Southern Finance Association 2019 Annual Meeting | Southern Finance Association (SFA) | 20 November 2019 | Waldorf Astoria Orlando, 14200 Bonnet Creek Resort Ln, Orlando, FL 32821, USA

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2019 Speakers

Abdelaziz Chazi
American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Alexandra Theodossiou
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

Zaher Zantout
American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

David Javakhadze
Florida Atlantic University, United States

Tijana Rajkovic
San Jose State Univeristy, United States

Wenyao Hu
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

Emmanuel Sequeira
The University of Texas at El Paso, United States

Zuobao Wei
The University of Texas at El Paso, United States

Omar Esqueda
Tarleton State University, United States

Thanh Ngo
East Carolina University, United States

Jurica Susnjara
Texas State University, United States

Bradley Benson
Ball State University

Hui James
University of Texas at Tyler

Jung Chul Park
University of South Florida

Lin Ge
University of Mississippi, United States

Abhishek (Abhi) Ganguly
Indiana University, United States

Adam Aiken
Elon University, United States

Choonsik Lee
University of Rhode Island, United States

Heng An
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Gillian Lei
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Qun Wu
The University of Nevada, Reno

Alexander Nunez Torres
CUNY - Lehman College, United States

Neyla Tardin
Fucape Business School, Brazil

Bruno Funchal
Fucape Business School, Brazil

Xinting Zhen
Saint Michael's College, United States

Haizhi Wang
Illinois Institute of Technology, United States

Xiaotian Tina Zhang
Saint Mary’s College of California, United States

Arndt-Gerrit Kund
University of Cologne, Germany

Daniel Rugilo
University of Cologne, Germany

Catharina Claußen
University of Muenster, Germany

Daniel Platte
University of Muenster, Germany

Jeffrey (Jun) Chen
North Dakota State University

Cinder (Xinde) Zhang
Valdosta State University

Yun Guan
Clemson University

Fan He
Central Connecticut State University

Chinmoy Ghosh
University of Connecticut

Haoyong Zhou
Jönköping International Business School, Sweden

Helen Wang
West Virginia University, United States

Ruiyuan Chen
West Virginia University, United States

Omrane Guedhami
University of South Carolina, United States

Sadok El Ghoul
University of Alberta, Canada

Yang Yang
West Virginia University, United States

Laurent Weill
University of Strasbourg, France

Jeremie Bertrand
EDHEC Business School, France

Jon Taylor
Florida Atlantic University

Douglas Cumming
Florida Atlantic University

Rebel Cole
Florida Atlantic University

Aditya Murlidharan
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India

Prasanna Tantri
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India

S V Ravi Chandra
Indian School of Business, India

Padmanabhan Balasubramanian
Goldman Sachs, India

Wayne Ferson
University of Southern California

Ferhat Akbas
University of Illinois at Chicago, United States

Lezgin Ay
Iowa State University, United States

Chao Jiang
University of South Carolina, United States

Paul Koch
Iowa State University, United States

Alejandro Lopez-Lira
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Ryan Flugum
University of Northern Illinois, United States

John Berns
University of Mississippi, United States

Patty Bick
University of Tulsa, United States

Reza Houston
Ball State University

Kai Li
University of British Columbia, Canada

Jin Wang
Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Asa Lambert
University of Tennessee

Peter DaDalt
Susquehanna University

Dana Zhang
Susquehanna University, United States

Rachel Gordon
Towson University, United States

Adam Yore
University of Missouri, United States

Ryan Chacon
University of Missouri, United States

Xudong Fu
University of Louisville, United States

Minjie Huang
University of Louisville, United States

Tian Tang
University of Louisville, United States

Shuhui Wang
University of Surrey, United Kingdom

Dimitris Petmezas
University of Surrey, United Kingdom

Christodoulos Louca
Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Qianqian Huang
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Feng Jiang
University at Buffalo

Fei Xie
University of Delaware, United States

Balbinder Singh Gill
Temple University

Jing Jiang
Sacred Heart University

Ruiyuan Chen
West Virginia University, United States

Yang Yang
West Virginia University, United States

Michael Pagano
Villanova University

Gerard Olson
Villanova University

Yiyang Zhang
Youngstown State University, United States

Dahlia Robinson
University of South Florida, United States

Thomas Smith
University of South Florida, United States

Jason Na
Adelphi University, United States

Yue Zhang
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Jiaping Qiu
McMaster University, Canada

Bidisha Chakrabarty
Saint Louis University, United States

Jianning Huang
University of Memphis, United States

Pankaj Jain
University of Memphis, United States

Todd Griffith
Utah State University, United States

Brian Roseman
Oklahoma State University

Danjue Shang
Utah State University

John Ritter
US Securities and Exchange Commission, United States

Amy Edwards
US Securities and Exchange Commission, United States

Paul Hughes
US Securities and Exchange Commission, United States

Patti Vegella
US Securities and Exchange Commission, United States

Hao Zhang
Rochester Institute of Technology, United States

Stanley Peterburgsky
Brooklyn College

Travis Box
University of Mississippi

Ryan Davis
University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

Kathleen Fuller
University of Mississippi

Aaron Henrichsen
University of Northern Colorado, United States

Naif Alfnaisan
University of New Orleans, United States

Fatima Jebari
University of New Orleans, United States

M. Kabir Hassan
University of New Orleans, United States

Benjamin Jansen
MTSU

Jon Taylor
FAU, United States

Miran Hossain
UNCW, United States

Heeick Choi
University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States

