Gleacher Center, GSB (Downtown Chicago)
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
FRIDAY, MARCH 30:
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM MORTEN BENNEDSEN, University of Copenhagen and CEBR
FRANCISCO PEREZ-GONZALEZ, Columbia University
DANIEL WOLFENZON, New York University and NBER
Discussant: ANTOINETTE SCHOAR, MIT and NBER
9:20 AM GREG NINI, Board of Governors
DAVID C. SMITH, University of Virginia
AMIR SUFI, University of Chicago
Creditor Control Rights and Firm Investment Policy
Discussant: MATIAS BRAUN, UC, Los Angeles
10:10 AM Break
10:30 AM YAEL V. HOCHBERG, Northwestern University
PAOLA SAPIENZA and ANNETTE VISSING-JORGENSEN, Northwestern University
and NBER
A Lobbying Approach to Evaluating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Discussant: MORTEN SORENSEN, University of Chicago
11:20 AM ANDREW HERTZERG and JOSE MARIA LIBERTI, Northwestern University
DANIEL PARAVISINI, Columbia University
Information and Incentives Inside the Firm: Evidence from Loan Officer Rotation
Discussant: ULRIKE MALMENDIER, UC, Berkeley and NBER
12:10 PM Lunch- Room 621
1:10 PM LUCIAN BEBCHUK, Harvard University and NBER
Post Lunch Speech
and
(Joint with Yaniv Grinstein and Urs Peyer) Over, Please!
CORPORATE FINANCE PROGRAM, PAGE 2:
1:40 PM EFRAIM BENMELECH, Harvard University and NBER
NITTAI K. BERGMAN, MIT
Liquidation Values and the Credibility of Financial Contract Renegotiation:
Evidence from U.S. Airlines
Discussant: BILGE YILMAZ, University of Pennsylvania
2:30 PM Break
2:50 PM BO BECKER and ZORAN IVKOVICH, University of Illinois
SCOTT WEISBENNER, University of Illinois and NBER
Discussant: CHRISTIAN LEUZ, University of Chicago
3:40 PM ASIM IJAZ KHWAJA, Harvard University
ATIF MIAN, University of Chicago and NBER
ABID QAMAR, State Bank of Pakistan
The Value of Business Networks
Discussant: KRISHNAMURTHY SUBRAMANIAN, Emory University
4:30 PM Adjourn
6:00 PM Joint Reception/Dinner
University of Chicago
Gleacher Center
Room 621
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
3/20/07