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Global Corporate Governance Colloquia (GCGC) 2019
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*** This event was strictly by invitation only ***
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The fifth annual GCGC Conference was hosted by the Research Center SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe) at the House of Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt on 7– 8 June 2019. 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).
Programme
Registration
Welcome
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Session 1: Session Chair- Elisabeth Bechtold
Investor Ideology
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Corporate Culture and Liability
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Coffee Break
Session 2: Session Chair- Kon Sik Kim
Panel Discussion I: Sustainable Finance
Moderator
Panelist(s)
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Lunch Break
Session 3: Session Chair- Gen Goto
Active Owners and Firm Policies
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Coffee Break
Session 4: Session Chair- Ron Gilson
Eastern Medicine for Western Finance: Rethinking Financial Regulation
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Ends
Reception & Dinner
Arrival
Welcome
Session 1: Session Chair- Qiao Liu
Value of Politically Connected Independent Directors: Evidence from the Anti-Corruption Campaign in China
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Discussant
Coffee Break
Session 2: Session Chair- Theodor Baums
Panel Discussion II: Banking
Moderator
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Lunch Break
Session Chair- Theodor Baums
Coffee Break
Session 3: Session Chair- Holger Spamann
The Limits of Limited Liability: Evidence from Industrial Pollution
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Why Are Firms with More Managerial Ownership Worth Less?
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Closing Remarks & Reception
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Lucian Bebchuk
Vicente Cuñat
Yupana Wiwattanakantang
Jennifer G. Hill
René Stulz
Uwe Walz
Presentations
Gallery
Contact
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