Activity 2021

2021 KAFA Brown Bag Seminar Series

We encourage all KAFA members to submit working papers and attend the seminars.

• Topic: Any finance areas
• When: To be notified later
• Where: Virtual meetings
• In each seminar, two papers will be presented and discussed
• Submit papers to Professor Young Sang Kim (kimy1@nku.edu)

 

Agenda for the sixth Brown Bag Seminar Series on 12/2, 8:00-9:40pm EST:

All participants including presenters will join the seminar through zoom link (https://unist-kr.zoom.us/j/81198187445).

• Jeong Ho (John) Kim, Emory University, “The Price of Losing Trust for Small Businesses: The Case of YouTube Creators” (link)

Discussant: Hyuna Park, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York

• Hope Hyeun Han, UNIST, “Fed’s Word Have a Power: An Explanation to Stock Market Reactions to FOMC Meetings” (link)

 

Agenda for the fifth Brown Bag Seminar Series on 11/4, 8:00-9:40pm EST:

All participants including presenters will join the seminar through zoom link (https://unist-kr.zoom.us/j/81198187445).

• Yuhyeon Bak, UNIST, “The Role of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Outward Foreign Direct Investments” (link)

Discussant: Unyong(Hoard) Pyo, Brock University

• Albert J. Lee, University (SUNY) at Buffalo, “Hidden Liquidity, Market Quality, and Order Submission Strategies” (link)

Discussant: Ji Yeol Jimmy Oh (Hanyang University)

 

Agenda for the fourth Brown Bag Seminar Series on 9/2, 8:00-9:40pm EST:

All participants including presenters will join the seminar through zoom link (https://unist-kr.zoom.us/j/81198187445).

• Emily Kim, University of Kansas, “Tipping in Korea” (link)

Discussant: Sang Mook Lee, Penn State Great Valley

• Jaewon Choi, University of Illinois, “Why Have Actively Managed Bond Funds Remained Popular?” (link)

Discussant: Hwagyun (Hagen) Kim, Taxas A&M

 

Agenda for the third Brown Bag Seminar Series on 8/5, 8:00-9:40pm EST:

All participants including presenters will join the seminar through zoom link (https://unist-kr.zoom.us/j/81198187445).

• Sahn-Wook Huh, University (SUNY) at Buffalo, “Liquidity Spillovers: Evidence from Two-Step Spinoffs" (link)

Discussant: Seoungpil Ahn, Sogang University

• Seung Dong You, Sangmyung University,  “Consumer Hedging under House Price Uncertainty: Theory and Empirics of Housing Presales in Korea” (link)

Discussant: Hoonsuk Park, University of Melbourne

 

Agenda for the second Brown Bag Seminar Series on 7/1, 8:00-9:40pm EST:

All participants including presenters will join the seminar through zoom link (https://unist-kr.zoom.us/j/81198187445).

• Suk-Joong Kim, University of Sydney, “Syndicated bank lending and rating downgrades: When do sovereign ceiling policies really matter?" (link)

Discussant: Hope Hyeun Han, UNIST

• Gilbert Seongkyu Park, Hong Kong Polytechnic University,  “Hedge Fund Awards: Do Investors and Managers Care, and Should They?” (link)

Discussant: Hugh hoikwang Kim, University of South Carolina

 

Agenda for the first Brown Bag Seminar Series on 6/3, 8:00-9:40pm EST:

All participants including presenters will join the seminar through zoom link (https://unist-kr.zoom.us/j/81198187445).

• Hyuna Park, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, "Investments in the Digital Economy: A Textual Analysis of Retailers." (link)

Discussant: Soku Byoun, Baylor University

• Jun-Koo Kang, Nanyang Technological University, "Does Firms’ Equity Financing Benefit Debtholders? Evidence from Private Placements of Equity." (link)