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 Perella Department of Finance and Law Research Seminar Schedule 
 
 Fall of 2008 (All seminars take place in FSL) 
 September 12th, Jesus M Salas (Lehigh) Paper: The Agency Theory of Dividends: Evidence from Dividend Initiations 
 October 24th, Anne Anderson (Lehigh) Paper: A Cross Country Comparison of Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: Do Financial Structures and Legal Systems Matter? 
 October 31st, David Reeb (Temple) Paper: R&D Spending and Capital Expenditure Decisions: The Influence of Ownership Structure 
 Spring of 2009 
 February 27th, David Becher (Drexel) Paper: Does regulation substitute or complement governance?, with Melissa Frye 
 April 24th, Mike Pagano (Villanova) Paper: Risk, Uncertainty, and the Perceived Threat of Terrorist Attacks, with T. Shawn Strother 
 
 
 
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