Inho Suk
State University of New York at Buffalo, United States

Vadim Balashov
Rutgers University - Camden

Ashley Gangloff
University of Missouri, United States

Karen Schnatterly
University of Missouri, United States

Matthew Souther
University of Missouri

Adam Yore
University of Missouri, United States

Sharif Mazumder
Oklahoma State University, United States

Ramesh Rao
Oklahoma State University, United States

Omer Unsal
Merrimack College, United States

Jennifer Brodmann
Cal State Dominguez Hills, United States

Sungjoung Kwon
Drexel University, United States

Francois Derrien
HEC Paris, France

Ambrus Kecskes
Schulich School of Business at York University, Canada

Phuong-Anh Nguyen
Schulich School of Business at York University, Canada

Veda Fatmy
University of Vaasa

Jukka Sihvonen
Aalto University, Finland

Sami Vähämaa
University of Vaasa, Finland

Serhat Yildiz
University of Nevada Reno

Kathleen Fuller
University of Mississippi, United States

Yu Wang
Boston College, United States

Asad Dossani
Colorado State University

Yasutomo Tsukioka
Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

Takahiro Yamasaki
Osaka Sangyo University, Japan

I-Hsuan Ethan Chiang
UNC Charlotte

Xi Nancy Mo
UNC Charlotte

Alexander Kurov
West Virginia University, United States

Alessio Sancetta
Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom

Georg Strasser
European Central Bank, Germany

Marketa Wolfe
Skidmore College, United States

Han Jin
Auburn University, United States

Beverly B. Marshall
Auburn University, United States

Ping McLemore
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

George Jiang
Washington State University

Ao Wang
Washington State University

Margarita Kaprielyan
Elon University

Anna Agapova
Florida Atlantic University, United States

Lukas Benz
University of Augsburg, Germany

Martin Rohleder
University of Augsburg, Germany

Janik Syryca
University of Augsburg, Germany

Marco Wilkens
University of Augsburg, Germany

Paul ZIMMERMANN
IESEG School of Management

Nebojsa Dimic
University of Vaasa, Finland

Vanja Piljak
University of Vaasa, Finland

Laurens Swinkels
Erasmus University, Netherlands

Cheolwoo Lee
Ferris State University

Jin Q Jeon
Dongguk University

Davinder Malhotra
Thomas Jefferson University, United States

Xiaznzhi Wang
Thomas Jefferson University, United States

Raymond Poteau
Thomas Jefferson University, United States

GENE BIRZ
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIV

Erik Devos
University of Texas at El Paso

Sandip Dutta
Southern Connecticut State University

Khoa Nguyen
Southern Connecticut State University

Desmond Tsang
McGill University

Cashman George
Marquette University, United States

David Harrison
University of Central Florida, United States

Hainan Sheng
University of Northern Iowa, United States

Brandon Cline
Mississippi State University

Valeriya Posylnaya
University of Minnesota Duluth

Claudia Williamson
Mississippi State University

Anna Abdulmanova
University of New Mexico, United States

Stephen Ferris
Ball State University, United States

Anqi Jiao
University of Alabama

Sandra Betton
Concordia University, Canada

Sonal Kumar
Concordia University, Canada

Gillian Leithman
Concordia University, Canada

Rahul Ravi
Concordia University, Canada

Olga Dodd
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Bart Frijns
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Alexandre Garel
Audencia Business School, France

Veda Fatmy
University of Vaasa, Finland

John Kihn
University of Vaasa, Finland

Jukka Sihvonen
Aalto University School of Business, Finland

Sami Vahamaa
University of Vaasa, Finland

Yehuda Izhakian
Baruch College

David Yermack
New York University, United States

Jaime Zender
University of Colorado Boulder, United States

Binay Adhikari
University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley, United States

David Cicero
Auburn University

Johan Sulaeman
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Bektemir Ysmailov
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, United States

Diego Leal Gonzalez
University of Oklahoma, United States

Saeid Hoseinzade
Suffolk University, United States

Dolly King
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

Jeffrey Lyon
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

Lei Gao
Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University, United States

Yufeng Han
Belk College of Business, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

Guofu Zhou
Washington University in St. Louis, United States

Yifeng Zhu
Central University of Finance and Economics, China

Xin Gao
Sacred Heart University, United States

Ying Wang
SUNY at Albany, United States

Cynthia M. Gong
Loughborough University, United Kingdom

Xindan Li
Nanjing University, China

Di Luo
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Huainan Zhao
Loughborough University, United Kingdom

Aslihan Korkmaz
Dominican University of California, United States

Zhichao Yin
Capital University of Economics and Business, China

Pengpeng Yue
Beijing Technology and Business University, China

Haigang Zhou
Cleveland State University, United States

Kevin Brady
St. Thomas University

Luis Garcia Garcia-Feijoo
Florida Atlantic University, United States

Tanja Steigner
Emporia State University, United States

David Kemme
University of Memphis, United States

Bhavik Parikh
St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

Anna Agapova
Florida Atlantic University, United States

Angel Carrete-Rodriguez
Concordia College, United States

Michael Farrell
University of Virginia - Darden, United States

Egemen Genc
Erasmus University

Sara Shirley
Middle Tennessee State University, United States

Jeffrey Stark
Middle Tennessee State University, United States

Hai Tran
Loyola Marymount University

Ahmed Elnahas
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, United States

Ghada Ismail
University of Memphis

Rwan El-Khatib
Zayed University

M. Kabir Hassan
University of New Orleans, United States

Dianna Preece
University of Louisville, United States

Sonia Falconieri
Cass Business School

Chiara de Amicis
Cass Business school, United Kingdom

Mesut Tastan
Westminster University, London, United Kingdom