Jay Ritter's Conference

Professor Jay R. Ritter
Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida

"Why There Will Always Be Financial Crises"

Psychologists have documented that people tend to overweight recent experience, which results in over-optimism about a sector when that sector has recently been doing well. Democracies tend to encourage this, because politicians rarely devote effort to avoiding future crises. Authoritarian governments are prone to corruption and are no better at dampening the swings in investor sentiment.

Tuesday November 23, 2010

Program

6:15 pm : Participants welcome

6:30 pm : Welcome address by Mr. Jacques Berghmans

6:45 pm : "Why There Will Always Be Financial Crises"
                Conference given By Prof. Jay Ritter (University of Florida)

7:30 pm : Cocktail*

*Access limited to holders of a printed invitation card.

About Professor Ritter

Jay R. Ritter is best known for his articles concerning equity issuance, including « The Long-Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings », which won the Smith Breeden Award for the best article in the Journal of Finance during 1991. His research results were published and quoted in the most prestigious academic journals. He has also consulted on valuation and market manipulation cases, and is frequently quoted in the financial press, such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Business Week and The Economist.

Professor Ritter is the Joseph Cordell Eminent Scholar in the Department of Finance at the University of Florida, a position that he has held since 1996. He holds a Ph.D. in economics and finance from the University of Chicago (1981), and has previously taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan, the University of Illinois, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Registration 

Please register (required) before November 15, 2010 by clicking here.

Location

Conference : Ferme du Biéreau, Avenue du Jardin Botanique - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

Cocktail : Loungeatude, Avenue du Jardin Bitanique - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

Access & Parkings

E411 motorway towards Namur/Luxembourg - exit 8a "Louvain-la-Neuve“ - at the first roundabout follow Namur (N4), at the second one take right the Bd Baudouin Premier, then follow the signs to Ferme du Biéreau.