Thursday, September 18, 2008

6:45P

Welcome Reception and Buffet Dinner (Authors & Discussants Only) Courtyard Marriot Hotel, New Haven at Yale
                                                      
Welcome & Introductions

Jonathan Koppell, Faculty Director, Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance, and Associate Professor, Yale School of Management

Friday, September 19, 2008 – Room A-53, Yale School of Management, 60 Sachem Street

7:45-8:15A

Bus Shuttles from the Courtyard Hotel to Yale School of Management, 60 Sachem Street

8:00-8:30A  

Breakfast

8:30-8:45A

Opening Remarks
Jonathan Koppell, Faculty Director, Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance, and Associate Professor, Yale School of Management

8:45-9:05A

Welcome Address
Stanley J. Garstka, Deputy Dean & Professor in the Practice of Management, Yale School of Management

9:05-9:35A

“Review of empirical research on corporate governance in emerging markets: major findings, gaps, and new research topics” presented by Burcin Yurtoglu

9:35-10:35A

9:35-10:05A

10:05-10:15A
 

10:15-10:40A

Session 1a:  Room A-53

"Agent’s Response to Inefficient Judiciary: Social Norms and the Law in Transition”, presented by Alexandra Gregoric, Marko Simoneti, and Katarina Zajc

Discussant: Shyam Sunder, James L. Frank Professor of Accounting, Economics, and Finance, Yale School of Management

Open Discussion

10:40-10:55A

Coffee Break

11:00-1:00P

11:00-11:30A 

11:30-11:40A

11:40-12:00P

12:00-12:30P

12:30-12:40P

12:40-1:00P

Session 1b:  Room A-53

“What Makes Privatization Work? The Case of China”, presented by Chenggang Xu

Discussant: Zhiwu Chen, Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management

Open Discussion

“Cross-shares, Broad Structure and Firm Performance in Emerging Markets”, presented by Carlos Pombo

Discussant: Martijn Cremers, Associate Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management

Open Discussion

1:00-2:00P

Lunch - Caulkins Courtyard, Yale School of Management

2:05-5:10P

2:05-2:35P

2:35-2:50P

2:50-3:00P

3:00-3:30P

3:30-3:45P

3:45-3:55P                

Session 2:  Room A-53, Yale School of Management

“Developing Nations and Corporate Governance: The Story of Egypt” presented by Khaled Dahawy and Anthony Miller

Discussant: Melsa Ararat, Director and Faculty Member, Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey, Sabanci University

Open Discussion

“Delisting decisions of frontier emerging markets,: an institutional
profile of going to private transactions in Romania” presented by
Diana Pop and  Gilles Chemla

Discussant: Discussant: Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management

Open Discussion

4:00-4:15P               

Coffee Break

4:15-4:45P

4:45-4:55P

4:55-5:10P

“Succession: The Roles of Specialized Assets and Transfer Costs” presented by Joseph Fan

Discussant: Ronald Gilson, Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School

Open Discussion

6:45 P      

Bus Shuttles from the Courtyard New Haven at Yale Hotel to the Quinnipiack Club, 221 Church Street

7:00-9:00 P

Dinner –Quinnipiack Club (Authors & Discussants Only)

8:30-9:00P

Bus Shuttles from Quinnipiack Club to Courtyard Hotel

Saturday, September 20, 2008 – Yale School of Management

7:45-8:15A

Bus Shuttles from the Courtyard Hotel to Yale School of Management, 60 Sachem Street

8:00-9:00 A

Breakfast

9:00-9:10 A 

Opening Remarks and Introduction of Keynote
        Jonathan Koppell, Yale SOM

9:10-10:00A

9:10-9:45A

9:50-10:00A

Session 3:  Keynote Address, Room A-53, Yale SOM

Ronald Gilson, Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School

Open Discussion

10:00-10:15A

Coffee Break

10:15-10:45A

10:45-10:55A

10:55-11:05A

11:05-11:35P

11:35-11:45P

11:45-12:00P

“Moral Hazard, Corporate Governance, and Bank Failure: Evidence from the 2000-2001 Turkish Crisis” presented by Canan Yildirim, Kadir Has University

Discussants: Burcin Yurtoglu, Professor of Economics, University of Vienna

Open Discussion

“Corporate Governance and Growth: A Managerial Perspective”
presented by Hakan Orbay

Discussant:Rick Antle , William S. Beinecke Professor of Accounting, Yale School of Management
               
Open Discussion

12:00-1:15P

Lunch - Caulkins Courtyard, Yale School of Management

1:15P-2:30P

Concluding Session – Agenda for Emerging Markets CG Research

Moderator: Jonathan Koppell 

Janet Holmes , Vice President-Regulatory Affairs, Moody's Investors Service

Simon Wong, Head of Corporate Governance, Barclays Global Investors

S.D. Shibulal, Co-founder & Member of the Board, Infosys Technologies Limited; Member, Global Corporate Governance Forum’s Private Sector Advisory Group

2:30P

Farewell

2:45P

Bus Shuttles to the Courtyard Hotel and Union Train Station

5:00P

Farewell Dinner-For those participants staying in New Haven