Global Corporate Governance Colloquia (GCGC) 2018

Global Corporate Governance Colloquia (GCGC) 2018

  • 01 - 02 June 2018
  • Harvard Law School, USA

 

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The fourth annual GCGC Conference was hosted by Harvard University on 1 – 2 June 2018. The Global Corporate Governance Colloquia (GCGC) is a global initiative to bring together the best research in law, economics and finance relating to corporate governance at a yearly conference held at 12 leading universities in the Americas, Asia and Europe. The 12 hosting institutions are:

Columbia University,  Goethe University Frankfurt,  Harvard University,  London Business School,  National University of Singapore,  Peking University,  Seoul National University,  Stanford University,  Swedish House of Finance,  University of Oxford,  University of Tokyo  and  Yale University.

The aim of the conference series is to attract current research papers of the highest scholarly quality in the field of corporate governance. The conferences are primarily ‘academic to academic’ events with some participants from industry and the public sector including the practitioner partners of GCGC and other invited panelists. The current practitioner partners are the European Investment Bank (EIB),  Zurich Insurance Group,  and  Japan Exchange Group (JPX).

 

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Information

Address:
1585 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Contact:
Elaine McPartlan
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Day 1: Friday 1 June

08:15

Registration

08:45

Welcome

09:00

Morning Session 1:

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Unsuccessful Teams

Time:
09:00h
- 10:00h

Speaker: Renée Adams (University of New South Wales)
Discussant: Fabrizio Ferri (Columbia University)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

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Career Risk and Market Discipline in Asset Management

Time:
10:00h
- 11:00h

Speaker: Marco Pagano (University of Naples Federico II)
Discussant: Claudia Custodio (Imperial College London)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

11:00
- 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30

Morning Session 2:

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Which Aspects of Corporate Governance Matter? Evidence from Emerging Markets

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Bernard Black (Northwestern University School of Law and Kellogg School of Management)
Discussant: Johan Sulaeman (National University of Singapore)

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Discussants

Conference Documents

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Doing Business in Emerging Markets – The Benefits of Being Private

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Pablo Slutzky (Robert H Smith School of Business – University of Maryland)
Discussant: Pedro Matos (Darden School of Business – University of Virginia)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

13:30
- 14:30

Lunch Break

14:30

Afternoon Session 1:

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Governance through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behaviour

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Charles Wang (Harvard Business School)
Discussant: Vicente Cuñat (London School of Economics)

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Discussants

Conference Documents

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The Rise of Common Ownership

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Doron Levit (Wharton University)
Discussant:Jennifer Hill (University of Sydney)

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Discussants

Conference Documents

16:30
- 17:00

Coffee Break

19:00

Reception and Dinner

Day 2: Saturday 2 June

08:30

Registration

08:45

Introduction

09:00

Session 1:

10:04

Board declassification and firm value: Have shareholders and boards really destroyed billions in value?

Speakers:
Discussant:
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Board declassification and firm value: Have shareholders and boards really destroyed billions in value?

Time:
10:04h

Speaker: Emiliano Catan (NYU Law School)
Discussant: Arpit Gupta (NYU Stern)

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Discussants

Conference Documents

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The Perils of Small-Minority Controllers

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Lucian Bebchuk (Harvard Law School)
Discussant: Julian Franks (London Business School)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

11:00
- 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30

Session 2:

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Do Investors Value Sustainability? A Natural Experiment Examining Ranking and Fund Flows

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Samuel Hartzmark (University of Chicago)
Discussant: Giovanna Nicodano (University of Torino)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

13:30
- 14:30

Lunch Break

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Panel Discussion II: CSR and Impact Investing: Framing the Questions

Time:
19:06h

Panel Chair: Allen Ferrell (Harvard Law School)
Panelists:  Robert H. Sitkoff (Harvard Law School)
Ron Gilson (Stanford Law School, Columbia Law School)
John M. Loder (Ropes & Gray)

Moderator

Panelists

John M. Loder
15:30
- 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00

Session 3:

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Monitoring the monitor: distracted institutional investors and board governance

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Ron Masulis (University of New South Wales)
Discussant: Michelle Edkins (BlackRock)

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Discussants

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Busy Directors: Strategic Interaction and Monitoring Synergies

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Alexander Ljungqvist (New York University & Stockholm School of Economics)
Discussant: Dan Puchniak (National University of Singapore)

Speakers

Discussants

18:00

Reception

Speakers

Presentations

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Unsuccessful Teams

Time:
09:00h
- 10:00h

Speaker: Renée Adams (University of New South Wales)
Discussant: Fabrizio Ferri (Columbia University)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

Back to all presentations

Career Risk and Market Discipline in Asset Management

Time:
10:00h
- 11:00h

Speaker: Marco Pagano (University of Naples Federico II)
Discussant: Claudia Custodio (Imperial College London)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

Back to all presentations

Which Aspects of Corporate Governance Matter? Evidence from Emerging Markets

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Bernard Black (Northwestern University School of Law and Kellogg School of Management)
Discussant: Johan Sulaeman (National University of Singapore)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

Back to all presentations

Doing Business in Emerging Markets – The Benefits of Being Private

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Pablo Slutzky (Robert H Smith School of Business – University of Maryland)
Discussant: Pedro Matos (Darden School of Business – University of Virginia)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

Video: 

Governance through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behaviour

Back to all presentations

Governance through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behaviour

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Charles Wang (Harvard Business School)
Discussant: Vicente Cuñat (London School of Economics)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

Back to all presentations

The Rise of Common Ownership

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Doron Levit (Wharton University)
Discussant:Jennifer Hill (University of Sydney)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

Video: 

Board declassification and firm value: Have shareholders and boards really destroyed billions in value?

Back to all presentations

Board declassification and firm value: Have shareholders and boards really destroyed billions in value?

Time:
10:04h

Speaker: Emiliano Catan (NYU Law School)
Discussant: Arpit Gupta (NYU Stern)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

Back to all presentations

The Perils of Small-Minority Controllers

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Lucian Bebchuk (Harvard Law School)
Discussant: Julian Franks (London Business School)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

Video: 

Is Corporate Governance a First Order Cause of the Current Malaise?

Video: 

Do Investors Value Sustainability? A Natural Experiment Examining Ranking and Fund Flows

Back to all presentations

Do Investors Value Sustainability? A Natural Experiment Examining Ranking and Fund Flows

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Samuel Hartzmark (University of Chicago)
Discussant: Giovanna Nicodano (University of Torino)

Speakers

Discussants

Conference Documents

Video: 

Monitoring the monitor: distracted institutional investors and board governance

Back to all presentations

Monitoring the monitor: distracted institutional investors and board governance

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Ron Masulis (University of New South Wales)
Discussant: Michelle Edkins (BlackRock)

Speakers

Discussants

Back to all presentations

Busy Directors: Strategic Interaction and Monitoring Synergies

Time:
19:06h

Speaker: Alexander Ljungqvist (New York University & Stockholm School of Economics)
Discussant: Dan Puchniak (National University of Singapore)

Speakers

Discussants

Panel Discussions

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Panel Discussion II: CSR and Impact Investing: Framing the Questions

Time:
19:06h

Panel Chair: Allen Ferrell (Harvard Law School)
Panelists:  Robert H. Sitkoff (Harvard Law School)
Ron Gilson (Stanford Law School, Columbia Law School)
John M. Loder (Ropes & Gray)

Moderator

Panelists

John M. Loder