Fall 2011 Conference Agenda

Continental breakfast: 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. (HIL 119)

Opening: 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. (HIL 119)

Session 1: 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (HIL 119)

  • "Planning for Career Success as an Academic"
    • Speaker: David Ikenberry

Break: 10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Session 2: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (HIL 119)

  • Career planning breakout session
    • Moderator: David Ikenberry

Lunch: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Collins Center)

Session 3: 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. (HIL119)

  • “The Dividend Month Premium”
    • Author: David Solomon, USC
    • Discussant: Zheng Sun, UCI
  • “CEOs Get Cash Windfalls While Shareholders Get Richer: An Examination
    of Accelerated Vesting in Takeovers”
    • Author: David Offenberg, LMU
    • Discussant: Yi JIang, CSUF
  • “Lack of Comovement and Property Rights Protection: Firm-Level Evidence”
    • Author: Yongxiang Wang, USC
    • Discussant: Joshua Spizman, LMU

Break: 3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Session 4: 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (HIL 119)

  • “R&D and Stock Returns: Is There a Spill-Over Effect?”
    • Author: Yi Jiang, CSUF
    • Discussant: Yun Liu, UCR
  • “How does Uncertainty Resolution Effect VC Syndication?”
    • Author: Ayca Altintig, Chapman
    • Discussant:
  • “Entrepreneurial Overconfidence, Outside Equity and Successful Exits”
    • Author: Craig Everett, Pepperdine
    • Discussant: Hsin-Hui Chui, CSUN
  • Concluding remarks