【Topic】Causes of the Recent Financial Crisis: The CDO

【Speaker】John M. Griffin

【Time】2:00pm~3:30pm, October 30, 2008

【Venue】Room 401, Weilun Building, Tsinghua SEM

【Language】English

【Organizer】Department of Finance

【Target Audience】Faculty Members and Graduate Students

【Background Information】

Doctor Griffin received hisPh.D. in Finance from Ohio State University in 1997. He is currently an Associate Professor of Finance in University of Texas at Austin. His research interests includeInternational Finance, Institutional and individual Investors, Rational and Behavioral Pricing, Conflicts of Interest, and Hedge Funds.Doctor Griffin has published in many top-tier finance journals, like Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies, etc.