The 2nd BI Conference on Corporate Governance
BI Norwegian Business School
Venue: BI Campus in Nydalen (Nydalsveien 37), room A2-080
Friday, June 2
| 08:10 | Registration and Coffee |
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| 08:30 | Introduction |
| 08:45 | Session I. Chair: Samuli Knüpfer (BI Norwegian Business School) Good and Bad CEOs Dirk Jenter (London School of Economics) Discussant: Rick Townsend (Dartmouth College) The Rise of Common Ownership Todd Gormley (Washington University) Discussant: Song Ma (Yale) |
| 10:15 | Coffee and pastries |
| 10:45 | Session II. Chair: Charlotte Østergaard (BI Norwegian Business School) The Effect of Board Quotas on Female Director Turnover Daniel Ferreira (London School of Economics) Discussant: Bogdan Stacescu (BI Norwegian Business School) The Importance of Network Recommendations in the Director Labor Market Rüdiger Fahlenbrach (EPFL) Discussant: Kelly Shue (Booth School of Business, University of Chicago) |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15 | Session III. Chair: Hamid Boustanifar (BI Norwegian Business School) Why are Individual Directors Selected? David Denis (University of Pittsburgh) Discussant: Danielle Zhang (BI Norwegian Business School) Does Improved Information Improve Incentives? Alex Edmans (London Business School) Discussant: Andrey Malenko (MIT Sloan School of Management) |
| 14:45 | Coffee and fruit |
| 15:15 | Session IV. Chair: Janis Berzins (BI Norwegian Business School) Shuffling the Deck: Mergers and Ownership Structure Jarrad Harford (Foster School of Business, University of Washington) Discussant: Hyunseob Kim (Cornell University) Ambiguity and The Tradeoff Theory of Capital Structure David Yermack (Stern School of Business, New York University) Discussant: Johann Reindl (BI Norwegian Business School) |
| 16:45 | End of the Academic Program |
| 18:00 | Dinner at Brasserie France, Øvre Slottsgate 16, Oslo We meet at 17:30 in front of BI and take the metro to the restaurant. Metro tickets will be provided. |
