Who Gets What: The New Economics of Matching and Market Design. Guest: Dr. Alvin Roth

Posted by on Dec 25, 2013 in Guest Speakers | Comments Off on Who Gets What: The New Economics of Matching and Market Design. Guest: Dr. Alvin Roth November 14, 2013. Dr. Alvin Roth, Craig and Susan McCaw Professor of Economics at Stanford University and 2012 Nobel laureate in economics.  Dr. Roth discusses his work in mechanism design over the last several years.  Q&A Begins at: 1’01’14”.  
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The 2013 Nobel Prizes Explained. Guests: Aparna Venkatesan, Stephen Zunes, Dean Rader, Jason Fernandes, Jesse Anttila-Hughes. Host: Ludwig Chincarini. Interviewed by Moira Gunn.

Posted by on Nov 30, 2013 in Guest Speakers | Comments Off on The 2013 Nobel Prizes Explained. Guests: Aparna Venkatesan, Stephen Zunes, Dean Rader, Jason Fernandes, Jesse Anttila-Hughes. Host: Ludwig Chincarini. Interviewed by Moira Gunn. November 30, 2013. University of San Francisco, UC Berkeley, and UCSF professors explain the scientific contributions of the 2013 Nobel prize recipients on Tech Nation.   Ludwig Chincarini, Aparna Venkatesan, Stephen Zunes, Dean Rader, Jason Fernandes, Jesse Anttila-Hughes.  Interviewed by Moira Gunn.
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Flash Crashes and Market Design

Posted by on Nov 18, 2013 in Blog | Comments Off on Flash Crashes and Market Design   In my book, The Crisis of Crowding, I spoke about the crowding of market makers in the Flash Crash and the sudden disappearance of market liquidity.  This led to people buying Apple stock (Ticker:  AAPL) for $100,000 per share and selling Accenture (Ticker:  ACN) for 1 cent.  Many other trades occurred at ridiculous prices.  Since the writing of the book, there have been several other...
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The 2013 Nobel Prizes Explained. Guests: Aparna Venkatesan, Stephen Zunes, Teresa Head-Gordon, Dean Rader, Jason Fernandes, Jesse Anttila-Hughes. Host: Ludwig Chincarini

Posted by on Oct 26, 2013 in Guest Speakers | Comments Off on The 2013 Nobel Prizes Explained. Guests: Aparna Venkatesan, Stephen Zunes, Teresa Head-Gordon, Dean Rader, Jason Fernandes, Jesse Anttila-Hughes. Host: Ludwig Chincarini October 21, 2013. University of San Francisco, UC Berkeley, and UCSF professors explain the scientific contributions of the 2013 Nobel prize recipients. Aparna Venkatesan, Stephen Zunes, Teresa Head-Gordon, Dean Rader, Jason Fernandes, Jesse Anttila-Hughes.  Host:  Ludwig Chincarini  
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Capital Market Theory 740. Fall 2013

Posted by on Oct 17, 2013 in Teaching | Comments Off on Capital Market Theory 740. Fall 2013 Instructor: Professor Ludwig Chincarini, CFA, Ph.D. Phone: (see syllabus) Email: lbchincarini@usfca.edu [preferred email – subject line: Capital Market Theory] Website: www.ludwigbc.com Office Hours: [TBA] (Wednesday 5:15 – 6:15 PM or by request). Class Hours & Location: Wednesdays, 1:00 P.M., Howard, Room 527   Course Description: The course focuses on four main topics. First, an...
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