FOURTH ANNUAL
PENN / NYU CONFERENCE
ON LAW AND FINANCE
FOURTH ANNUAL
PENN / NYU CONFERENCE ON LAW AND FINANCE
Jointly sponsored by
the University of Pennsylvania’s
Institute for Law and Economics,
Wharton’s Financial Institutions
Center,
and New York University’s Pollack Center for Law & Business.
Friday, FEBRUARY 29, 2008
9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, MARCH 1, 2008
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Levy Conference Center
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Entrance on 34th Street between Chestnut and Sansom
Directions
to Penn Law
By invitation only.
For more information, contact Vicki Hewitt
at vhewitt@law.upenn.edu or 215.898.7719.
Conference Organizers
H. Franklin Allen
Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics
The Wharton School
Yakov Amihud
Ira Rennert Professor of Finance
Stern School of Business
New York University
Marcel Kahan
George T. Lowy Professor of Law
New York University School of Law
Michael L. Wachter
William B. Johnson Professor of Law and Economics
Co-Director, Institute for Law and Economics
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Conference Schedule
| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29 |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Registration and Breakfast |
10:00 a.m |
Welcoming Remarks
Michael L. Wachter
William B. Johnson Professor of Law and Economics
University of Pennsylvania Law School
|
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Robert M. Daines
Stanford Law School
Ian Gow
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
David F. Larcker
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Rating the Ratings:
How Good Are Commercial Governance Ratings?
Commentator:
David Yermack
Stern School of Business, NYU
Moderator:
Hon. Leo E. Strine, Jr.
Delaware Court of Chancery
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| 11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Viral Acharya
London Business School
Yakov Amihud
Stern School of Business
New York University
Lubomir Litov
Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis
Creditor Rights and Corporate Risk-Taking
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Commentator:
Katharina Pistor
Columbia Law School
Moderator:
Hon. Leo E. Strine, Jr.
Delaware Court of Chancery |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. –
2:30 p.m. |
Stephen Choi
New York University School of Law
Jill Fisch
Fordham University School of Law
Adam Pritchard
The University of Michigan Law School
Attorneys as Arbitrators
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Commentator:
Antoinette Schoar
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderator:
Hon. Stephen P. Lamb
Delaware Court of Chancery |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Alex Edmans
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Blockholders, Market Efficiency, and Managerial Myopia
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Commentator:
Alan Schwartz
Yale Law School
Moderator:
Hon. Stephen P. Lamb
Delaware Court of Chancery |
| 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. |
Marcel Kahan
New York University School of Law
Edward B. Rock
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Hedge Fund Activism in the Enforcement of Bondholder Rights
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Commentator:
Wei Jiang
Columbia Business School
Moderator:
Hon. Stephen P. Lamb
Delaware Court of Chancery |
| SATURDAY, MARCH 1 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. –
10:00 a.m. |
Steven N. Kaplan
The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
Joshua Rauh
The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
Wall Street and Main Street:
What Contributes to the Rise in the Highest Incomes?
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Commentator:
David I. Walker
Boston University School of Law
Moderator:
Prof. Richard E. Kihlstrom
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
| 10:00 a.m. –
11:00 a.m. |
Barry E. Adler
New York University School of Law
Vedran Capkun
HEC School of Management
Lawrence A. Weiss
McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Value Destruction in the New Era of Chapter 11
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Commentator:
Julian Franks
London Business School
Moderator:
Prof. Richard E. Kihlstrom
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Reena Aggarwal
McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Isil Erel
Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
René Stulz
Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
Rohan Williamson
McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Differences in Governance Practices between U.S. and
Foreign Firms: Measurements, Causes, and Consequences
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Commentator:
Edward M. Iacobucci
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto |
| 12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
Last Updated
August 7, 2008
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