Fall 2016

Fall 2016 Conference Agenda

Continental breakfast: 8:45 a.m. – 9:25 a.m. (Location: Hilton 103)

Session 1: 9:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. (Location: Hilton 103)

• Opening remarks

• Capital Supply, Financial Intermediaries, and Corporate Peer Effects
  
  • Presenter: Yi Jiang, California State University, Fullerton
  • Discussant: Babak Lotfaliei, San Diego State University

• Anchoring and Acquisitions
  
  • Presenter: Qingzhong Ma, California State University, Chico
  • Discussant: Hai Tran, Loyola Marymount University

 Break: 10:40 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.

 Session 2: 10:50 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. (Location: Hilton 103)

• Appraisal Rights: A Use of Abuse of Takeover Law?
  
  • Presenter: Clark Lundberg, San Diego State University
  • Discussant: Marshall Vance, University of Southern California

• Corporate Status and Supply Chain Relationships: Evidence on S&P 500 Index Additions
  
  • Presenter: Joshua Spizman, Loyola Marymount University
  • Discussant: Ivalina Kalcheva, University of California, Riverside
    
    
• Zero Leverage and the Value in Waiting to Issue Debt
  
  • Presenter: Babak Lotfaliei, San Diego State University
  • Discussant: Qingzhong Ma, California State University, Chico

Lunch: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Location: TBD)

• With remarks by our Distinguished Guest, Jarrad Harford, University of Washington

Session 3: 2:10 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. (Location: Hilton 103)

• The Household Equity Share and Expected Market Returns
  
  • Presenter: David Yang, University of California, Irvine
  • Discussant: Joshua Spizman, Loyola Marymount University

• Investor Income and Dividends: Income-Based Local Dividend Clienteles
  
  • Presenter: Erdem Ucar, California State University, Fullerton
  • Discussant: Timothy Trombley, San Diego State University

• Innovation: The Interplay between Demand-Side Shock and Supply-Side Environment
  
  • Presenter: Ivalina Kalcheva, University of California, Riverside
  • Discussant: Clark Lundberg, San Diego State University

Session 4: 3:50 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Location: Hilton 103)

• Early Indicators of Managerial Skill and Fundraising by Venture Capital Firms
  
  • Presenter: Timothy Trombley, San Diego State University
  • Discussant: Zining Li, Loyola Marymount University

• Why Do We Tenure? Analysis of a Long Standing Risk-Based Explanation
  
  • Presenter: Edward Van Wesep, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Discussant: Timothy Haight, Loyola Marymount University

• Closing remarks