Kristine Watson Hankins

Assistant Professor of Finance
University of Kentucky

Finance Seminars


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

Jim Wilcox (University of California, Berkeley) – November 20


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