Spring 2024

Spring 2024 Conference Agenda

17th Annual California Corporate Finance Conference
Saturday, February 10, 2024

Continental Breakfast: 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. (Location: Hilton 103/Outdoor Atrium)

Opening Remarks: 9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. (Location: Hilton 103)

Session 1: Trading: 9:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (Location: Hilton 103)

• Trading in Twilight: Sleep and Retail Investors’ Stock Investment Performance
  
  • Presenter: Jinfei Sheng, University of California, Irvine
  • Discussant: Lisa Kramer, University of Toronto

• Detecting Informed Trading Risk from Undercutting Activity in Limit Order Mark 
  
  • Presenter: Yashar H. Barardehi, Chapman University and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 
  • Discussant: Luis Ceballos, University of San Diego

 Break: 11:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.

 Session 2: Bond Markets: 11:10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Location: Hilton 103)

• Accounting for Leases and Portfolio Decisions of Active Corporate Bond Funds
  • Presenter: Holly He, University of California, Irvine
  • Discussant: Yawen Jiao, University of California, Riverside
    
    
• Navigating Inflation Risk in Corporate Bond Markets: Evidence from Mutual Fund
  
  • Presenter: Luis Ceballos, University of San Diego
  • Discussant: Jean Helwege, University of California, Riverside

Lunch: 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. (Hilton 302)

Keynote Speaker: 1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Location: Hilton 103)

• Distinguished Guest, Michael Ewens, the David L. and Elsie M. Dodd Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Break: 2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.

Session 3: Corporate Finance: 2:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Location: Hilton 103)

• Social Capital, Opportunism, and Corporate Acquisition
  
  • Presenter: Goeun Choi, Tulane University
  • Discussant: Raymond Kim, University of Northern Arizona

• The Paradox of Record Cash and Record Debt 
  
  • Presenter: Raymond Kim, University of Northern Arizona
  • Discussant: Zhi Li, Chapman University

Break: 3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.

Session 4: Misconduct and Pay: 3:40 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Location: Hilton 103)

• Stakeholder Orientation and Financial Misconduct
  
  • Presenter: Arsenio Staer, California State University, Fullerton
  • Discussant: Goeun Choi, Tulane University
    
    
• Perception Shapes Reality: Firms’ Proactive Pay Adjustments
  
  • Presenter: Zhi Li, Chapman University
  • Discussant: David Moore, Loyola Marymount University

Closing Remarks