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16th Annual Corporate Governance Academic Conference at Drexel University
16th Annual Corporate Governance Academic Conference
Drexel University - ECGI
Friday, 14 April 2023
08:30 - 17:00 EDT | 14:30 - 23:00 CEST
Location:
Drexel University LeBow College of Business
ABOUT THE EVENT
The Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute held its 16th Annual Corporate Governance Conference. Academics and Practitioners were invited to submit papers by December 21, 2022, to this annual, invitation-only conference in any area related to corporate governance, which includes (but is not restricted to) topics such as boards of directors, compensation, shareholder activism, mergers, debt as a form of governance, ESG-related issues, political influences on governance, etc.
The Raj & Kamla Governance Institute at Drexel University hosted the conference in collaboration with the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). The conference highlighted the profound research by top professors around the world on issues related to corporate governance and the boardroom.
Location:
The conference was held on Friday, April 14 2023, with a pre-conference dinner on Thursday, April 13 2023, at the La Viola Restaurant, Philadelphia. (253 S 16th St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, US)
The conference on the 14 April took place at Drexel University LeBow College of Business, Gerri C. LeBow Hall, 722 (7th floor), 3220 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Contact Mirela Hima, assistant director, Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute, for any queries: mh3229@drexel.edu.
Corporate Governance Center Fellows, who serve as the program committee, are:
- Renee Adams
- Jeffrey Coles
- Diane Del Guercio
- David Denis
- Laura Field
- Nick Gantchev
- Todd Gormley
- Tom Griffin
- Jarrad Harford
- Peter Iliev
- Wei Jiang
- Dalida Kadyrzhanova
- Jonathan Karpoff
- Nadya Malenko
- Kevin Murphy
- Lalitha Naveen
- Micah Officer
- Gordon Phillips
- Anil Shivdasani
- Anh Tran
- Michael S. Weisbach
- Jared Wilson
- Tracie Woidtke
- Yuhai Xuan
- Ke Yang
- David L. Yermack
Programme
Welcome Dinner | La Viola Restaurant
Registration & Breakfast
Welcome
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SESSION I: Environmental and Social Considerations | Chaired by
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Decarbonizing Institutional Investor Portfolios
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Sustainability or Greenwashing: Evidence from the Asset Market for Industrial Pollution
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Diversity Washing
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Coffee Break
SESSION II: Governance in Action | Chaired by
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Voting Rationales
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CEO Social Preferences and Layoffs
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Do Individual Directors Matter?
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Lunch Break
Management (of) Proposals
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Motivating Collusion
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Voice Through Divestment
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Coffee Break
SESSION III: Beyond Corporate Governance | Chaired by
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On a Spending Spree: The Real Effects of Heuristics in Managerial Budgets
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Control Without Ownership: Governance of Nonprofit Hospitals
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Closing the Revolving Door
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