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Spring 2026
Faculty Organizers: Minmo Gahng and Xing Huang
Administrative Support: acsupport@cornell.edu
All seminars are held on Fridays from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
DATE: January 30, 2026
SPEAKER: David Ng, Cornell University
TITLE OF PRESENTATION: Military Spending and Global Asset Allocation
ROOM: B09 Sage Hall
DATE: March 6, 2026
SPEAKER: Alon Brav, Duke University
TITLE OF PRESENTATION: TBD
ROOM: B09 Sage Hall
DATE: April 24, 2026
SPEAKER: Allen Hu, The University of British Columbia
TITLE OF PRESENTATION: TBD
ROOM: B09 Sage Hall
DATE: May 1, 2026 – CANCELLED
SPEAKER: Jessica Wachter, University of Pennsylvania
TITLE OF PRESENTATION: TBD
ROOM: B09 Sage Hall
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Fall 2025
Faculty Organizers: Minmo Gahng and Xing Huang
Administrative Support: acsupport@cornell.edu
All seminars are held on Fridays from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
DATE: September 12, 2025
SPEAKER: Maureen O’Hara, Cornell University Faculty
TITLE OF PRESENTATION: “Economic and Social Networks in Corporate Culture”
ROOM: B05 Sage Hall
DATE: September 19, 2025
SPEAKER: David Ng, Cornell University Faculty
TITLE OF PRESENTATION: “El Nino and Currency Returns”
ROOM: B05 Sage Hall
DATE: September 26, 2025
SPEAKER: Amit Kumar, Singapore Management University
TITLE OF PRESENTATION: “Do Debt Collection Restrictions Hurt Hospitals?”
ROOM: B05 Sage Hall
DATE: October 3, 2025
SPEAKER: Campbell Harvey, Duke University
TITLE OF PRESENTATION: “The Unintended Consequences of Rebalancing”
ROOM: B05 Sage Hall
DATE: October 17, 2025
SPEAKER: Daniel Graves, Harvard University
TITLE OF PRESENTATION: “Attention and the Retail Alignment Puzzle”
ROOM: B05 Sage Hall
DATE: November 7, 2025
SPEAKER: Aymeric Bellon, University of North Carolina
TITLE OF PRESENTATION: “Pollution-Shifting vs. Downscaling: How Financial Distress Affects the Green Transition”
ROOM: B05 Sage Hall
DATE: November 14, 2025
SPEAKER: Ting Xu, University of Toronto
TITLE OF PRESENTATION: “Tyranny of the Personal Network: The Limits of Arm’s Length Fundraising in Venture Capital”
ROOM: B05 Sage Hall
DATE: November 21, 2025
SPEAKER: Ron Kaniel, University of Rochester
TITLE OF PRESENTATION: “Market Power in the Securities Lending Market”
ROOM: B05 Sage Hall