Posted by Please join the Columbia Alumni Association of Houston in welcoming the John R. Eckel Jr. Professor of Financial Economics at Columbia with Dr. Harrison Hong of Columbia University
Date & Time: Thursday, April 28, 2022, | 6:00 pm to 8:15 pm
6:00 pm: Reception
7:00 pm: Lecture "Learning to Adapt to Weather Disasters"
Location: The Briar Club | 2603 Timmons Lane, Houston, TX 77027
This event is free of charge for Columbia Alumni and Parents only.
Register by Friday, April 22 at 5 pm. Please be aware that you are required to register to attend and there is limited capacity at this venue.
Register at this link here.
Dr. Harrison Hong's topic will be presenting about learning to adapt to weather disasters from climate change, financial, pandemic, or geopolitical. Dr. Hong's work has covered diverse topics, including behavioral finance and market efficiency, agency and biased decisions, organizational diseconomies and performance, social interaction and investor behavior, and social responsibility and the stock market. Dr. Harrison Hong Ph.D., MIT and has previously worked at Princeton, Stanford GSB, and NYU Stern. In 2016, he received a honorary doctorate from two different schools, the Stockholm School of Economics and Aalto University, School of Business. In 2009, he was awarded the Fischer Black Prize, given once every two years to the best American finance economist under the age of 40.
Questions: If you have any questions, please email Paul Lindberg '21SIPA, at [email protected], Assistant Director of Global Engagement