2010
Time Speaker/Affiliation Title
Thu 2 Dec 2010
10:30–12:00
Ass. Prof. Saku Aura
University of Missouri
A Simple Positive Theory of Government Land Sales
Thu 4 Nov 2010
10:30–12:00
Prof. Markku Kaustia
Aalto University School of Economics
What drives the heterogeneity in portfolio choice? The role of traditional, institutional, and behavioral factors
Wed 6 Oct 2010
10:30–12:00
Ph.D. Jirí Slacálek
European Central Bank
Disagreement among forecasters in G7 countries
Thu 2 Sep 2010
10:30–12:00
Ph.D. Erkko Etula
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Funding Liquidity Risk and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns
Wed 25 Aug 2010
10:30–12:00
Ph.D. Biliana Alexandrova-Kabadjova
Banco de México
Understanding bank failure: A close examination of rules created by Genetic Programming 
Wed 4 Aug 2010
at 10.00–11.30
Rauhankatu 19, Auditorium
Ph.D. Jonathan Heathcote
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Redistributive Taxation in a Partial-Insurance Economy
Thu 6 May 2010
10:30–12:00
Prof. Markku Lanne
University of Helsinki
Optimal Forecasting of Noncausal Autoregressive Time Series
Thu 8 Apr 2010
10:30–12:00
Ph.D. Samuel Reynard
Swiss National Bank
Modeling Monetary Policy
Thu 4 Mar 2010
10:30–12:00
Ph.D. Student Qinwei Wang
University of Cambridge
Heterogeneous Expectations, Learning and Monetary Policy Rules in a Two-Country Model
Tue 16 Feb 2010
13.00–14.30
Rauhankatu 19, Auditorium
Dr. Richard Clarida
Columbia University & NBER & PIMCO
Currency Carry Trades
Fri 5 Feb 2010
10:30–12:00
Rauhankatu 19, Auditorium
Prof. Jaume Ventura
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Theoretical Notes on Bubbles and the Current Crisis
Thu 28 Jan 2010
10.30–12.00
Rauhankatu 19, Auditorium
Prof. Fabrizio Zilibotti
University of Zurich
Growing like China
Thu 14 Jan 2010
10:30–12:00
D.Sc. Chitro Majumdar
R-square RiskLab
Economic Risk Capital Measure & Credit Derivative Pricing Issues: Credit Tsunami and Beyond
2009
Time Speaker/Affiliation Title
Thu 3 Dec 2009
10.30–12.00
Academy Research Fellow Pauli Murto
Helsinki School of Economics
Exit Options and Dividend Policy under Liquidity Constraints
Fri 6 Nov 2009
10.00–12.00
Prof. Kjell Nyborg
University of Zurich, Swiss Banking Institute
Money and liquidity in financial markets
Thu 1 Oct 2009
10.30–12.00
Ph.D. Henri Pagès
Banque de France
Bank incentives and optimal CDOs
Fri 18 Sep 2009
10.00–11.30
Prof. Volker Wieland
Goethe University Frankfurt
Keynesian government spending multipliers and spillovers in the euro area
Thu 3 Sep 2009
10.30–12.00
Ph.D. Tiago Cavalcanti
University of Cambridge
The Welfare Gains of Financial Liberalization: Capital Accumulation and Idiosyncratic Risks
Wed 2 Sep 2009
10.30–12.00
Ass. Prof. Alfred Guender
University of Canterbury, NZ
Instrument and Target Rules as Specifications of Optimal Monetary Policy
Wed 3 Jun 2009
9.00–10.15
Rauhankatu 19,
Auditorium
Prof. Viral Acharya
Stern School of Business, New York University
Restoring Financial Stability: How to Repair a Failed System
Thu 7 May 2009
10.30–12.00
Prof. Kai Leitemo
Norwegian School of Management
The price puzzle: Mixing the temporary and permanent monetary policy shocks
Thu 2 Apr 2009
10.30–12.00
Prof. Matti Keloharju
Helsinki School of Economics 
Do smart investors outperform dumb investors?
Thu 5 Mar 2009
10.30–12.00
Prof. Klaus Adam
Mannheim University
Monetary Policy and Aggregate Volatility
Fri 6 Feb 2009
10.30–12.00
Rauhankatu 19, Auditorium
Prof. Jean-Charles Rochet
Toulouse School of Economics
The future of banking regulation: BASEL II after the crisis
Thu 8 Jan 2009
10.30–12.00
Ass. Prof. Yrjö Koskinen
Boston University
The Euro and Corporate Financing
2008
Time Speaker/Affiliation Title
Fri 5 Dec 2008
10:30–12:00
Prof. Raghuram G. Rajan
University of Chicago
The Global Roots of the Current Financial Crisis and its Implications for Regulation
Thu 4 Dec 2008
10:30–12:00
Ph.D. Christian Haefke
Institute for Advanced Studies 
Wage Rigidity and Job Creation 
Thu 6 Nov 2008
10:30–12:00
Prof. Matti Suominen
Helsinki School of Economics 
Arbitrage Capital and Currency Carry Trade Returns
Thu 2 Oct 2008
10:30–12:00
Ph.D. Gyöngyi Lóránth
University of Cambridge 
Internal Reporting System, Compensation Contracts, and Bank Regulation 
Thu 4 Sep 2008
10:30–12:00
Ass. Prof. Antonella Trigari
Bocconi University
An Estimated Monetary DSGE Model with Unemployment and Staggered Nominal Wage Bargaining
Thu 8 May 2008
10:30–12:00
Prof. Charles M. Kahn
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign & Bank of England
Liquidity, Payment and Endogenous Financial Fragility
Thu 3 Apr 2008
10:30–12:00
Ass. Prof. Silvia Marchesi
University of Milano-Bicocca
Agency and communication in IMF conditionality
Thu 6 Mar 2008
10:30–12:00
Ph.D. Giacomo Carboni
European Central Bank
Inflation and Output Volatility under Asymmetric Incomplete Information
Fri 15 Feb 2008
10:30–12:00
Ph.D. Candidate Paolo Zagaglia
Stockholm University
The term structure of interest rates and the monetary transmission mechanism
Thu 10 Jan 2008
10:30–12:00
Prof. Ph.D. Erkki Koskela
University of Helsinki
Strategic outsourcing, profit sharing and equilibrium unemployment
2007
Time Speaker/Affiliation Title
Thu 13 Dec 2007
10:30–12:00
Ass. Prof. Samuli Knüpfer
Helsinki School of Economics
Bricks-and-mortar banks and stock market participation
Thu 8 Nov 2007
10:30–12:00
Ph.D. Student Alina Barnett
University of Warwick
Inflation, Unemployment and Recursive Learning
Thu 4 Oct 2007
10:30–12:00
Prof. Juuso Välimäki
Helsinki School of Economics
Dynamic Marginal Contribution Mechanism
Thu 6 Sep 2007
10:30–12:00
Prof. Seppo Honkapohja
University of Cambridge
Liquidity Traps, Learning and Stagnation