2022 Corporate Governance Symposium
- 11 March 2022
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- Online
University of Delaware Weinberg Center - ECGI
2022 Corporate Governance Symposium
and
John L. Weinberg/IRRCi Research Paper Award Competition
Friday, 11 March 2022
09:30 – 15:15 EST | 15:30 – 21:15 CET
Organisers
Laura Field (University of Delaware and ECGI)
Fei Xie (University of Delaware and ECGI)
ABOUT THE EVENT
The John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance and the Department of Finance at the Lerner College of Business and Economics, at the University of Delaware, hosted its 2022 annual corporate governance symposium online in collaboration with the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI).
The symposium featured the two winning papers of the 2022 John L. Weinberg/IRRCi Research Paper Award competition which highlighted innovative research and includes an award of USD 10,000. It focused on ESG-related topics (broadly defined).
The winning papers were presented and discussed together with the eight semi-finalist’s papers for the prize. The full programme is available here.
This research competition is the successor to the IRRCi Investor Research Paper Award, which had become a prominent award garnering significant attention amongst the investment community, academia and policymakers. The John L. Weinberg/IRRCi Research Paper Award, as its predecessor did, highlights innovative research. Details of last year's programme and award winners are available here.
General inquiries regarding the competition or the Symposium should be directed to Louisa Cresson at Weinberg-corp-gov@udel.edu.
Please note that the selection of winners/finalists, if any, is at the sole discretion of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance. The Weinberg Center fully anticipates awarding two $10,000 prizes, but reserves the right to select no papers as winners in the event papers submitted do not meet the above guidelines and/or the Center does not believe any paper is worthy of the award. Submissions are no longer being accepted for this event.
Friday, 11 March 2022 | 09:30 EST (15:30 CET)
Welcome and Introductions
Speakers:
Announcement of the winners of the John L. Weinberg/IRRCi Research Paper Award Competition
Morning Session
Chaired by
Speakers:
Is History Repeating Itself? The (Un)predictable Past of ESG Ratings
Speakers:
Discussant:
Is History Repeating Itself? The (Un)predictable Past of ESG Ratings
Is History Repeating Itself? The (Un)predictable Past of ESG Ratings
Paper Authors: Florian Berg, Kornelia Fabisik, and Zacharias Sautner
Read the paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3722087
Speakers
Discussants
ESG Lending
ESG Lending
Paper Authors: Sehoon Kim, Nitish Kumar, Jongsub Lee, and Junho Oh
Read the paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3865147
Speakers
Discussants
Chaired by
Speakers:
Climate Risk Disclosure and Institutional Investors
Speakers:
Discussant:
Climate Risk Disclosure and Institutional Investors
Climate Risk Disclosure and Institutional Investors
Paper Authors: Emirhan Ilhan, Philipp Krueger, Zacharias Sautner, and Laura Starks
Read the paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3437178
Speakers
Discussants
Greenhouse Gas Disclosure and Emissions Benchmarking
Speakers:
Discussant:
Greenhouse Gas Disclosure and Emissions Benchmarking
Greenhouse Gas Disclosure and Emissions Benchmarking
Paper author: Sorabh Tomar
Read the paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3448904
Speakers
Discussants
Lunch | Presentation by BlackRock on Proxy Voting Choices
Lunch | Presentation by BlackRock on Proxy Voting Choices
Speakers
Afternoon Session
Chaired by
Speakers:
Proxy Advisory Firms and Corporate Shareholder Engagement
Speakers:
Discussant:
Proxy Advisory Firms and Corporate Shareholder Engagement
Proxy Advisory Firms and Corporate Shareholder Engagement
Paper Authors: Aiyesha Dey, Austin Starkweather, and Joshua White
