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 Arrival & Welcome 9.00-10.20am Session 1 – Economics Chair: Ilan Noy Speaker Supervisor Title 1 900 Alex Walker Ilan Noy “The economic effects of pest control and management

in New Zealand” 2 920 Pooja Patel Ilan Noy “Assessing the Impacts of Microinsurance: The Case of

Rainfall Index Insurance in Rural India” 3 940 Simon Gray Hai Lin “Liquidity and Information Discovery Among On-the-run

and Off-the-run Securities” 4 1000 Maria Botes Stephen Burnell “Sovereign Default and Greece”

10.20-10.50am Break 10.50am-12.30pm Session 2 – Finance (4 of 5 sessions) Chair: Yigit Saglam Speaker Supervisor Title 5 1050 Cameron Judge Yigit Saglam “Analysis of New Zealand dairy market” 6 1110 Tongtong Huang Hai Lin (ECON) “Macroeconomic Factors and Term Structure of Interest

Rates in New Zealand” 7 1130 Sioudom Hom John Randal “Financial market openness and growth in the Asia-

Pacific region” 8 1150 David Keenan Paul Calcott (ECON) “Optimal compensation policy for farmers with bio-

incursions” 9 1210 Emma Clarke Graeme Guthrie “Estimating the user cost of housing: An option pricing

approach”

12.30-1.30pm Lunch – Level 3 Rutherford House, outside rooms 308-312 1.30-2.50pm Session 3 – Economics Chair: Dean Hyslop Speaker Supervisor Title 10 130 Michael Dickson Dean Hyslop “Measuring the Persistence of Poverty Using Dynamic

Panel Data Models” 11 150 Zack Dorner Dean Hyslop “Changing rural land use in New Zealand 1996 to 2008” 12 210 Tim Earle Mohammed Khaled “The Role of Exports in New Zealand's Development”

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 Arrival & Welcome 9.00-10.20am Session 1 – Economics Chair: Vladimir Petkov Speaker Supervisor Title 1 900 Susanna Berry Vladimir Petkov “Strategic Delegation: The Strategic Power of Incentives in

Managerial Contracts” 2 920 Miles Workman Stephen Burnell “Models of New Zealand Imports” 3 940 Brooke Treadgold Martin Berka “Price Integration of Agricultural Products in Tanzania” 4 1000 Charlotte Riceman Lew Evans “Poll and Land Taxes in the Presence of Uncertainty”

10.20-10.50am Break 10.50am-12.50pm Session 2 – Finance Chair: Michael Keefe Speaker Supervisor Title 5 1050 Richard Lumsden Leigh Roberts “Exchange Rate Dynamics: A Wavelet Approach” 6 1110 Susannah Neild Michael Keefe "Hong Kong versus US IPOs -- legal liability and underwriter

responsibilities” 7 1130 Alexander Hastings Martin Lally “New Zealand Superannuation Fund performance

evaluation” 8 1150 Guy Robinson Toby Daglish “Savvy Investments: Vineyard development in NZ's largest

wine growing region” 9 1210 Iulia Crisnic Brandon Chen “Is pro-shareholder policy always good?”

12.30-1.30pm Lunch – Level 3 Rutherford House, outside rooms 308-312 1.30-2.50pm Session 3 – Economics Chair: Jack Robles Speaker Supervisor Title 10 130 Dennis Meone Vladimir Petkov “Resource Extraction & Government Regulation” 11 150 Phuong Ho Jack Robles “Hydro-Thermal Electricity Competition with Entry of

Thermal Firms” 12 210 Sodany Tong Morris Altman “Is the failure of a staple economy means failure of 'The

Staple Theory'? A close examination of New Zealand and Argentina”

13 230 Andre Simangunsong Jack Robles “Spatial Competition and Location of Firm”

3.00pm Closing