EMSG Speaker Series: Dr. Craig Pirrong - 4/1 - LSRC A158

Please join the EMSG,in conjunction with the Nicholas Institute, Thursday, April 1st for the next event in the EMSG speaker series. We will be hosting Dr. Craig Pirrong at 2:30pm in LSRC A158. To add this event to your google calendar click here http://tinyurl.com/y8mbkk9.

Dr. Pirrong will be leading a discussion in regards to regulation of carbon derivatives trading.

About Craig Pirrong:
Dr Pirrong is Professor of Finance, and Energy Markets Director for the Global Energy Management Institute at the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. He was previously Watson Family Professor of Commodity and Financial Risk Management at Oklahoma State University, and a faculty member at the University of Michigan, the University of Chicago, and Washington University. Professor Pirrong's research focuses on commodities and commodity derivative pricing; the relation between market fundamentals and commodity price dynamics and the implications of this relation for the pricing of commodity derivatives; derivatives market regulation; commodity market manipulation; and the organization of commodity markets. He has published 35 articles in professional publications and is the author of three books. He has consulted widely with exchanges around the world, and has testified before Congress on energy pricing, and has served as an expert witness in a variety of cases involving commodity markets. He holds a Ph.D. in business economics from the University of Chicago.

Thanks,
Joseph Jakuta