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Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2013; 16:00 to 17:30.

Place: Swedish House of Finance, Drottninggatan 98, 4th floor.

Refreshments will be served in connection with the seminar. There is no registration fee for the seminar. However, we have a limited number of seats and therefore require advance registration. Please register to Anki Helmer (anki.helmer@sifr.org) as soon as possible and no later than May 13.

Welcome!

Institute for Financial Research (SIFR)

Drottninggatan 98, 4th floor

SE-111 60 Stockholm, Sweden

Phone: +46 8 736 9101

Web: www.sifr.org

The seminar series is organized by SIFR with generous financial support from Vinnova.