Day 1: Friday 10 June
| 08:15 | Registration & Introduction |
| Introduction Conference Chairman: Professor Mike Burkart |
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| 09.00 | Session 1: Contracts Session Chairman: Professor Mike Burkart |
| Commitment and Entrenchment in Corporate Governance Speaker: Professor Simone Sepe Discussant: Professor Alan Schwartz |
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| Contracts versus Institutions: A Critique of Corporate Governance Theory Speaker: Professor Martin Hellwig Discussant: Professor Alan Morrison |
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| 10.30-10.45 | Coffee break |
| 10.45 | Session 2: Takeover Defenses Session Chairman: Professor Bala Dharan |
| Price and Probability: Decomposing the Takeover Effects of Anti-Takeover Provisions Speaker: Professor Vicente Cunat Discussant: Professor Pedro Matos |
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| Can Staggered Boards Improve Value? Evidence from the Massachusetts Natural Experiment Speaker: Professor Robert Daines Discussant: Professor Renee Adams |
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| 12.15-14.00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00 | Session 3: Bankruptcy Session Chairman: Tobias Tröger |
| Corporate Leverage and Employee Protection in Bankruptcy Speaker: Professor Marco Pagano Discussant: Professor Merrit Fox |
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| Three Ages of Bankruptcy Speaker: Professor Mark Roe Discussant: Professor Hideki Kanda |
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| 15.30-15.45 | Coffee break |
| 15.45 | Session 4 Session Chairman: Professor Jeff Gordon |
| Political Determinants of Competition Speaker: Professor Luigi Zingales Discussant: Professor Per Stromberg |
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| 16.30 | End of Academic Sessions |
| 17.00-18.15 | Panel: The Corporate Governance of Infrastructure Panel Chair: Professor Erik Berglof Panelists: Mr. Gordon Bajnai, Group Chief Operating Officer, Meridiam, and former Prime Minister of Hungary Prof. Patrick Bolton, Barbara and David Zalaznick Professor of Business, Columbia Business School Dr. Rajiv B. Lall, Founder, MD and CEO of Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) Bank, India |
| 19.00 | Reception & Dinner Sjöfartshuset Restaurant |
Day 2: Saturday 11 June
| 08.15 | Registration & Introduction |
| Introduction Conference Chairman: Professor Mike Burkart |
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| 09.00 | Session 1 Session Chairman: Professor Tan Cheng Han |
| Are Foreign Investors Locusts? The Long-Term Effects of Foreign Institutional Ownership Speaker: Professor Pedro Matos Discussant: Professor Giovanna Nicodano |
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| Does Majority Voting Improve Board Accountability? Speaker: Professor Jill Fisch Discussant: Professor Rui Albuquerque |
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| 10.30-10.45 | Coffee break |
| 10.45 | Session 2 Session Chairman: Professor Luh Luh Lan |
| Bonded to the State: A Network Perspective on China’s Corporate Debt Market Speaker: Professor Curtis Milhaupt Discussant: Professor Li Jin |
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| Corporate Governance Indices and Construct Validity Speaker: Professor Bernard Black Discussant: Professor Yishay Yafeh |
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| 12.15-13.15 | Lunch break |
| 13.15-14.15 | Panel: The Governance of Business Groups Panel Chair: Professor Gerard Hertig Panelists: Ms. Claudia Biedermann, Attorney at Law, Zurich Insurance Group AG Petra Hedengran, General Counsel and Managing Director, Investor AB Ms. Daniela Weber-Rey, Attorney at Law, Deutsche Bank AG |
| 14.15-14.30 | Coffee break |
| 14.30 | Session 3 Session Chairman: Gen Goto |
| Are CEOs Different? Characteristics of Top Managers Speaker: Professor Steven Kaplan Discussant: Professor Dan Puchniak |
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| Executive Remuneration Standards and the “Conformity Gap” at Controlled Corporations Speaker: Professor Guido Ferrarini Discussant: Professor Ok-Rial Song |
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| 16.15 | Session 4 Session Chairman: Henry Hansmann |
| The Responsibility of Business is to Pursue Shareholder Value: True or False? Speaker: Professor Oliver Hart Discussant: Professor Mike Klausner |
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| 17.00 | Public Draw for 2018, 2019, 2020 Conference Locations |
| 17.15 | Drinks Reception |
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