State of Indiana Conference
August
28-29, Purdue University, Krannert School of Management
All conference sessions will
be held in the Rawls Building, room RAWL 2070
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009
|
Session 1 |
Chairperson: Huseyin Gulen (Purdue University) |
|
2:00-2:50 pm |
How does the market value toxic assets? Authors: Francis A. Longstaff (UCLA) and Brett W. Myers (Purdue
University) Discussant: Craig Holden (Indiana University) |
|
2:50-3:40 pm |
Beating the target: A closer look at
annual incentive plan Authors: Daniel Sungyeon Kim (Indiana
University) and Jun Yang (Indiana University) Discussant: Diane Denis (Purdue University) |
|
3:40-4:00 pm |
Break |
|
4:00-4:50 pm |
An empirical analysis of reverse
termination fees in private equity contracts Authors: Matt Cain (University of Notre Dame),
Steven Davidoff (University of
Connecticut), and Antonio Macias (Texas Christian University) Discussant, Eitan Goldman (Indiana University) |
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2009
|
Session 2 |
Chairperson: Seoyoung Kim (Purdue University) |
|
9:00-9:50 am |
Tolerance
for failure and corporate innovation Authors: Xuan Tian (Indiana University) and Tracy Y. Wang (University of Minnesota) Discussant: David Denis (Purdue University) |
|
9:50-10:40 am |
Country-specific sentiment and security prices
Authors: Byoung-Hyoun Hwang (Purdue University) Discussant: Paul
Schultz (University of Notre Dame) |
|
10:40-11:00 am |
Break |
|
11:00-11:50 am |
Passive Shareholders as
a Takeover Defense Authors: Andriy Bodnaruk (University of Notre Dame),
Paul Gao (University of Notre Dame), and Hayong Yun (University of Notre
Dame) Discussant: John McConnell
(Purdue University) |
|
12:00-1:30 pm |
Lunch break |
|
Session 3 |
Chairperson: Mara Faccio (Purdue University) |
|
2:00-2:50 pm |
Authors: Zhi
Da (University of Notre Dame), Joseph Engelberg (University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill), and Pengjie Gao (University of Notre Dame) Discussant: Robert Jennings (Indiana University) |
|
2:50-3:40 pm |
Do
stock prices move too much to be justified by changes in dividends? Evidence
from real estate investment trusts Authors: Tobias
Mühlhofer (Indiana
University) and Andrey Ukhov (Indiana University) Discussant: Rick
Mendenhall
(University of
Notre Dame) |
|
3:40-4:00 pm |
Break |
|
4:00-4:50 pm |
Compensating executives by insider trading?
International evidence Authors: Jin Xu (Purdue University) Discussant: Tim Loughran (University of Notre Dame) |