Fall 2009 Workshop & Lecture Series
in Law & Finance
Anne van Aaken, Stefan Bechtold, Bruno Frey & Gerard Hertig

Green background: Lectures, open to the public / Uni Zurich
Venue: UNI Zurich (Raemistrasse 71, Room KOL F 121)

Blue background: Workshops, open to the public / ETH Zurich
Venue: ETH Zurich (Universitaetstrasse 16, Room CHN E 42)

GENERAL INFORMATION / CREDIT REQUIREMENTS

Guests in previous years

Monday
September 21

15.15-17.00
Uni St-Gallen
MLE / GUI 36

Anne van Aaken

Introduction to L&F
(St-Gallen Students)
Model Comment:
MA / Doctoral level)
Tuesday
September 22
16.15-18.00
Uni ZH
KOL F 121


Christine Benesch
ETH Zurich




Amlan Roy
Credit Suisse & LSE

Intro to L&F (pdf)
(Zurich Students)
Model Comment:
MA / Doctoral level)

Global
Demographics
and Its Financial
Implications
Lecture
Background Paper:
Demographics
Matter (pdf)
Tuesday
October 6
16.15-18.00
Uni ZH
KOL F 121

Zacharias Sautner
Amsterdam

Financial Distress
Lecture
Background Paper:
Out of Court Restructuring (pdf)
Wednesday
October 7
16.15-18.00
ETH
CHN E 42

Zacharias Sautner
Amsterdam

Managerial Power
Workshop
To be discussed
Paper:
Conglomerates (pdf)
Tuesday
October 20
16.15-18.00
Uni ZH
KOL F 121

Paige Marta Skiba
Vanderbilt

Behavior and
Credit Markets
Lecture
Background Paper:
Payday Loans and Credit Cards (pdf)
Wednesday
October 21
16.15-18.00
ETH
CHN E 42

Paige Marta Skiba
Vanderbilt

Financial Consequences of Winning the Lottery
Workshop
To be discussed
Paper:
Ticket to Easy Street (pdf)
Tuesday
November 3
16.15-18.00
Uni ZH
KOL F 121

Eric Nowak
Lugano

The Corporate Governance Endgame
Lecture
Background Paper:
Minority Squeeze-out Regulation (pdf)
Wednesday
November 4
16.15-18.00
ETH
CHN E 42

Bruno Frey
Zurich

The Cost of Non-Herding
Workshop
To get slides, write to hertig@ethz.ch
Tuesday
November 17
16.15-18.00
Uni ZH
KOL F 121

Gerard Hertig
ETH Zurich

The Government as an Investor
Lecture
Background Paper:
Time to Buy or Buying Time (pdf)
Wednesday
November 18
16.15-18.00
ETH
CHN E 42

Gerard Hertig
ETH Zurich

The Governance
of Supervisory
Authorities

Workshop
To get the Paper
to be discussed
write to
hertig@ethz.ch
Tuesday
December 1
16.15-18.00
Uni ZH
KOL F 121

Martin Hellwig
MPI Bonn

Governance
Failure and
Systemic Risk in
the Financial Crisis
Lecture
Background Paper:
Financial Crisis (pdf)
Wednesday
December 2
16.15-18.00
ETH
CHN E 42

Martin Hellwig
MPI Bonn

Corporate
Governance and
Shareholder Value

Workshop
To be discussed
Paper:
Investoren (pdf)