NYU Pollack Center for Law & Business | [no-title]

FIFTH ANNUAL
NYU / PENN CONFERENCE ON LAW AND FINANCE

 


Conference Organizers:

William T. Allen
NYU Stern School of Business and NYU School of Law
Pollack Center for Law & Business
New York University

Yakov Amihud
Stern School of Business
New York University

Michael Roberts
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania

Ed Rock
Institute for Law & Economics
University of Pennsylvania Law School


Conference Schedule:

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27

9:30 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast

10:00 a.m
Welcoming Remarks

William T. Allen
New York University

10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Franklin Allen
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Co-Author Jun “QJ” Qian, Boston College

Comparing Legal and Alternative Institutions in Finance and Commerce

Commentator:
Curtis Milhaupt, Columbia University

Moderator:
William Allen, New York University

11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Coffee Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Stephen Choi
New York University School of Law

Motions for Lead Plaintiff in Securities Class Actions
Commentator:
Alexander Dyck, University of Toronto

Moderator:
Ed Rock, University of Pennsylvania

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Raghuram Rajan
Graduate School of Business
University of Chicago
Co-Authors Viral V. Acharya, LBS, NYU and CEPR
Stewart Myers, MIT and NBER

Internal Governance of Firms

Commentator:
Alan Schwartz, Yale University

Moderator:
Marcel Kahan, New York University

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Minor Myers
Brooklyn Law School

The Decisions of Corporate Special Litigation Committees: An Empirical Investigation

Commentator:
Sanjai Bhagat, University of Colorado at Boulder

Moderator:
Gerald Rosenfeld, New York University

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Coffee Break

3:45 – 4:45 p.m.
Avner Kalay
University of Utah
Co-Author Shagun Pant, University of Utah

The Market Value of the Vote: A Contingent Claims

And

One Share-One Vote is Unenforceable and Sub-optimal
With Shagun Pant, University of Utah

Commentator:
Henry Hu, University of Texas

Moderator:
Gerald Rosenfeld, New York University

5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Cocktails
Aurora SOHO
510 Broome St. (Between West Broadway & Thompson St.)
New York, NY 10013
http://www.auroraristorante.com/sohohome.html

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Dinner
Aurora SOHO
510 Broome St. (Between West Broadway & Thompson St.)
New York, NY 10013
http://www.auroraristorante.com/sohohome.html

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

8:30 a.m.
Breakfast

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Wei Jiang
Columbia Business School
Co-Authors Alon Brav, Duke University
Frank Partnoy, University of San Diego
Randall Thomas, Vanderbilt University

The Returns to Hedge Fund Activism

Commentator:
Stuart Gillan, Texas Tech University

Moderator:
Richard Kihlstrom, University of Pennsylvania

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Lawrence Hamermesh
Widener's Institute of Delaware Corporate Law
Co-Author Michael L. Wachter, University of Pennsylvania Law School


Rationalizing Appraisal Standards in Compulsory Buyouts

Commentator:
Daniel Wolfenzon, Columbia University

Moderator:
Richard Kihlstrom, University of Pennsylvania

11:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:15 p.m.
Kose John
NYU Stern School of Business
Co-Author Dalida Kadyrzhanova, University of Maryland

Does Board Classification Matter for Industry Rivals? Evidence of Spillover Effects in the Market for Corporate Control

Commentator:
Alicia Davis Evans, University of Michigan

Moderator:
Michael Wachter, University of Pennsylvania

12:15 – 12:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks & Lunch