Independent Directors

Session 9: Firms’ Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Choices, Performance and Managerial Motivation - Session Chair: Marco Becht

Cocktails and Dinner at the New Haven Museum

Session 8: Thirty Years of Shareholder Rights and Firm Valuation - Session Chair: John Armour

Session 7: Reputation Penalties for Poor Monitoring of Executive Pay: Evidence from Option Backdating - Session Chair: John Armour

Session 6: Corporate Governance in the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis – Evidence for Financial Institutions Worldwide - Session Chair: Stijn Claessens

Session 5: Unfulfilled Expectations? The Returns to International Hedge Fund Activism - Session Chair: Stijn Claessens

Session 4: Safer Ratios, Riskier Portfolios: Banks' Response to Government Aid - Session Chair: Roberta Romano

Session 3: Accounting Transparency, Tax Pressure and Access to Finance - Session Chair: Roberta Romano

Session 2: The Credit Crisis Around the Globe: Why did some banks perform better? - Session Chair: Colin Mayer

Session 1: Law, Growth, and Governance: A Cross-Country Simultaneous Equations, Instrumental Variables Approach - Session Chair: Colin Mayer

Opening Remarks