Fall 2012 Conference Agenda
Continental breakfast: 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. (HIL 119)
Session 1: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (HIL 119)
- Opening remarks
- “What Drives the Disposition Effect?A Cognitive Dissonance-Based Explanation”
- Author: Tom Chang, USC
- Discussant: Ekaterina Chernobai, Cal Poly - Pomona
- “The Information Content and Contracting Consequences of SFAS 141(R): The Case of Earnout Provisions”
- Author: Lucile Faurel, UCI
- Discussant: Julie Suh, LMU
Break: 11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Session 2: 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. (HIL 119)
- “How do Acquirers Choose between Mergers and Tender Offers?”
- Author: David Offenberg, LMU
- Discussant: Yongxiang Wang, USC
- “What Are We Meeting For? The Consequences of Private Meetings with Investors”
- Author: David Solomon, USC
- Discussant: Irfan Safdar, LMU
- “International Correlation Risk”
- Author: Andreas Stathopoulos, USC
- Discussant: Joshua Spizman, LMU
Lunch: 12:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. (Collins Center)
- With remarks by our Distinguished Guest, Bill Christie
Session 3: 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (HIL119)
- “Demand Shocks to Securities and the Pricing of Economically Linked Stocks: Evidence on S&P 500 Index Additions”
- Author: Joshua Spizman, LMU
- Discussant: David Solomon, USC
- “The Understated Costs of Overvalued Equity: The Case of Overvalued REIT Acquisitions”
- Author: Mehmet Akbulut, CSUF
- Discussant: Andreas Stathopoulos, USC
- “The Impact of Cultural Aversion on Economic Exchange: Evidence from Shocks to Sino-Japanese Relations”
- Author: Yongxiang Wang, USC
- Discussant: Yi Jiang, CSUF
- Closing remarks