Pacific Northwest Finance Conference 2009

The 25th annual Pacific Northwest Finance Conference will be held on the University of Washington Campus on
November 6 and November 7, 2009.

The schedule of speakers is as follows:

Friday, November 6                Balmer Hall, Room 413

      1:30 -   2:30 pm           Sith Chaisurote (University of Oregon)
                                             "Liquidity Provision by International Institutional Investors: Evidence from Brazilian Privatization"

      2:45 -   3:45 pm            Lorenzo Garlappi (University of British Columbia)
                                             "A State Variable Decomposition Methodology for Solving Portfolio Choice Problems"

      4:00 -   5:00 pm            Lance Young (University of Washington) with Jefferson Duarte and Stephan Siegel
                                             "To Lend or Not to Lend: Revealed Preferences for Ethnicity, Gender and Appearance in the U.S."

Saturday, November 7            Balmer Hall, Room 209

      9:00 - 10:00 am            Jan Bena (University of British Columbia) with Hernan Ortiz-Molina
                                             "Business-Group Membership and Access to Capital"

    10:15 - 11:15 am            Thomas Gilbert (University of Washington) with Chiara Scotti, George Strasser and Clara Vega
                                             "Why Do Certain Macroeconomic News Announcements have a Big Impact on Asset Prices?"

    11:30 - 12:30 pm            Charles Gaa (University of Oregon)
                                              "Attention, Price Efficiency, and the Value of Firm Visibility"

Due to room constraints, attendance at the Pacific Northwest Finance Conference is by invitation only.

Logistics

Lodging

        We recommend that during the conference you stay at the Hotel Deca, the site of the annual conference dinner.

        Hotel Deca * 4507 Brooklyn Ave NE * Seattle, WA 98105 * 1 (800) 899-0251

        There are other lodging opportunities in the area as well, among them:

        The University Inn * 4140 Roosevelt Way NE * Seattle, WA 98105 * (206) 632-5055
        Watertown * 4242 Roosevelt Way NE * Seattle, WA 98105 * 1 (866) 944-4242


Parking and Other Considerations

        Directions to campus and Balmer Hall

        Parking will be available on campus during both days of presentations.

        To request disability accommodation please contact the department at (206) 543-4785 or the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: (206) 543-6450 (voice), (206) 543-6452 (TTY), (206) 685-7264 (fax), or e-mail at dso@u.washington.edu.