Fairmont Scottsdale Princess
Scottsdale, Arizona
October 14 – 17, 2007
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Sunday, October 14
5:00 pm RECEPTION AND INFORMAL BUFFET DINNER
WELCOME TO Q’S FALL 2007 MEETING
James L. Farrell, Jr., Chairman of The Q Group and Chairman, Farrell Investments
Monday, October 15
7:30 am – 9:00 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00 am – 10:45 am
Idiosyncratic Risk & Expected Returns
High Idiosyncratic Volatility and Low Returns: International and Further U.S. Evidence
Slides
Speaker: Matthew Spiegel, Yale
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
LUNCH AND PERSONAL CONFERENCES WITH SPEAKERS AND DELEGATES
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
VILLAINS OF INVESTING & PARTISAN ECONOMICS
The Investment Behavior of Buyout Funds: Theory and Evidence
Slides
Speaker: Matthew Richardson,
5:45 pm – 7:00 pm
VILLAINS OF INVESTING & PARTISAN ECONOMICS
Corporate Political Contributions and Stock Returns
Slides
Speaker: Michael J. Cooper, University of Utah
7:00 pm
KEYNOTE BANQUET
Influence: The Ultimate Power Tool
Speaker: Robert B. Cialdini
Speaker: Roger M. Edelen, Boston College
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Trading and Market Microstructure
Algorithmic Trading A Quant Perspective: The Conceptual Framework
Slides
Speaker: Ananth Madhavan, Barclays
Slides
Speaker: George Sofianos, Goldman Sachs
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm ANNUAL MEETING OF The Q Group
4:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Order Flow and Prices
Slides
Speaker: Ekkehart Boehmer, Texas A&M
5:45 pm – 7:00 pm
Implied Liquidity from Redundant Futures Markets
Slides
Speaker: John Curran, CME Group
Discussant: Larry Harris, USC
7:00 pm RECEPTION AND DINNER
Wednesday, October 18
7:00 am – 8:00 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 am – 9:45 am
Villains of Investing and Partisan Economics
Slides
9:45 am – 11:00 am
Party Influence in Congress and the Economy
Slides
Partisan Impacts on the Economy: Evidence From Prediction Markets & Close Elections
Speaker: Eric Zitzewitz, Dartmouth
11:00 am ADJOURNMENT