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Program

9:00-10:00 Creative Destruction via Mergers and Acquisitions: Inventor-level Evidence

Presenter: Kai Li, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Ramin Baghai, Stockholm School of Economics


10:00-10:30 Coffee Break


10:30-11:30 The Costs and Benefits of Shareholder Democracy

Presenter: Nickolay Gantchev, Southern Methodist University
Discussant: Andrew Ellul, Indiana University


11:30-12:30 Retail Shareholder Participation in the Proxy Process

Presenter: Alon Brav, Duke University
Discussant: Karin Thorburn. Norwegian School of Economic


12:30-13:30 Lunch


13:30-14:15 The Practice of Investor Activism
Presenter: Harlan Zimmerman, Cevian Capital


14:15- 14:30 Coffee Break


14:30-15:30 Bucking the Trend: Why do IPOs Choose Controversial Governance Structures and Why Do Investors Let Them?

Presenter: Michelle Lowry, Drexel University
Discussant: Marco Becht, Solvay Brussels School and ECGI


15:30-16:30 Phantom of the Opera: ETF Shorting and Shareholder Voting

Presenter: Oguzhan Karakas, University of Cambridge
Discussant: Gianpaolo Parise, EDHEC Business School


16:30-17:00 Coffee Break


17:00-18:00 Investors’ Perceptions of Activism via Voting: Evidence from Contentious Shareholder Meetings

Presenter: Fabrizio Ferri, University of Miami,
Discussant: Laurent Bach, ESSEC

 

Practical information

October 4

Time: 9:00 - 18:00 (Registration starts at 8:30)

Location: Swedish House of Finance, Drottninggatan 98, 4th floor

Contact information 

General questions: Hedvig Mattsson, event@houseoffinance.se
Press contact: Moa Långbergs, moa.langbergs@hhs.se

The workshop is free of charge. The number of seats is limited. In case of time conflict, please cancel 24 hours ahead. No shows are registered.
The presentations will be filmed and available on our website after the workshop.

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