Fall 2007 Conference Agenda
Session 1: 10:30 a.m. - Noon (HIL 302)
- Introductions & Opening Remarks
- “Do CEOs Slow Down When Getting ‘Passed the Baton?’ Agency Costs of CEO Succession-Securing Behavior”
- Author: Ayca Altintig
- Discussant: Susan Elkinawy
- “The Size Discount: Further Evidence on the Relationship Between Size and Firm Value”
- Author: David Offenberg
- Discussant: Mehmet Akbulut
Lunch: Noon - 1:30 p.m. (HIL 243)
Session 2: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (HIL 302)
- “Retained Wealth and Family Firm IPOs”
- Author: Kuntara Pukthuanthong
- Discussant: Aziz Alimov
- “Does Hedging Increase Firm Value? Evidence from the Gold Mining Industry”
- Author: Yanbo Jin
- Discussant: Ayca Altintig
- “Managerial Insider Trading and Opportunism”
- Author: Mehmet Akbulut
- Discussant: Kuntara Pukthuanthong
Break: 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Session 3: 3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (HIL 302)
- “Cash Holdings and Firm Value during Latin American Financial Crises”
- Author: Susan Elkinawy
- Discussant: Christo Pirinsky
- “Innovations, Real Options, Risk, and Return: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries”
- Author: Aziz Alimov
- Discussant: Yanbo Jin
- “Why Has the Market Reaction to Corporate Earnings Announcements Increased Over Time?”
- Author: Christo Pirinsky
- Discussant: David Offenberg
- Concluding remarks