Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

8:30 a.m.

Breakfast (Blow Hall, 334)

Breakfast (Blow Hall, 334)

Breakfast (Blow Hall, 334)

Long presentations:

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Alex Butler, The Pricing of Underwriting Contracts in Calls of Convertible Bonds

Kim Rodgers, Chapter 11 Reorganization Policy and the Economic Viability of Filing Firms

Akin Sayrak, Corporate Governance and the Long-term Performance of Conglomerate Firms

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Fan Yu, Counterparty Risk and the Pricing of Defaultable Bonds

Xinge Zhao, Exit Decisions in the U.S. Mutual Fund Industry

Kim Smith, Dynamic Compensation Contracts: Accounting vs. Market Measures of Performance

12:15 - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Peter MacKay, Real Flexibility and Financial Structure: An Empirical Analysis

Erik Lie, Self-Tender Offers and Capital Structure

George Oldfield, A Simple Markov Process for Treasury Discount Price Movements

Short presentations:

3:10 - 4:00 p.m.

Kim Rodgers, Board Composition, Ownership Structure, and Investment Bank Choice

Fan Yu, Diversification and Default Risk: A New Methodology for Estimating Default Probabilities

Xinge Zhao, Analysis of Mutual Fund's Closure to New Investors Decision

4:10 - 5:00 p.m.

Akin Sayrak, Agency Problems and Optimal Compensation Schemes in Diversified Firms

Alex Butler, Revisiting Optimal Call Policy for Convertible Bonds: Theory and Evidence

7:00 p.m.

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner