【Topic】Institutions, Financial Development and Corporate Investment:Evidence from an Implied Return on Capital in China

【Speaker】Qiao Liu, Associate Professor of Finance in Hong Kong University

【Time】2:00pm~3:30pm, October 22, 2009

【Venue】Room 401, Weilun Building, Tsinghua SEM

【Language】English

【Organizer】Department of Finance

【Co-organizers】Department of Economics, Department of Accounting

【Target Audience】Faculty Members and Graduate Students

【Background Information】

Doctor Liu obtained his PhD degree from Department of Economics,University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)in 2000.Heis currently an Associate Professor of Finance in Hong Kong University.Hisresearch interests include corporate finance, empirical asset pricing, financial markets, and Chinese economy.Doctor Liu has published several academic articles at the leading finance and economics journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Corporate Finance, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Comparative Economics, etc. He is also a regular contributor to the China's leading economic and financial newspaper - the 21st Century Business Herald.