2003 HKUST Finance Symposium December 14-16, 2003
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Program
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14
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6:00 - 9:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception and Cocktail at Pacific Club |
DAY 1 : MONDAY, DECEMBER 15
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| 8:15 a.m. | Pick up, Macro Polo Prince
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| 9:00 - 9:15 a.m. | Coffee and Conference Registration, Room 7336, Council Chamber, HKUST
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| 9:15 - 9:20 a.m. | Opening remarks by Professor K.C. Chan, Dean, School of Business and Management
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| SESSION I: ECONOMIC GROWTH, INDUSTRY EVOLUTION, AND FINANCE
Session Chair: Tim Riddiough, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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| 9:20 - 10:10 a.m. | Economic Growth and Equity Returns
Jay Ritter, University of Florida
Discussant: K.C. John Wei, HKUST
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| 10:10 - 11:00 a.m. | The Industry Life-Cycle and Financial Dependence: Does Firm Organization Matter?
Gordon M. Phillips, University of Maryland and NBER
Vojislav Maksimovic, University of Maryland
Discussant: Vidhan Goyal, HKUST
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| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Coffee Break
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| 11:30 - 12:20 p.m. | Collateral channel and credit cycle: evidence from the land-price collapse in Japan
Jie Gan, HKUST
Discussant: Chris James, University of Florida
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| 12:20 - 2:00 p.m. | Lunch, G/F Chinese Restaurant, HKUST
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| SESSION II: INFORMATION, MARKET TIMING, AND FINANCE
Session Chair: Jay Ritter, University of Florida
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| 2:00 - 2:50 p.m. | Market Reactions to Tangible and Intangible Information
Kent Daniel, Northwestern University
Sheridan Titman, University of Texas
Discussant: Wei Xiong, Princeton University
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| 2:50 - 3:40 p.m. | What a Difference a Month Makes: Stock Analysts Valuations Following Initial Public Offerings
Joel Houston, University of Florida
Chris James, University of Florida
Jason Karceski, University of Florida
Discussant: N. Prabhala, University of Maryland
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| 3:40 - 4:10 p.m. | Coffee Break
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4:10 - 5:00 p.m.
| What Drives Merger Waves?
Jarrad Harford, University of Washington
Discussant: Vidhan Goyal, HKUST
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Conference Dinner (for conference speakers only) |
5:15 p.m.
| Leave Piazza to The Peak |
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
| Dinner at Café Deco, The Peak |
9:15 p.m.
| Depart to Marco Polo/HKUST |
DAY 2: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16
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| 9:00 - 9:20 a.m. | Coffee |
| SESSION III: FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Session Chair: Henri Servaes, London Business School and CEPR |
9:20 - 10:10 a.m.
| Theory and Evidence on the Resolution of Financial Distress
David Brown, University of Florida
Brian Ciochetti, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tim Riddiough, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discussant: Jie Gan, HKUST
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10:10 - 11:00 a.m.
| Hedging, Speculation and Shareholder Value
Tim Adam, HKUST
Chitru Fernando, University of Oklahoma
Discussant: Gordon Phillips, University of Maryland
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| 11:00 - 11:20 a.m. | Coffee Break |
11:20 - 12:10 a.m.
| Financial Constraints, Hurdle Rates, and Investment Activity: Implications From a Multi-Period Model
Sudipto Dasgupta, HKUST
Kunal Sengupta, University of Sydney
Discussant: Rajesh Aggarwal, University of Virginia
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| 12:100 - 1:40 p.m. | Lunch, University Center Bistro, HKUST |
| SESSION IV: GOVERNANCE AND CONTROL
Session Chair: Chris James, University of Florida
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1:40 - 2:30 p.m.
| Executive Stock Option Repricing: The Cost to Firms and Value to Executives
N. K. Chidambaran, Rutgers University
N. Prabhala, University of Maryland
Discussant: Jarrad Harford, University of Oregon
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| 2:30 - 3:20 p.m. | Changes in Equity Ownership and Changes in Firm Value
Karl Lins, University of Utah
John McConnell, Purdue University
Henri Servaes, London Business School and CEPR
Discussant: Sudipto Dasgupta, HKUST
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| 3:20 - 3:40 p.m. | Coffee Break
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3:40 - 4:30 p.m.
| Access, Common Agency and Board Size
Rajesh Aggarwal, University of Virginia
Dhananjay Nanda, Duke University
Discussant: Yi Lin Wu, HKUST
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| 4:30 - 5:20 p.m. | Executive Compensation and Short-termist Behavior in Speculative Markets
Patrick Bolton, Princeton University
José Scheinkman, Princeton University
Wei Xiong, Princeton University
Discussant: Jiang Luo, HKUST
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| 5:20 - 5:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks by Program Director
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