Monday, June 2

Tuesday, June 3

Wednesday, June 4

8:30 a.m.

Breakfast (Blow Hall, 334)

Breakfast (Blow Hall, 334)

Breakfast (Blow Hall, 334)

9:00 a.m.

Dirk Jenter A Note on Employee Sentiment and Stock Option Compensation
Discussant: Aamer Sheikh

Karl Diether: Long-Run Event Performance and Opinion Divergence
Discussant: Huseyin Gulen

Evrim Akdogu: Gaining a competitive Edge Through Acquisitions: Evidence from the Telecom Industry
Discussant:  Audra Boone

10:00 a.m.

Ning Zhu: Efficiency and the Bear: Short Sales and Markets Around the World
Discussant: Alex Butler

Dan Bergstresser:  CEO incentives and earnings management: Evidence from the 1990s
Discussant: Erik Lie

Jorg Rocholl: Rationality in IPO Bookbuilding
Discussant: Xinge Zhao

11:00 a.m.

Evrim Akdogu: Value Maximizing Managers, Value-Increasing Mergers and Overbidding 

Sudheer Chava: Modeling Loan Commitments and Liquidity Crisis: Theory and Estimation
Discussant: George Oldfield

Dirk Jenter: Market Timing and Managerial Portfolio Decisions

12:00  noon

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

1:30  p.m.

Huseyin Gulen: Changing names with style: Mutual fund name changes and their effects on fund flows

Ning Zhu: The impact of Clientele Changes: Evidence from Stock Splits

 Dan Bergstresser: Banking market concentration and consumer credit constraints: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances

2:20 p.m.

Alex Butler: Does Stock Market Liquidity Matter? Evidence from Seasoned Equity Offerings

Soeren Hvidkjaer:  Stock and Bond Market Interaction: Does Momentum Spill Over?

Sudheer Chava:  Bank Tying: Do Banks Extend Credit To Win Investment Banking Business?

6:00 p.m.

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner