Stanford 2015
2015 INAUGURAL CONFERENCE
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Papers & Presentations:

Audit Oversight and Reporting Credibility Christian Leuz

Corporate Governance and Risk Management at Unprotected Banks Charles Calomiris

The Great Pyramids of America: A Revised History of US Business Groups, Corporate Ownership and Regulation, 1930-1950 Yishay Yafeh

Corporate Chartering and Federalism: A New View Henry Hansmann

Contractual Governance in the Absence of Law: Bylaws of Norwegian Firms in the Early 20th Century Charlotte Østergaard

Seeking Alpha: Excess Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent Viral Acharya

Financing Disruption John Armour

Privatized bankruptcy: a study of shipping financial distress Julian Franks

The Wolf at the Door: The Impact of Hedge Fund Activism on Corporate Governance John C. Coffee

Ownership, Investment and Governance: The Costs and Benefits of Dual Class Shares Ronald Masulis

The Changing Nature of Corporate Board Activity Renee Adams

Do mandatory board gender quotas reduce firm value? Karin Thorburn

Financial Markets and the Political Center of Gravity Mark Roe

Why Do Corporate Charters Waive Liability for Breach of the Duty of Care? Holger Spamann
Speakers:

Christian Leuz
Professor of International Economics, Finance and Accounting

Holger Spamann
Lawrence R. Grove Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Charles Calomiris
Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions

Mike Burkart
Gösta Olson Professor of Finance

Yishay Yafeh
Professor of Finance

Henry Hansmann
Oscar M Ruebhausen Professor of Law

Viral Acharya
C.V.Starr Professor of Economics

John Armour
Hogan Lovells Professor of Law and Finance
University of Oxford, Faculty of Law

Julian Franks
Professor of Finance / London Business School

John C. Coffee
Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law

Ronald Masulis
Scientia Professor in Finance, University of New South Wales

Renee Adams
Professor of Finance
University of Oxford

Karin Thorburn
Professor of Finance

Mark Roe
David Burg Professor of Law

Charlotte Østergaard
Associate Professor