plant-level Data
March 11, 2008 James Vickery (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)How Do Financial Frictions Shape the Product Market? Evidence from Mortgage Originations
November 6, 2007 Kaivan Munshi (Brown University)Â The Birth of a Business Community: Tracing the Path to Entrepreneurship in a Developing Economy
October 23, 2007 Elias Papaioannou (Dartmouth College)Entry Regulation and Inter-industry Reallocation: Theory and Evidence
October 9, 2007 Joseph P.H. Fan (Chinese University of Hong Kong)Financial Distress without Bankruptcy: The Case of China
September 25, 2007 Ashok S. Rai (Williams College)Does Collateral Reduce Overdues? A Regression Discontinuity Approach
June 12, 2007 Anna Paulson (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)Risk-taking and the Quality of Informal Insurance: Gambling and Remittances in Thailand
May 22, 2007 Shawn Cole (Harvard Business School)Are Monitors Over-Monitored? Evidence from Corruption and Lending in Indian Banks
May 15, 2007 James R. Tybout (Pennsylvania State University)Firm-level Productivity Studies: Illusions and a Solution
May 1, 2007 Joseph Kaboski (Ohio State)Testing a Structural Model of Credit Constraints Using a Large-Scale Quasi-Experimental Microfinance Initiative
April 16, 2007 Jean Imbs (HEC Lausanne, Switzerland)Finance and Efficiency: Do Bank Branching Regulations Matter? Â
March 6, 2007Â Erik Feijen (World Bank)Finance and Hunger Empirical Evidence of the Agricultural Productivity Channel
March 1, 2007 Harini Parthasarathy (Harvard University)Do Firms Engage in One-Stop Shopping for Lending and Underwriting Services?
January 31, 2007 Vidhi Chhaochharia (International Finance Corporation)CEO Compensation and Board Structure
January 23, 2007 Albert Bravo-Biosca (Harvard University)Shared Control and Outcomes in Private Firms Â
January 18, 2007 Vikrant Vig (Columbia University)Access to Collateral and Corporate Debt Structure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
January 16, 2007 Paige Marta Skiba (University of California, Bereley)Measuring the Individual-Level Effects of Access to Credit: Evidence from Payday Loans
January 11, 2007 Miriam Bruhn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)License to Sell: The Effect of Business Registration Reform on Entrepreneurial Activity in Mexico
J anuary 9, 2007 Bilal Husnain Zia (World Bank)Export Incentives, Financial Constraints, and the (Mis)Allocation of Credit: Micro-Level Evidence from Subsidized Export Loans
December 12, 2006 Mara Faccio (Vanderbilt University)Corporate Response to Distress: Evidence from the Asian Financial Crisis
December 5, 2006 Heiner Schulz (University of Pennsylvania)"Foreign Banks in Mexico: New Conquistadors or Agents of Change?" Bilal_Zia_January_9.pdf
November 21, 2006 Raymond Fisman (Columbia University) with Edward MiguelCultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets "
November 7, 2006 Asim Khwaja (Harvard University)
October 17, 2006 Atif Mian ( Chicago  GSB)Dollars Dollars Everywhere and Not a Dime to Lend?
October 3, 2006 Washington University St. " Corporate Bonds: A Spare Tire in Emerging Markets? " with Simon Johnson, and Changyong Rhee
September 12, 2006 I. Serdar Dinç (Northwestern University)" The Decision to Privatize: Finance, Politics, and Patronage " with Nandini Gupta
May 30, 2006 Sydney Ludvigson ( New York University ) The Declining Equity Premium " with Martin Lettau, and Jessica A. Wachter
May 10, 2006 Rui Albuquerque ( Boston University ) An Agency Based Asset Pricing Model " with Neng Wang
April 18, 2006 Douglas Gale ( New York University ) Systemic Risk and Regulation " with Franklin Allen
April 5, 2006 Jose Liberti ( London School of Business and Northwestern University) Estimating The Effect Of Hierarchies On Information Use " with Atif Mian
March 15, 2006 Daniela Fabbri, (HEC Lausanne and visiting professor  New York University ) Law Enforcement, Firms and Capital Accumulation: Theory and Evidence "
February 14, 2006 Til Schuermann (Federal Reserve Bank of  New York ) Macroeconomic Dynamics and Credit Risk: A Global Perspective " with Hashem Pesaran, et al.
February 13, 2006 Erlend Nier (Bank of England)" Bank Weakness, Loan Supply and Monetary Po licy"
February 8, 2006 Valentina Bruno ( London School of Economics)One Size Does Not Fit All, After All: Evidence from Corporate Governance
January 31, 2006 Hendrik Hakenes (Max Plank Institute, Â Bonn ) The Threat of Capital Drain: A Rationale for Regional Public Banks? "
December 14, 2005 Chirstian Lundblad (Indiana University ) Global Growth Opportunities and Market Integration "
December 7, 2005 Anna Paulson (Federal Reserve Bank of  Chicago ) " Institutional Quality and Financial Market Development: Evidence from International Migrants in the U.S. "The seminar was sponsored jointly with the IMF.
November 30, 2005 Bilal Zia (Massachusetts Institute of Techonology) The Effectiveness and Allocation of Subsidized Credit: Evidence from Export Loans "
November 2, 2005 Wei Xiong (Princeton University) Speculative Trading and Stock Prices: Evidence from Chinese A-B Share Premia "October 26, 2005 Armando Gomes (University of Washington in St. Louis) Why Do Public Firms Issue Private and Public Securities ? "October 12, 2005 Karl Lins ( University of  Utah ) Private Benefits of Control, Ownership, and the Cross-Listing Decision "
October 4, 2005 Luigi Guiso ( University of  Chicago ) Trusting the Stock Market "
September 7, 2005 - CANCELLED Ashok Rai ( Williams College )" Adverse Selection in Credit Markets: Evidence from South Indian Bidding Roscas "
August 30, 2005 IMF Markus Brunnermeier ( Princeton University ) Market Liquidity and Funding Liquidity "
July 28, 2005 Enrico Perotti ( University of  Amsterdam and CEPR) The Political Economy of Financial Fragility "
June 29, 2005 Mihir Desai ( Harvard Business School )
May 3, 2005 Jean-Charles Rochet ( University of  Toulouse )
May 2, 2005 Utpal Bhattacharya ( Indiana University )
April 29, 2005 Mariassunta Giannetti ( Stockholm School of Economics)
April 12, 2005 Martin Summer (Central Bank of  Austria )
April 11, 2005 Philippe Aghion ( Harvard University )
March 15, 2005 Jin-Chuan Duan ( University of  Toronto )
December 14, 2004 Dimitrios Tsomocos ( Oxford University )December 1, 2004 University of  Chicago )October 13, 2004 Mara Faccio ( Vanderbilt University )
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