Day 1: Sunday, December 13 |
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Coffee break |
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09:45-10:05 |
Welcome Greetings |
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10:0510:15 |
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.Professor Julian Franks, London Business School, UK
.Keynote Address: The Returns to Hedge Fund Activism: An International Study
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10:15:11:00 |
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Break |
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11:00-11:30 |
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.Professor Marco Becht, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
?Does Mandatory Shareholder Voting Prevent Bad Acquisitions
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11:30-12:15 |
.Discussant: Professor Asaf Hamdani, Hebrew University, Israel
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.Professor Reena Aggarwal, Georgetown University, USA
.The Power of Shareholder Votes: Evidence from Directors Elections
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12:15-13:00 |
.Discussant: Professor Daniel Metzger, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden |
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Lunch |
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13:00-14:15 |
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.Professor Diane Del Guercio, University of Oregon, USA
The Mitigating Effect of the Market for Directors on ‘Special Interest’ Shareholder Activism
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14:15-15:00 |
.Discussant: Professor Nickolay Gantchev, University of North Carolina, USA
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.Professor Amil Dasgupta, London School of Economics, UK
.Wolf Pack Activism
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15:00-15:45 |
.Discussant: Professor Alon Raviv, Bar-Ilan University, Israel |
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Day 2: Monday, December 14 |
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Coffee break |
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10:10-10:30 |
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.Professor Daniel Metzger, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Why do Shareholder Votes Matter? Web appendix
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10:30-11:15 |
.Discussant: Professor Yaniv Grinstein, IDC, Israel
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.Professor Fabio Braggion, Tilburg University, Netherlands
Catering Incentives and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Dismissal of Dual Class Firms in the UK
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11:15-12:00 |
.Discussant: Prof. Beni Lauterbach, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
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Lunch |
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12:00-13:15 |
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.Professor Alon Brav, Duke University, USA
.Shareholder Power and Company Innovation: Evidence from Hedge Fund Activism
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13:15-14:00 |
.Discussant: Professor Michael Ehrlich, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA |
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.Professor Vyacheslav (Slava) Fos, Boston College, USA
.Governance through Threats of Intervention and Exit
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14:00-14:45 |
Discussant: Professor Jacob Oded, Tel Aviv University, Israel. |
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Break |
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14:45-15:15 |
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.Professor Nickolay Gantchev, University of North Carolina, USA
.Activism Mergers
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15:15-16:00 |
.Discussant: Professor Doron Levit, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), USA
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.Professor Doron Levit, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), USA
.Corporate Control Activism
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16:00-16:45 |
.Discussant: Professor Vyacheslav (Slava) Fos, Boston College, USA |
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