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Contemporary Corporate Finance Issues III Tuck's Center for Corporate Governance held its third bi-annual academic conference, Contemporary Corporate Finance Issues III. The two-day conference featured 10 papers across areas in corporate finance. This event brought academics from around the world to Hanover to discuss current research on corporate finance and corporate governance. Conference papers are provided below.
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
July 9-10, 2004
July 2004 Conference Participants
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION SCHEDULE & PAPERS
| Friday, July 9 | |
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
"Capital Structure Decisions: Which Factors are Reliably Important?"
Murray Franks, University of British Columbia Vidhan K. Goyal, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Discussant: Katharina Lewellyn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 9:45 - 10:30 |
"Do Firms Rebalance Their Capital Structures?"
Mark T. Leary, Duke University Michael N. Roberts, Duke University Discussant: Murray Franks, University of British Columbia |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
"Are IPO Allocations for Sale? Evidence From Mutual Funds"
Jonathan Reuter, University of Oregon Discussant: Alexander Ljungqvist, New York University |
| 1:00 - 1:45 |
"Does Prospect Theory Explain IPO Market Behavior?"
Alexander Ljungqvist, New York University William J. Wilhelm, Jr., University of Virginia Discussant: Malcolm Baker, Harvard Business School |
| 1:45 - 2:30 |
"Determinants and implications of arbitrage holdings in acquistions"
Jim Hsieh, George Mason University Ralph A. Walkling, Ohio State University Discussant: Jun Qian, Boston College |
| 3:00 - 3:45 |
"Payout Policy in the 21st Century"
Campbell R. Harvey, Duke University and NBER Alon Brav, Duke University John R. Graham, Duke University Roni Michaely, Cornell University and The Inter-Disciplinary Center Discussant: Rafael LaPorta, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College |
| Saturday, July 10 | 9:00 - 9:45 A.M. |
"Analyst Coverage and Capital Structure Decisions"
Sudipto Dasgupta, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Gilles Hilary, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Xin Chang, University of Melbourne Discussant: Kent L. Womack, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College |
| 9:45 - 10:30 |
"Do Bank Relationships Affect the Firm's Underwriter Choice in the Corporate-Bond Underwriting Market?
Ayako Yasuda, University of Pennsylvania Discussant: Steven Drucker, Stanford University |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
"On the Capital Structure Implications of Bankruptcy Codes"
Kose John, New York University Rangarajan K. Sundaram, New York University Viral V. Acharya, London Business School Discussant: Karin S. Thorburn, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College |
| 1:00 - 1:45 |
"Wealth Destruction on a Massive Scale? A Study of Acquiring-firm Returns in the Recent Merger Wave"
Sara Moeller, Southern Methodist University Frederik P. Schlingemann, University of Pittsburg Rene Stulz, Ohio State University Discussant: Sandra Betton, Concordia University |
For more information, please call 603-646-3412 or send email to corp.gov.center@dartmouth.edu.