NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
CORPORATE FINANCE PROGRAM MEETING
Raghuram Rajan, Organizer
April 19, 2002
University of Chicago
Gleacher Center (Downtown Chicago)
Room 308
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
FRIDAY, APRIL 19:
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM MIKE BURKART, Stockholm School of Economics
FAUSTO PANUNZI, Università di Bologna
ANDREI SHLEIFER, Harvard University and NBER
Family Firms
Discussant: ROBERT GERTNER, University of Chicago and NBER
9:50 AM Break
10:20 AM ALLEN N. BERGER and NATHAN H. MILLER, Board of Governors
MITCHELL A. PETERSEN, Northwestern University
RAGHURAM G. RAJAN, University of Chicago and NBER
JEREMY C. STEIN, Harvard University and NBER
Discussant: DAVID S. SCHARFSTEIN, MIT and NBER
11:10 AM LUCIAN BEBCHUK, Harvard University and NBER
ALMA COHEN, Harvard University
Firms' Decisions Where to Incorporate
Discussant: ROBERTA ROMANO, Yale University and NBER
12:00 PM Lunch- Room 350 North
1:00 PM B. ESPEN ECKBO and KARIN S. THORBURN, Dartmouth College
Overbidding vs. Fire-sales in Bankruptcy Auctions
Discussant: KOSE JOHN, New York University
1:50 PM ALEXANDER DYCK, Harvard University
LUIGI ZINGALES, University of Chicago and NBER
Private Benefits of Control: An International Comparison
Discussant: RENE M. STULZ, Ohio State University and NBER
2:40 PM Break
Over, Please!
Corporate Finance Program, Page 2;
3:00 PM MARIANNE BERTRAND, University of Chicago and NBER
ANTOINETTE SCHOAR, MIT and NBER
Managing with Style: The Effect of Managers on Firm Policies
Discussant: KENT D. DANIEL, Northwestern University and NBER
3:50 PM Break
4:00 PM IVO WELCH, Yale University and NBER
Columbus' Egg: The Real Determinant of Capital Structure
Discussant: STEVEN N. KAPLAN, University of Chicago and NBER
4:50 PM Adjourn
6.30 PM Group Dinner (Joint with Behavioral Finance)
University of Chicago
Gleacher Center (Downtown Chicago)
Room 621
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
Each paper presenter will have 25 minutes, discussants will have 10 minutes and we will have 15 minutes for questions and answers from the audience.
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