Draft Programme for the 2015 PhD Symposium - University of Waikato
Wednesday 18th February 2015 |
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08:30am - 9:00am |
Registration |
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9:00am - 10:00am |
Keynote Address |
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Professor Robert Faff |
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10:00am - 10:30am |
Tea Break |
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10:30am - 11:20am |
Session 1A |
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Asymmetric Information and Asset Pricing
following Regulatory Change: |
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10:30am - 11:20am |
Session 1B |
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Impact of governance indicators and gender on
microfinance efficiency – |
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10:30am - 11:20am |
Session 1C |
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The Short-run IPO Price Behavior: Preliminary
Findings |
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11:20am - 12:10pm |
Session 2A |
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Idiosyncratic volatility and expected returns |
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11:20am - 12:10pm |
Session 2B |
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Political uncertainty and exchange rate volatility |
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11:20am - 12:10pm |
Session 2C |
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How does Principal-Principal Agency Cost affect
small family-owned businesses? |
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12:10pm - 1:10pm |
Lunch |
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1:10pm - 2:00pm |
Session 3A |
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No Presentation |
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1:10pm - 2:00pm |
Session 3B |
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Corporate social responsibility and firm market
performance: |
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1:10pm - 2:00pm |
Session3C |
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Profitability and Contribution of Banking Sector:
Countries in the Asia-Pacific Region |
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2:00pm - 2:50pm |
Session 4A |
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Need for Microfinance in rural Nepal to stimulate
sustainable increases in rural community living
standards |
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2:00pm - 2:50pm |
Session 4B |
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New model and evidence of cash tunnelling in
Chinese firms |
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2:00pm - 2:50pm |
Session 4C |
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Financial development and inclusion; a panacea to
household level corruption? An econometric
Proposition |
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2:50pm - 3:20pm |
To Top Tea Break |
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3:20pm - 4:10pm |
Session 5A |
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The influence of cash flow volatility on capital
structure and zero leverage by maturity |
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3:20pm - 4:10pm |
Session 5B |
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The impact of securities class actions on firm
governance and operating performance |
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3:20pm - 4:10pm |
Session 5C |
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Ownership Concentration and Corporate
Performance from a Dynamic Perspective:
Does National Governance Quality Matter? |
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4:10pm - 5:00pm |
Session 6A |
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Financial preparedness for retirement in NZ is low |
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4:10pm - 5:00pm |
Session 6B |
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Technical analysis vs order flow analysis in forex
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4:10pm - 5:00pm |
Session 6C |
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Hedge Fund Performance: Asia Pacific Evidence |
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5:00pm - 6:00pm |
To Top Cocktail |