1.      September 10^th (Wednesday)

         Zhiguo He, Associate Professor of Finance

         The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

2.      September 17^th (Wednesday)

         Hongjun Yan, Associate Professor of Finance

         Yale School of Management

3.      September 24th (Wednesday)

         Lubos Pastor, Charles P. McQuaid Professor of Finance

         The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

4.      October 8^th (Wednesday)

         Utpal Bhattacharya, Associate Professor of Finance

         Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

5.      October 22^nd (Wednesday)

         Wei Wang, Associate Professor of Finance

         Queen's School of Business 

6.      October 29^th (Wednesday)

         Peng Liu, Associate Professor

         Cornell University 

7.      November 5^th (Wednesday)

         Eric Ghysels, Edward M. Bernstein Distinguished Professor of Economics, Professor of Finance

         University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

8.      November 12^th (Wednesday)

         Stephan Siegel, Associate Professor Finance and Business Economics

         University of Washington

9.      December 3^rd (Wednesday)

         Jennie Bai, Assistant Professor of Finance

         McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

10.    December 10^th (Wednesday)

         Tom Chemmanur, Professor of Finance

         Boston College

11.    December 17^th (Wednesday)

         Xiaoyan Zhang, Professor and Duke Realty Chair in Finance

         Krannert School of Management, Purdue University