Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8:30 a.m.

Breakfast (Blow Hall, 334)

Breakfast (Blow Hall, 334)

Breakfast (Blow Hall, 334)

9:00 a.m.

Craig Doidge: Does exchange rate exposure matter?
Discussant: James Weston

Audra Boone: An investigation of the gains from specialized equity claims
Discussant: Erik Lie

Jayanthi Sunder: Information spillovers and capital structure: Theory and evidence
Discussant: Vassil Mihov

10:00 a.m.

Lin Peng: Learning with information capacity constraints
Discussant: George Oldfield

David Robinson: Financial contracting in biotech strategic alliances 
Discussant: Alex Butler

Thomas Moeller: Let's make a deal! How private benefits and shareholder control impact merger payoffs
Discussant: Kim Rodgers

11:00 a.m.

David Robinson: Strategic alliances and the boundaries of the firm 

Lin Peng: Time to digest and volatility dynamics

Craig Doidge: U.S. cross-listings and the private benefits of control

12:00  noon

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

1:30  p.m.

Huseyin Gulen: Informed trading in stock and option markets

Thomas Moeller: Who's cheating whom in mergers and acquistions?

Audra Boone: The interaction of ownership, governance, and product markets: Evidence from equity carve-outs

2:20 p.m.

Alex Butler: Solicited vs. unsolicited bond ratings: Which are more informative?

Erik Lie: The motivations and implications of actual share repurchases

Julie Agnew: Inefficient choices in 401(k) plans: Evidence from individual level data

3:10 p.m.

James Weston: Advertising, breadth of ownership, and liquidity

Vassil Mihov: Off-balance sheet financing: How much debt lurks in the leases?

7:00 p.m.

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner