Fall 2009

Session 1: 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. (HIL 304)

• Introductions & Opening Remarks
• “Corporate Governance in the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis: Evidence from Financial Institutions Worldwide”
  • Author: Pedro Matos
  • Discussant: Mary Anne Majadillas
• “Public and Private Merger Waves” (WINNER OF THE BEST PAPER AWARD)
  • Author: Liu Yang
  • Discussant: Mehmet Akbulut
• “Business Cycles and the Financial and Real Implications of Cash Holdings”
  • Author: Aziz Alimov
  • Discussant: Susan Elkinawy

Break: 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Session 2: 10:30 a.m. - Noon (HIL 304)

• “TBD”
  • Jonathan Karpoff

Lunch: Noon - 1:30 p.m. (Collins Center)

Session 3: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (HIL 304)

• “Who Gains from Buying Bad Bidders?”
  • Author: David Offenberg
  • Discussant: Tom Chang
• “What Does CEOs’ Personal Leverage Tell Us About Corporate Leverage”
  • Author: Henrik Cronqvist
  • Discussant: Nikolay Halov
• “Capital Structure and Volatility of Risk”
  • Author: Nikolay Halov
  • Discussant: Hsin-hui Chiu

Break: 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Session 4: 3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (HIL 304)

• “Management’s Divestment in Leveraged Buyouts”
  • Author: Mary Anne Majadillas
  • Discussant: Liu Yang
• “Judge Specific Difference in Chapter 11 and Firm Outcomes”
  • Author: Tom Chang
  • Discussant: Aziz Alimov
• Concluding remarks