Read the paper: https://www.weinberg.udel.edu/content-sub-site/Documents/For-Events/2022%20Symposium_White_Proxy%20Advisory%20Firms.pdf
Speakers
Discussants
Paid Leave Pays Off: The Effects of Paid Family Leave on Firm Performance
Speakers:
Discussant:
Paid Leave Pays Off: The Effects of Paid Family Leave on Firm Performance
Paid Leave Pays Off: The Effects of Paid Family Leave on Firm Performance
Paper Authors: Benjamin Bennett, Isil Erel, Léa Stern, Zexi Wang
Read the report: https://ecgi.global/sites/default/files/paid_leave_pays_off_2022_02_27.pdf
Speakers
Discussants
Chaired by
Speakers:
Trading Ahead of Barbarians' Arrival at the Gate: Insider Trading on Non-Inside Information
Speakers:
Discussant:
Trading Ahead of Barbarians' Arrival at the Gate: Insider Trading on Non-Inside Information
Trading Ahead of Barbarians' Arrival at the Gate: Insider Trading on Non-Inside Information
Paper Authors: Georgy Chabakauri, Vyacheslav Fos, Wei Jiang
Read the paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4018057
Speakers
Discussants
Bargaining with Private Equity: Implications for Hospital Prices and Patient Welfare
Bargaining with Private Equity: Implications for Hospital Prices and Patient Welfare
Paper author: Tong Liu
Read the paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3896410
Speakers
Discussants
Concluding remarks
Speakers:
Speakers
Presentations
Welcome and Introductions
Speakers
Announcement of the winners of the John L. Weinberg/IRRCi Research Paper Award Competition
Speakers
Morning Session
Speakers
Chaired by
Speakers
Is History Repeating Itself? The (Un)predictable Past of ESG Ratings
Is History Repeating Itself? The (Un)predictable Past of ESG Ratings
Paper Authors: Florian Berg, Kornelia Fabisik, and Zacharias Sautner
Read the paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3722087
Speakers
Discussants
ESG Lending
ESG Lending
Paper Authors: Sehoon Kim, Nitish Kumar, Jongsub Lee, and Junho Oh
Read the paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3865147
Speakers
Discussants
Chaired by
Speakers
Climate Risk Disclosure and Institutional Investors
Climate Risk Disclosure and Institutional Investors
Paper Authors: Emirhan Ilhan, Philipp Krueger, Zacharias Sautner, and Laura Starks
Read the paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3437178
Speakers
Discussants
Greenhouse Gas Disclosure and Emissions Benchmarking
Greenhouse Gas Disclosure and Emissions Benchmarking
Paper author: Sorabh Tomar
Read the paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3448904
Speakers
Discussants
Lunch | Presentation by BlackRock on Proxy Voting Choices
Speakers
Afternoon Session
Speakers
Chaired by
Speakers
Proxy Advisory Firms and Corporate Shareholder Engagement
Proxy Advisory Firms and Corporate Shareholder Engagement
Paper Authors: Aiyesha Dey, Austin Starkweather, and Joshua White
Read the paper: https://www.weinberg.udel.edu/content-sub-site/Documents/For-Events/2022%20Symposium_White_Proxy%20Advisory%20Firms.pdf
Speakers
Discussants
Paid Leave Pays Off: The Effects of Paid Family Leave on Firm Performance
Paid Leave Pays Off: The Effects of Paid Family Leave on Firm Performance
Paper Authors: Benjamin Bennett, Isil Erel, Léa Stern, Zexi Wang
Read the report: https://ecgi.global/sites/default/files/paid_leave_pays_off_2022_02_27.pdf
Speakers
Discussants
Chaired by
Speakers
Trading Ahead of Barbarians' Arrival at the Gate: Insider Trading on Non-Inside Information
Trading Ahead of Barbarians' Arrival at the Gate: Insider Trading on Non-Inside Information
Paper Authors: Georgy Chabakauri, Vyacheslav Fos, Wei Jiang
Read the paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4018057
Speakers
Discussants
Bargaining with Private Equity: Implications for Hospital Prices and Patient Welfare
Bargaining with Private Equity: Implications for Hospital Prices and Patient Welfare
Paper author: Tong Liu
Read the paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3896410