Discussant: SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN, MIT and NBER

9:50 AM MIHIR DESAI, Harvard University and NBER

FRITZ FOLEY, University of Michigan

JAMES HINES, University of Michigan and NBER

A Multinational Perspective on Capital Structure Choice and Internal

Capital Markets

Discussant: OWEN LAMONT, Yale University and NBER

10:40 AM Break

11:10 AM EUGENE FAMA, University of Chicago

KENNETH FRENCH, Dartmouth College and NBER

Financing Decisions: Who Issues Stocks?

Discussant: STEWART MYERS, MIT

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM FRANCISCO PEREZ-GONZALEZ, Columbia University

The Impact of Acquiring Control on Productivity:

Evidence from Mexican Manufacturing Plants

Discussant: LUIGI ZINGALES, University of Chicago and NBER

1:50 PM LUCIAN BEBCHUK, Harvard University and NBER

Asymmetric Information and the Choice of Corporate Governance Arrangements

Discussant: NITTAI BERGMAN, MIT

2:40 PM Break

3:10 PM MARIANNE BERTRAND, University of Chicago and NBER

ANTOINETTE SCHOAR, MIT and NBER

Banking Deregulation and Industry Structure:

Evidence from the French Banking Reforms of 1985

(Joint with David Thesmar)

Discussant: PAOLA SAPIENZA, Northwestern University

4:00 PM DARON ACEMOGLU and SIMON JOHNSON, MIT and NBER

Unbundling Institutions

Discussant: ANDREI SHLEIFER, Harvard University and NBER

10/31/03