NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.



CORPORATE FINANCE PROGRAM MEETING



Raghuram Rajan and Per Strömberg, Organizers



April 11, 2003



Gleacher Center, GSB,

University of Chicago

Room 308

450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive

Chicago, IL 60611



PROGRAM



FRIDAY, April 11:



8:30 AM Continental Breakfast



9:00 AM ULF AXELSON, University of Chicago

Security Design with Investor Private Information



Discussant: PHILIP BOND, Northwestern University



9:50 AM EVAN GATEV and PHILIP E. STRAHAN, Boston College

Banks' Advantage in Hedging Liquidity Risk: Theory and Evidence

from the Commercial Paper Market



Discussant: JEREMY STEIN, Harvard University and NBER



10:40 AM Break



11:10 AM STEVEN KAPLAN, University of Chicago and NBER

ANTOINETTE SCHOAR, MIT and NBER

Private Equity Returns: Persistence and Capital Flows



Discussant: ALEXANDER LJUNQVIST, New York University



12:00 PM Lunch-Room 320



1:00 PM ATIF MIAN, University of Chicago

Incentives, Supervision, and Organizational Hierarchy:

A Loan-Level Investigation of Banking

Discussant: PAOLA SAPIENZA, Northwestern University



1:50 PM RAFAEL LA PORTA, Harvard University and NBER

FLORENCIO LOPEZ-DE-SILANES, Yale University and NBER

ANDREI SHLEIFER, Harvard University and NBER

What Works in Securities Laws?



Discussant: DOUG BAIRD, University of Chicago



2:40 PM Break



3:10 PM ROMAN INDERST, London School of Economics and CEPR

HOLGER MÜLLER, New York University and CEPR

The Effect of Capital Market Characteristics on the Value of Start-Up Firms



Discussant: STEWART MYERS, MIT and NBER

Over, Please!



Corporate Finance Meeting Program, Page 2:



4:00 PM MARIANNE BITLER, RAND Corporation

TOBIA MOSKOWITZ, University of Chicago and NBER

ANNETTE VISSING-JORGENSEN, Northwestern University and NBER

Why Do Entrepreneurs Hold Large Ownership Shares?

Testing Agency Theory Using Entrepreneur Effort and Wealth

Discussant: DIRK JENTER, MIT



4:50 PM Adjourn



6:30 PM Joint Group Dinner

University of Chicago

Gleacher Center

Room 621

450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive

Chicago, IL



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