ESRC ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAMME IN ASSET PRICING 13 – 17 SEPTEMBER 2010 MBA Lecture theatre, Streatham Court, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter Monday 13 September Absence of Arbitrage in Financial Markets Jean-Pierre Zigrand London School of Economics Tuesday 14 September Real option modelling; separating flexibility modelling from diffusion selection Mark Shackleton Lancaster University Management School Wednesday 15 September Continuous Time with Discontinuity Ser-Huang Poon Manchester Business School Thursday 16 September Friday 17 September 1) Asset prices in an economy with heterogeneity in preferences and beliefs 1) Limits of arbitrage 2) Asset pricing with institutional frictions 2) Improving the out-of-sample performance of asset allocation and portfolio choice models Dimitri Vayanos London School of Economics Raman Uppal London Business School 09.30-10.00 (Xfi Atrium) Registration & Coffee, Introduction and Welcome 09.15 Coffee/tea MBA Lecture Theatre 09.15 Coffee/tea 09.15 Coffee/tea 09.15 Coffee/tea 10.00-11.00 Session 1 09.30-11.00 Session 1 09.30-11.00 Session 1 09.30-11.00 Session 1 09.30-11.00 Session 1 11.00-11.30 Coffee/tea 11.00-11.30 Coffee/tea 11.00-11.30 Coffee/tea 11.00-11.30 Coffee/tea 11.00-11.30 Coffee/tea 11.30-13.00 Session 2 11.30-13.00 Session 2 11.30-13.00 Session 2 11.30-13.00 Session 2 11.30-13.00 Session 2 13.00-14.00 Lunch 13.00-14.00 Lunch 13.00-14.00 Lunch 13.00-14.00 Lunch 14.00-15.30 Session 3 14.00-15.30 Session 3 14.00-15.30 Session 3 14.00-15.30 Session 3 14.00-15.30 Session 3 15.30-16.00 Coffee/tea 15.30-16.00 Coffee/tea 15.30-16.00 Coffee/tea 15.30-16.00 Coffee/tea 15.30-16.00 Coffee/tea 16.00-17.30 Session 4 16.00-17.30 Session 4 16.00-17.30 Session 4 16.00-17.30 Session 4 16.00-17.30 Session 4 13.00-14.00 Lunch