The conference’s main purpose is to foster an exchange of ideas among economists on opposite sides of the Pacific as well as around the world.

Derivatives ideally reflect the tension and co-operation between academia (gown) and actors in financial markets (town). There are few fields were the exchange between the two has been as close and as prolific. In order to grasp the full advantages and possibilities offered by derivatives,...

Topics: Do Cash Payouts Justify Share Prices? Evidence from the NYSE, Amex, and NASDAQ; Initial Public Offerings, Subsequent Seasoned Equity Offerings, and Long-Run Performance: Evidence from IPOs in Germany; Stock Repurchases in Switzerland: Claimed vs. Actual Motives and Market Reactions;

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THE 2005 JOINT MEETING with the American Economic Association will be held in Philadelphia, PA, January 7-9, 2005, as part of the Allied Social Science Association Meeting. The program will consist primarily of contributed papers. The program committee will be chaired by Colin Camerer of the...