Illinois economics Association 37th annual meeting
TWO RISK CENTER FACULTY PARTICIPATE IN IEA MEETING
A.G. (Tassos) Malliaris, Professor of Economics and Finance, and David Mirza, Associate Professor of Economics, participated in the Illinois Economics Association 37th Annual Meeting held October 19-21, 2007.
SYNOPSIS
This conference involved nineteen sessions of information on topics including, Environmental Economics, Economics of Religion, Applied Macroeconomics, Economics of Biofuels, Economic History, Economic Implications of Gender, Economics of Sports, Derivative Markets, & Uncertainty, Decision & Policy. There was also a speech by Richard L. Sandor, Ph.D., Chairman & CEO (and founder) of the Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc. and principal architect of the interest rate futures market.
PAPERS/TOPICS DISCUSSED (by Loyola University)
1. Derivative Markets: I
Session Organizer and Chair: Tassos Malliaris, Loyola University of Chicago
Papers:
- "An Examination Into the Rationality and Efficiency of Mergers of Futures Exchanges" - Jin Choi, DePaul University
- "Proprietary Trading and the New Prime/Sub-prime Environment" - Gregg Rzepczynski, Effective Trading, LLC
Discussants - Tassos Malliaris and David Mirza
2. Derivative Markets
Session Organizer and Chair: Tassos Malliaris, Loyola University of Chicago
Papers:
- 1. "Innovation is our Middle Name" - John E. Nyhoff, Director, Financial Research & Product Development at the CME
- "Are Intraday Volume and Volatility U-shaped After Accounting for Public Information?" - James Eaves, Laval University and Jeffrey Williams, University of California at Davis
Discussants - David Mirza, Loyola University of Chicago and Frank Rose, Lewis University