Programme outline
| Date | Time | Details |
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| Wednesday 31 May | 13:00–13:30 | Registration and coffee |
| 13:30–15:30 | Discussant Session 1 “Labor & PE” Session chair: Bill Megginson, Oklahoma Shared Culture and Technological Innovation: Evidence from Corporate R&D Teams Tristan James Fitzgerald (presenting) Xiaoding Liu Texas A&M University, USA Discussant: Maria-Teresa Marchica, Manchester Venture Labor: A Nonfinancial Signal for Start-up Success Jie He, University of Georgia, USA Sean Cao, University of Maryland, USA Luna Lin, Clarkson University, USA Xiao Ren, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China (attending) Discussant: Marina Niessner, Wharton Private Equity and Debt Contract Enforcement: Evidence from Covenant Violations Sharjil Haque Anya Kleymenova (attending) Federal Reserve Board, USA Discussant: Patrick Verwijmeren, Erasmus |
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| 15:30–16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00–17:40 | Short Presentations Session 1 Session Chair: Naveen Khanna, Michigan State Municipal Capital Structure Murray Carlson Ron Giammarino (presenting) Rob Heinkel University of British Columbia, Canada M&As and innovation: Evidence from acquiring private firms Jana Fidrmuc, Warwick Business School, UK (presenting) Siti Farida, Birmingham Business School, UK Chendi Zhang, University of Exeter Business School, UK Sharing SME Cash Flow Data Saleem Bahaj, University College London, UK Filippo De Marco, Bocconi University, Italy Angus Foulis, Bank of England Francesco Mazzola, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands (presenting) Tax Avoidance through Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Jean-Marie Meier Jake Smith (presenting) University of Texas at Dallas, USA Does a VC’s commitment lead to improved investment outcomes? Evidence from climate startups Aaron Burt, University of Oklahoma, USA Jarrad Harford, University of Washington, USA Jared Stanfield, University of Oklahoma, USA (presenting) Jason Zein, University of New South Wales, Australia |
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| 19:00–19:30 | Photo session – Rutland Square Private Gardens, 9 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2AS |
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| 19:30–22:30 | Gala Dinner and Whisky Tasting with the gracious support of Elsevier – Ghillie Dhu, 2 Rutland Place, Edinburgh EH1 2AD |
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| Thursday 1 June | 08:30–09:00 | Coffee |
| 09:00–11:00 | Discussant Session 2: “Debt” Session Chair: Murillo Campello, Cornell Is Bond Financing Disintermediated? The Role of Bank Trading Networks Giorgio Ottonello, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal (attending) Antonino Emanuele Rizzo, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal Rafael Zambrana, Mendoza College of Business, Notre Dame, USA Discussant: Stas Nikolova, Nebraska Trade Credit and the Stability of Supply Chains Nuri Ersahin, Michigan State University, USA (presenting) Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden Ruidi Huang, Southern Methodist University, USA Discussant: Marc Lipson, Virginia Household Debt Overhang and Human Capital Investment Gustavo Manso, UC-Berkeley, USA Alejandro Rivera, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Han Xia, University of Texas at Dallas, USA (attending) Hui Grace Wang, Bentley University, USA (attending) Discussant: Irina Merkurieva, St. Andrews |
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| 11:00–11:30 | Break | |
| 11:30–13:00 | Keynote speech: Prof. Reena Aggarwal, Georgetown University, USA |
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| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch served in the roof terrace of the Business School | |
| 14:00–15:40 | Short Presentations Session 2 Session Chair: Ron Giammarino, University of British Columbia Sustainable Organizations Thomas Geelen, Copenhagen Business School and Danish Finance Institute Jakub Hajda, HEC Montreal, Canada Jan Starmans, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden (presenting) You Only Lend Twice: Corporate Borrowing and Land Values in Real Estate Cycles Cameron LaPoint, Yale University, USA (presenting) Diversity Washing Andrew Baker, Berkeley Law School, USA David Larcker, Stanford Graduate School of Business, USA Charles McClure, University of Chicago, USA (presenting) Durgesh Saraph, Yale School of Management, USA Edward Watts, Jump Trading, USA Remotely Productive: The Efficacy of Remote Work for Executives Ran Duchin, Boston College, USA Denis Sosyura, Arizona State University, USA (presenting) Toxic CEOs, ESG Funds as Watchdogs, and the Labor Market Outcomes Ugur Lel, University of Georgia, USA |
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| 15:40–16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00–18:00 | Discussant Session 3: “Governance” Session chair: Raghu Rau, Cambridge Shareholder Power and the Decline of Labor Antonio Falato, Federal Reserve Board, USA Hyunseob Kim, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, USA (attending) Till Von Wachter, UCLA, USA Discussant: Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton (online) Self-Dealing in Corporate Investment Paul Decaire Denis Sosyura (attending) Arizona State University, USA Discussant: Anastasia Zakolyukina, Chicago Foreign Influence in US Politics Lakshmi Naaraayanan, London Business School, UK (attending) Marco Grotteria, London Business School, UK (attending) Max Miller, Wharton School of Business, USA Discussant: Mancy Luo, Erasmus |
Please note the programme is subject to change.