NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2003

 

CORPORATE FINANCE

 

Judith Chevalier and Michael Weisbach, Organizers

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

August 4 and 5, 2003

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

MONDAY, AUGUST 4:

 

 8:30 AM          Coffee and Pastries 

 

 9:00 AM          SARA MOELLER, Southern Methodist University

                        FREDERIK SCHLINGEMANN, University of Pittsburgh

                        RENE STULZ, Ohio State University and NBER

                        Wealth Destruction on a Massive Scale: 

                        A Study of Acquiring-firm Returns in the Merger Wave of the 1990s

 

                        Discussant:  HENRI SERVAES, London Business School

 

 9:50 AM          LUCIAN ARYE BEBCHUK, Harvard University and NBER

                        JOHN COATES IV and GUHAN SUBRAMANIAN, Harvard University

                        The Power of Takeover Defenses

 

                        Discussant:  JAMES BRICKLEY, University of Rochester

 

10:40 AM         Break

 

11:10 AM         ANDREA EISFELDT and ADRIANO RAMPINI, Northwestern University

                        Capital Reallocation and Liquidity

 

                        Discussant:  GARY GORTON, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

 

12:00 N            Lunch


 

 1:00 PM          8 or 9 “Quick Presentations.”  Each presentation is strictly limited

                        to 5 minutes (with a buzzer!) with up to five minutes for discussion.

 

The intent is to give brief introductions of who is working on which topic, and to solicit possible feedback, mostly after adjourning.


                        Please send an email to weisbach@uiuc.edu if you want to present such a “quickie.”

First come, first served.  If fewer than 8 requests arrive, there will be a sign-up sheet in the morning. 

 3:00 PM          JIE GAN, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

                        Collateral Channel and Cridit Cycle:  Evidence from the Land-Price Collapse in Japan

 

                        Discussant:  TAKEO HOSHI, UC, San Diego and NBER


 

 3:50 PM          ALEXANDER DYCK, Harvard University

                        LUIGI ZINGALES, University of Chicago and NBER

                        The Media and Asset Prices

 

                        Discussant:  EDWARD GLAESER, Harvard University and NBER

 

 4:40 PM          Adjourn

 

 6:00 PM          Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

 

TUESDAY, AUGUST 5:

 

 8:00 AM          Coffee and Pastries 

 

 9:00 AM          MICHAEL FAULKENDER, Washington University in St. Louis

                        MITCHELL PETERSEN, Northwestern University and NBER                      

Does the Source of Capital affect Capital Structure?

 

                        Discussant: SHERIDAN TITMAN, University of Texas and NBER

 

 9:50 AM          AUGUSTIN LANDIER, University of Chicago

                        DAVID THESMAR, ENSAE and CREST

                        Financial Contracting with Optimistic Entrepreneurs:  Theory and Evidence

 

                        Discussant: ULRIKE MALMENDIER, Stanford University

 

10:40 AM         Break

 

11:10 AM         ESLYN JEAN-BAPTISTE and MICHAEL RIORDAN, Columbia University

                        Capital Markets Constrain Industry Scale

 

                        Discussant:  JUDITH CHEVALIER, Yale University and NBER

 

12:00 N            Lunch

 

 1:00 PM          HEITOR ALMEIDA, New York University

                        MURILLO CAMPELLO, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

                        Financial Constraints, Asset Tangibility, and Corporate Investment


 

                        Discussant: R. GLENN HUBBARD, Columbia University and NBER

 

 1:50 PM          Break

 2:20 PM          ALEXANDER LJUNGQVIST, New York University

                        FELICIA MARSTON and WILLIAM WILHELM, JR., University of Virginia

                        Competing for Securities Underwriting Mandates: 

                        Banking Relationships and Analyst Recommendations

 

                        Discussant: FRANCESCA CORNELLI, London Business School

 

 3:10 PM          HARRISON HONG, Stanford University

                        JEREMY C. STEIN, Harvard University and NBER

                        Simple Forecasts and Paradigm Shifts

 

                        Discussant:  GLENN ELLISON, MIT and NBER

 

 4:00 PM          Adjourn