Conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Center for Financial Innovation and Stability
Conference Location
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Conference Center, Third Floor
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309
Contact
CenFIS@atl.frb.org
Agenda
| Friday, October 9, 2009 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast (Piedmont Dining Room) |
| 8:30 | Welcome and opening remarks |
| 8:45 | Short Selling: Economics and Regulation Erik Sirri, Babson College |
| 9:30 | A Multiple Lender Approach to Understanding Supply and Search in the Equity Market  Adam C. Kolasinski, University of Washington Adam Reed, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Matthew C. Ringgenberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Discussant: Robert Van Ness, University of Mississippi |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 11:00 | Regulatory Uncertainty and Market Liquidity: The 2008 Short Sale Ban's Impact on Equity Option Markets Robert Battalio, University of Notre Dame Paul Schultz, University of Notre Dame Discussant: Charles Jones, Columbia University |
| Noon | Lunch (Piedmont Dining Room) |
| 1:00 p.m. | Short Selling in the Real World John Standerfer, S3 Matching Technologies |
| 1:45 | Naked Short Selling and Market Returns Thomas Boulton, Miami University Marcus Braga-Alves, Marquette University Discussant: Leslie Boni, California State University, Northridge |
| 2:45 | Break
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| 3:00 | Do Hedge Funds Trade on Private Information? Evidence from Syndicated Lendingand Short Selling Nadia Massoud, York University Debarshi Nandy, York University Anthony Saunders, New York University Keke Song, York University Discussant: Tom Berglund, Swedish School of Economics |