This week there are going to be three interesting research seminars:

(1.) Bing Liang (from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, http://www.isenberg.umass.edu/finopmgt/Faculty/Profiles/Bing_Liang/) is going to give a research seminar on the paper "Do Market Timing Hedge Funds Time the Market?" on Thursday Oct. 6th from 11:00 to 12:30 in HS 6.

(2.) Per Strömberg (from SIFR, http://www.sifr.org/) gives a research seminar on "What are firms? Evolution from Birth to Public Companies" on Friday Oct. 7th from 14:00 to 15:30 in HS 12 at the BWZ.

(3.) Nicolae Garleanu (from Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/garleanu.html) is giving a research seminar on a paper called "Demand based option pricing" on Friday Oct. 7th from 15:45 to 17:15 in HS 12 at the BWZ.

Information regarding the research seminar can be found on http://www.vgsf.ac.at/ (then follow the link to activities and events).

If you any questions or suggestions regarding the research seminar, don't hesitate to contact Michael Halling (michael.halling@univie.ac.at).

Furthermore, please accept my apologies for any cross-postings or duplicate pieces of information.

Best, Michael Halling