School of Economics and Finance (SEF)

SEF Honours Symposium

Monday 15 April 2013 Location: Rutherford House, Mezzanine Level (RHMZ05)

PROGRAMME
Each speaker will have 12 minutes plus 8 minutes for questions. 8.30-9.00 9.00-10.20am Chair: Ilan Noy
1 Speaker 900 Alex Walker

Arrival & Welcome Session 1 Economics

Supervisor Ilan Noy Title The economic effects of pest control and management in New Zealand Assessing the Impacts of Microinsurance: The Case of Rainfall Index Insurance in Rural India Liquidity and Information Discovery Among On-the-run and Off-the-run Securities Sovereign Default and Greece

920 Pooja Patel

Ilan Noy

940 Simon Gray

Hai Lin

1000 Maria Botes

Stephen Burnell

10.20-10.50am 10.50am-12.30pm Chair: Yigit Saglam

5 6 Speaker 1050 Cameron Judge 1110 Tongtong Huang

Break Session 2 Finance (4 of 5 sessions)

Supervisor Yigit Saglam Hai Lin (ECON) Title Analysis of New Zealand dairy market Macroeconomic Factors and Term Structure of Interest Rates in New Zealand Financial market openness and growth in the AsiaPacific region Optimal compensation policy for farmers with bioincursions Estimating the user cost of housing: An option pricing approach

1130 Sioudom Hom

John Randal

1150 David Keenan

Paul Calcott (ECON)

1210 Emma Clarke

Graeme Guthrie

12.30-1.30pm 1.30-2.50pm Chair: Dean Hyslop

10 Speaker 130 Michael Dickson

Lunch Level 3 Rutherford House, outside rooms 308-312 Session 3 Economics

Supervisor Dean Hyslop Title Measuring the Persistence of Poverty Using Dynamic Panel Data Models Changing rural land use in New Zealand 1996 to 2008 The Role of Exports in New Zealand's Development

11 12

150 Zack Dorner 210 Tim Earle

Dean Hyslop Mohammed Khaled

2.30pm

Closing

School of Economics and Finance (SEF)

SEF Honours Symposium

Tuesday 16 April 2013 Location: Rutherford House, Mezzanine Level (RHMZ05)

PROGRAMME
Each speaker will have 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions. 8.30-9.00 9.00-10.20am Chair: Vladimir Petkov
1 Speaker 900 Susanna Berry

Arrival & Welcome Session 1 Economics

Supervisor Vladimir Petkov Title Strategic Delegation: The Strategic Power of Incentives in Managerial Contracts Models of New Zealand Imports Price Integration of Agricultural Products in Tanzania Poll and Land Taxes in the Presence of Uncertainty

2 3 4

920 Miles Workman 940 Brooke Treadgold 1000 Charlotte Riceman

Stephen Burnell Martin Berka Lew Evans

10.20-10.50am 10.50am-12.50pm Chair: Michael Keefe

5 6 Speaker 1050 Richard Lumsden 1110 Susannah Neild

Break Session 2 Finance

Supervisor Leigh Roberts Michael Keefe

Title Exchange Rate Dynamics: A Wavelet Approach "Hong Kong versus US IPOs -- legal liability and underwriter responsibilities New Zealand Superannuation Fund performance evaluation Savvy Investments: Vineyard development in NZ's largest wine growing region Is pro-shareholder policy always good?

1130 Alexander Hastings

Martin Lally

1150 Guy Robinson

Toby Daglish

1210 Iulia Crisnic

Brandon Chen

12.30-1.30pm 1.30-2.50pm Chair: Jack Robles

10 11 Speaker 130 Dennis Meone 150 Phuong Ho

Lunch Level 3 Rutherford House, outside rooms 308-312 Session 3 Economics

Supervisor Vladimir Petkov Jack Robles Title Resource Extraction & Government Regulation Hydro-Thermal Electricity Competition with Entry of Thermal Firms Is the failure of a staple economy means failure of 'The Staple Theory'? A close examination of New Zealand and Argentina Spatial Competition and Location of Firm

12

210 Sodany Tong

Morris Altman

13

230 Andre Simangunsong

Jack Robles

3.00pm

Closing