First Annual Cass M&A Conference (London)
The Mergers and Acquisitions Research Centre (MARC) at Cass Business School in cooperation with the European Corporate Governance Centre (ECGI) held the Inaugural Cass Mergers and Acquisitions Research Centre Conference at Cass Business School, City University London on Monday, 22 August 2016. ​
The conference included original theoretical and empirical papers covering issues related to mergers and acquisitions (M&A), including deal structure from financing to integration, corporate governance in M&A, regulatory changes, domestic and cross border transactions, among others.
Programme
CASS 2016 Programme
Conference opening - Scott Moeller
Session 1 - Chair: Andrey Golubov
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The Agency Costs of Public Ownership: Evidence from Acquisitions by Private Firms
Speaker(s)
SAIF, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Coffee break
Session 2 - Chair: Sudi Sudarsanam
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Price and Probability: Decomposing the Takeover Effects of Anti-Takeover Provisions
Speaker(s)
IESE Business School
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The effect of takeover protection on the value of cash: Evidence from a natural experiment
Speaker(s)
Drexel University
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Lunch - Keynote Speech: Alan Giles
Session 3 - Chair: Anh Tran
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Shareholder Approval in Mergers and Acquisitions
Speaker(s)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Does Mandatory Shareholder Voting Prevent Bad Acquisitions?
Speaker(s)
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université libre de Bruxelles
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Coffee break
Session 4 - Chair: Paolo Volpin
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Board Changes and the Director Labor Market: The Case of Mergers
Speaker(s)
Drexel University, LeBow College of Business
Closing remarks - Paolo Volpin
Speakers
Marco Becht
Professor of Finance and the Goldschmidt Professor of Corporate Governance
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université libre de Bruxelles
Board Member, Fellow, Research Member
Presentations
Contact
Elaine McPartlan
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)