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