| Day 1: Sunday, December 13 |
| |
| 09:45-10:05 |
Coffee break |
|
|
|
| 10:05-10:15 |
Welcome Greetings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 10:15:11:00 |
Professor Julian Franks, London Business School, UK.
Keynote Address: The returns to Hedge Fund Activism: An International Study.
|
|
| |
|
|
| 11:00-11:30 |
Break |
|
|
| 11:30-12:15 |
Professor Marco Becht, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Does Mandatory Shareholder Voting Prevent Bad Acquisitions?
|
|
| |
Discussant: Professor Asaf Hamdani, Hebrew University, Israel. |
|
|
| 12:15-13:00 |
Professor Reena Aggarwal, Georgetown University, USA.
The Power of Shareholder Votes: Evidence from Directors Elections.
|
|
| |
Discussant: Professor Daniel Metzger, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. |
|
|
| 13:00-14:15 |
Lunch |
|
|
| 14:15-15:00 |
Professor Diane Del Guercio, University of Oregon, USA.
The Mitigating Effect of the Market for Directors on ‘Special Interest’ Shareholder Activism.
|
|
| |
Discussant: Professor Nickolay Gantchev, University of North Carolina, USA. |
|
|
| 15:00-15:45 |
Professor Amil Dasgupta, London School of Economics, UK.
Wolf Pack Activism.
|
|
| |
Discussant: Professor Alon Raviv, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| Day 2: Monday, December 14 |
| |
| 10:10-10:30 |
Coffee break |
|
|
| 10:30-11:15 |
Professor Daniel Metzger, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.
Why do Shareholder Votes Matter? Web appendix
|
|
| |
Discussant: Professor Yaniv Grinstein, IDC, Israel. |
|
|
| 11:15-12:00 |
Professor Fabio Braggion, Tilburg University, Netherlands.
Catering Incentives and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Dismissal of Dual Class Firms in the UK.
|
|
| |
Discussant: Prof Beni Lauterbach, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. |
|
|
| 12:00-13:15 |
Lunch |
|
|
| 13:15-14:00 |
Professor Alon Brav, Duke University, USA.
Shareholder Power and Company Innovation: Evidence from Hedge Fund Activism.
|
|
| |
Discussant: Professor Michael Ehrlich, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA. |
|
|
| 14:00-14:45 |
Professor Vyacheslav (Slava) Fos, Boston College, USA.
Governance through Threats of Intervention and Exit.
|
|
| |
Discussant: Professor Jacob Oded, Tel Aviv University, Israel. |
|
|
| 14:45-15:15 |
Break |
|
|
| 15:15-16:00 |
Professor Nickolay Gantchev, University of North Carolina, USA.
Activism Mergers.
|
|
| |
Discussant: Professor Doron Levit, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), USA. |
|
|
| 16:00-16:45 |
Professor Doron Levit, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), USA.
Corporate Control Activism.
|
|
| |
Discussant: Professor Vyacheslav (Slava) Fos, Boston College, USA. |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
