Conferences - Seminars
19MAR
12:15-13:15
Extranef building, room 126
Why do CEOs pledge their own company's stock?
Between 2007 and 2016, approximately 7.6% of U.S. firms disclosed that their CEOs had pledged company stock as collateral for a loan. On average, CEOs pledge 38% of their shares. The mean dollar value of margin loans is an economically sizeable $65 million. CEOs use the funds to either double down, hedge their ownership, or ...
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By Kornelia FABISIK (PhD candidate, SFI@EPFL)
20MAR
12:00-13:30
UNIL, HEC
Seminar by Prof. Samina Karim, Norheastern University
Séminaire organisé en collaboration avec UNIL-HEC
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22MAR
10:30-12:00
Unil, Extranef building, room 126
FinTech Disruption, Payment Data, and Bank Information
We study the impact of FinTech competition on a monopolist bank that bundles payment processing and lending. In our model, consumers' payment data contain information about their credit quality. This information is valuable to the bank when making loans. Surprisingly, under mild conditions, consumers in the loan market also benefit ex ante from the bank ...
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By Haoxiang ZHU, MIT
Public Science Events
21MAR
10:00-18:00
STCC 2 52
SALON DES TECHNOLOGIES ET DE L'INNOVATION DE LAUSANNE
Nous sommes très heureux de vous accueillir à la 6ème édition du Salon des Technologies et de l'Innovation de Lausanne. Seront présentés les start-up, laboratoires, entreprises les plus innovantes de Suisse. Vous aimez les nouvelles technologies? Elon Musk est votre idole? Vous avez deux jambes? Venez les rencontrer autour de stands intéractifs. Vous decouvrirez d'étonnantes ...
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Call for proposal
22MAR
[ SUDAC – swissuniversities Development and Cooperation Network | Funding for institutional co-operation in the Global South ]
With this call, SUDAC promotes the establishment of 2-3 Clusters of Cooperation in the Global South (CLOCs) in Africa, Asia, or Latin America. This call is not about funding research projects, but aims at establishing institutional co-operation. CLOCs must: Be related to at least 5 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Cooperate with at least 2 COFER ...
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Internal trainings
19MAR
13:30-16:00
CO 122
Stay away from plagiarism!
The aim of this workshop is to help participants identify and eliminate text, images and codes that may be interpreted as plagiarism to the PhD supervisor, an expert or a journal reviewer. At the end of the workshop, you will be able to: Explain the difference between incorrect referencing and plagiarism Use i-thenticate to correct ...
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