Can Shareholder Proposals Hurt Shareholders? Evidence from SEC No-Action Letter Decisions Speaker(s) Oghuzan Ozbas Discussant(s) Oğuzhan Karakaş
Bucking the Trend: Why do IPOs Choose Controversial Governance Structures and Why Do Investors Let Them? Speaker(s) Michelle Lowry Discussant(s) Marco Becht
Finance Series 02 Sep 2019 Value of Politically Connected Independent Directors: Evidence from the Anti-Corruption Campaign in China Chang Zhang Independent Directors Regulation Value
Retail Shareholder Participation in the Proxy Process Speaker(s) Alon Brav Discussant(s) Karin Thorburn
The Costs and Benefits of Shareholder Democracy Speaker(s) Nickolay Gantchev Discussant(s) Andrew Ellul
Human Capital and Knowledge Spillovers in Mergers and Acquisitions Speaker(s) Kai Li Discussant(s) Ramin Baghai
Finance Series 28 Aug 2019 The Systemic Governance Influence of Universal Owners: Evidence From an Expectation Document Ruth Aguilera Vicente J. Bermejo Javier Capapé And more (...) Institutional Investors Sovereign Wealth Funds
Finance Series 28 Aug 2019 Tunneling Through Group Trademarks Sojung Kim Woochan Kim Business Groups Cash Flow Rights Dividends Tunneling
Law Series 27 Aug 2019 Startups and Company Law: The Competitive Pressure of Delaware on Italy (and Europe?) Paolo Giudici Peter Agstner Company Law Contracts Crowdfunding Financing Venture capital
Finance Series 27 Aug 2019 Earnings Management around Founder CEO Re-appointments and Successions in Family Firms Marc Goergen Svetlana Mira Iram Fatima Ansari Accounting CEO Family Firms
Finance Series 27 Aug 2019 Talent Discovery and Poaching under Asymmetric Information Daniel Ferreira Radoslawa Nikolowa Competition Employees Labour