Thursday, December 7
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:19 am
Competition and CEO Pay:
9:20 am

Competition and Executive Compensation: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Breakthrough Designations

Jon A. Garfinkel, University of Iowa
Mosab Hammoudeh, University of New Orleans
Steve Irlbeck, University of New Hampshire
Erik Lie, University of Iowa

Discussant:
Xuelin Li, Columbia University
10:20 am

Performance Pay Plans, Power and Product Prices

Matthew J. Bloomfield, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Michael S. Weisbach, The Ohio State University and NBER
11:10 am
Break
11:29 am
Labor and CEO Pay:
11:30 am

Pay, Productivity and Management

Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
Scott W. Ohlmacher, Federal Reserve Board
Cristina Tello-Trillo, U.S. Census Bureau
Melanie Wallskog, Duke University

Discussant:
Simcha Barkai, Boston College
12:20 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

The Labor Market Impact of Shareholder Power: Worker-Level Evidence

Antonio Falato, Federal Reserve Board
Daniel Gallego, Northwestern University
Hyunseob Kim, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Till M. von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Discussant:
Steven N. Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:39 pm
Agency and Behavioral Frictions:
2:40 pm

Climate-linked Pay and Supply Chain Management

Minjia Li, University of British Columbia

Discussant:
Janet Gao, Georgetown University
3:30 pm

A Theory of Fair CEO Pay

Pierre Chaigneau, Queen’s University
Alex Edmans, London Business School
Daniel Gottlieb, London School of Economics

Discussant:
Edward D. Van Wesep, University of Colorado at Boulder
4:20 pm
Break
4:40 pm
Practitioner Panel
Moderator: Kevin J. Murphy, University of Southern California
Panelists:
Ira T. Kay, Pay Governance (background paper1) (background paper2)
Peter G. Reali, Nuveen Investments
5:40 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Dinner, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Skyline Room AB