Differential Voting Shares
12-13 December 2018
Bar-Ilan University, Weisfeld Hall, Feldman building (301), Tel Aviv, Israel
Jointly organized by
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Raymond Ackerman Family Chair in Israeli Corporate Governance, Bar-Ilan University
Confirmed Participants
Lucian Bebchuk, Harvard Law School and ECGI
Kobi Kastiel, Tel Aviv University
Hyunseob Kim, Cornell University
Beni Lauterbach, Bar Ilan University and ECGI
Suman Banerjee, Stevens Institute of Technology
Dorothy Shapiro Lund, University of Chicago Law School
David Reeb, National University of Singapore
Marco Becht, Université libre de Bruxelles and ECGI
Jesse Fried, Harvard Law School and ECGI
Konrad Raff, Norwegian School of Economics
Yishay Yafeh, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and ECGI
Ernst Maug, University of Mannheim Business School and ECGI
Andrew Ellul, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University and ECGI
Ting Xu, Darden School of Business
Amir Licht, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and ECGI
Meni Abudy, Bar-Ilan University
Anete Pajuste, The Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and ECGI
Assaf Hamdani, Tel Aviv University
Sivan Frenkel, Tel Aviv University
Kate Litvak, Northwestern University
Bernard Black, Northwestern University
With financial support from
European Corporate Governance Research Foundation (ECGRF)
Raymond Ackerman Family Chair in Israeli Corporate Governance
Information
12 December - Day 1
Session 1
Coffee
Greetings
Keynote Speaker
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Coffee
Session 2
Lunch
Session 3
Nonvoting Shares and Efficient Corporate Governance
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Discussant:
Ownership, Investment and Governance: The Costs and Benefits of Dual Class Shares
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Transport back to hotel
Dinner
13 December - Day 2
Session 1
Coffee
Loyalty Shares with Tenure Voting - a Coasian bargain? Evidence from the Loi Florange Experiment
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Index Funds and the Future of Corporate Governance: Theory, Evidence and Policy
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Coffee
Session 2
The Effect of Minority Veto Rights on Controller Tunneling
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Lunch
Session 3
The Control Risk Premium
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Busy Directors: Strategic Interaction and Monitoring Synergies
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Farewell greetings
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Presentations
Keynote Speaker
Link to Presentation: The Lifecycle Theory of Dual-Class Structures
Link to Paper: The Untenable Case for Perpetual Dual-Class Stock
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The Perils of Small-Minority Controllers
Please see link below to video of discussant Assaf Hamdani (Tel Aviv University) who spoke at the Differential Voting Shares conference.
Link to paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3128375
Link to presentation: http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/bebchuk/The_Perils_of_Small-Minority_Controllers.pdf
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Discussants
Sticking Around too Long?
Please see link below to video of discussant Kate Litvak (Northwestern University) who spoke at the Differential Voting Shares conference.
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Conference Documents
The Life Cycle of Dual Class Firms
Please see link below to video of discussant Ting Xu (University of Virginia) who spoke at the Differential Voting Shares conference.
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Conference Documents
Nonvoting Shares and Efficient Corporate Governance
Please see link below to video of discussant Amir Licht (Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya) who spoke at the Differential Voting Shares conference.
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Conference Documents
Ownership, Investment and Governance: The Costs and Benefits of Dual Class Shares
Please see link below to video of discussant Alon Raviv (Bar Ilan University) who spoke at the Differential Voting Shares conference.
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Discussants
Conference Documents
Loyalty Shares with Tenure Voting - a Coasian bargain? Evidence from the Loi Florange Experiment
Please see link below to video of discussant Ernst Maug (University of Mannheim Business School) who spoke at the Differential Voting Shares conference.
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Discussants
Conference Documents
Index Funds and the Future of Corporate Governance: Theory, Evidence and Policy
Please see link below to video of discussant Bernard Black (Northwestern University) who spoke at the Differential Voting Shares conference.
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Conference Documents
The Effect of Minority Veto Rights on Controller Tunneling
Please see link below to video of discussant Meni Abudy (Bar-Ilan University) who spoke at the Differential Voting Shares conference.
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Discussants
Conference Documents
Alibaba and the Rise of Law-Proof Insiders
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The Control Risk Premium
Please see link below to video of discussant Anete Pajuste (The Stockholm School of Economics in Riga) who spoke at the Differential Voting Shares conference.