THURSDAY, MAY 12:

6:30 p.m. Dinner

Davio's Restaurant

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, MA 02142

FRIDAY, MAY 13:

8:15 a.m. Shuttle Van from the Royal Sonesta to NBER

8:30 a.m. Shuttle Van from the Royal Sonesta to NBER

8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. MARIANNE BERTRAND, University of Chicago and NBER

SIMON JOHNSON and ANTOINETTE SCHOAR, MIT and NBER

KRISLERT SAMPHANTHARAK, UC, San Diego

Mixing Family with Business: A Study of Thai Business Groups and the Families

Behind Them

DISCUSSANT: RANDALL MORCK, University of Alberta and NBER

9:50 a.m. BO BECKER, University of Illinois

Geographical Segmentation of US Capital Markets

DISCUSSANT: JEREMY STEIN, Harvard University and NBER

10:40 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. ROMAN INDERST, INSEAD

HOLGER MUELLER, New York University

Keeping the Board in the Dark: CEO Compensation and Entrenchment

DISCUSSANT: DIRK JENTER, MIT and NBER

12:00 N Lunch

1:00 p.m. SIMEON DJANKOV and CARALEE McLIESH, World Bank

ANDREI SHLEIFER, Harvard University and NBER

Private Credit in 129 Countries

DISCUSSANT: LUIGI ZINGALES, University of Chicago and NBER

1:50 p.m. SIMI KEDIA, Rutgers University

THOMAS PHILLIPON, New York University and NBER

The Economics of Fraudulent Accounting

DISCUSSANT: CHRIS HENNESSY, UC, Berkeley

2:40 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m. SERGEI DAVYDENKO and JULIAN FRANKS, London Business School

Do Bankruptcy Codes Matter? A Study of Defaults in France, Germany, and the UK

DISCUSSANT: C. FRITZ FOLEY, Harvard University and NBER

3:50 p.m. Adjourn

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