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  • First International Moscow Finance Conference

    November 18-19, 2011

    On November 18 and 19, LFE hosts the “First International Moscow Finance Conference”. Among the participants are Arnoud Boot (University of Amsterdam), Mikhail Chernov (LSE), Diego Garcia (University of North Carolina), Yuliy Sannikov (Stanford University), Dimitrios Tsomocos (Oxford University), Branko Urosevic (University of Belgrade). Read more

  • New publication by Marie-Ann Betschinger (with co-author Oliver Bertrand):  Performance of domestic and cross-border acquisitions: Empirical evidence from Russian acquirers

    Journal of comparative economics (in press)

    This paper investigates the long-term impact of domestic and international acquisitions, initiated by Russian firms, on their operating performance. Read more

  • New publication by Alex Boulatov: The Risk Sharing Implications of Disaster Insurance Funds (with co-author Dieckmann S.)

    Journal of risk and insurance

    We solve a multi-period model of strategic trading with long-lived information in multiple assets with correlated innovations in fundamental values. Read more

  • New publication by Vladimir Sokolov: The Impact of Central Bank Liquidity Infusions on Banks with High Level of Foreign Borrowing during the Crisis

    Journal of the New Economic Association (in Russian) 

    Using data on foreign borrowing, I identify Russian banks that were affected by the sudden stop of external financing caused by the Lehman Brothers’ collapse. Read more (in Russian)

  • New publication by Carsten Sprenger: Corporate governance Russia: of first-order importance

    Journal of the New Economic Association (in Russian) 

    Is there still a problem with corporate governance and the protection of property rights in Russia? To give a small example, let us remember the story of... Read full text

  • New publication by Alex Boulatov: The Risk Sharing Implications of Disaster Insurance Funds (with co-authors Hendershott T., Livdan D.): Informed Trading and Portfolio Returns

    Review of economic studies

    We solve a multi-period model of strategic trading with long-lived information in multiple assets with correlated innovations in fundamental values. Read more

 

The foremost goal of the International Laboratory of Financial Economics (LFE) is to support academic research in finance at best international standards in Russia, particularly but not exclusively with a focus on emerging financial markets.

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16 May 2012 Research seminar by E. Kwan Choi (Iowa State University): «Profits and Losses from Currency Intervention» On Thursday, May 17 at 4.40 pm International College of Economics and Finance will hold Research seminar.
Speaker: E. Kwan Choi (Iowa State University)
Theme: «Profits and Losses from Currency Intervention»
Venue: Pokrovski Bulvar, 11, Room Zh-822

18 April 2012 Research seminar On Wednesday, April 18  at 4.40 pm International College of Economics and Finance held Research seminar.
Speaker: Anna Obizhaeva (University of Maryland)
Theme: «Trading Game Invariance in the TAQ Dataset»
Venue: Pokrovski Bulvar, 11, Room Zh-822

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