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Inaugural Network Conference |
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| 28-29
January 2005 Hosted by the Saïd Business School, Oxford |
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Programme committee:
Guido Ferrarini, University of Genoa and ECGI, Gerard Hertig, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and ECGI, Colin Mayer, Saïd Business School, CEPR and ECGI, and Javier Suarez, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), CEPR and ECGI Conference organisers: Marco Becht, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), CEPR and ECGI, Alison Gomm, OXREP, Tim Jenkinson, Saïd Business School, CEPR and ECGI, Christine Miller, ECGI and Christine Seal, Saïd Business School |
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| Programme
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| Thursday 27 January 2005 |
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| 17.00 - 18.30 | Regular weekly finance seminar in Said Business School. Conference participants are welcome to attend this | |
| 18.30 | Conference participants arrive at Said Business School | |
| 19.00 | Dinner in Smollensky's for conference participants and ECGI board members | |
| Friday 28 January 2005 Papers Prepared for the Special Issue of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy on Corporate Governance |
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| Boards and takeovers – Chair Colin Mayer | ||
| 09.00-09.50 | Board reform proposals |
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| 09.50-10.40 | Regulation of takeovers |
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| 10.40-11.10 | Coffee | |
| Executive compensation – Chair Tim Jenkinson | ||
| 11.10-12.00 | The growth of executive compensation
in the US Discussant: Ernst Ludwig von Thadden, University
of Mannheim, CEPR and ECGI |
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| 12.00-12.50 | Executive remuneration in Europe: Guido Ferrarini, Law School, University of Genoa and ECGI and Niamh Moloney, University of Nottingham and ECGI Discussant: Hans Hirt, Corporate Governance Manager
– Europe, Hermes Pensions Management |
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| 12.50-14.00 | Lunch | |
| Transition, emerging markets and competition between systems – Chair Chris Allsopp | ||
| 14.00-14.50 | Corporate governance in transition
economies Discussant: Stijn Claessens, World Bank, CEPR
and ECGI |
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| 14.50-15.40 | Corporate governance in emerging
markets Discussant : George Dallas, Standard and Poors |
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| 15.40-16.10 | Tea | |
| 16.10-17.00 | Competition between systems Discussant: Zsuzsanna Fluck, Michigan State University
and WDI |
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| 17.15 | ECGTN Coordinators Meeting | |
| 19.00 | Dinner | |
| Saturday 29 January 2005 Papers Submitted to the European Corporate Governance Training Network Programme |
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| Legal systems – Chair Javier Suarez | ||
| 09.00-09.50 | What is the role of legal systems
in financial intermediation? Laura Bottazzi, Bocconi University, Marco da Rin, Turin University and ECGI and Thomas Hellmann, University of British Columbia Discussant: Oren Sussman, Saïd Business School |
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| 09.50-10.40 | How trivial are EC corporate
law directives and regulations? Discussant: Niamh Moloney, University of Nottingham
and ECGI |
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| 10.40-11.10 | Coffee | |
| Executive remuneration – Chair Julian Franks | ||
| 11.10-12.00 | Do directors perform for pay? Discussant: Francois Degeorge, University of Lugano and ECGI |
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| 12.00-12.50 | Understanding differences in
CEO compensation Discussant: Alexander Gümbel, Saïd Business School |
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| 12.50-14.00 | Lunch | |
| Corporate ownership – Chair Marco Becht | ||
| 14.00-14.50 | Private benefits extraction
in closely-held corporations: The case for multiple large shareholders Discussant: Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School |
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| 14.50-15.40 | What matters in corporate governance? Discussant: Yishay Yafeh, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, CEPR and ECGI |
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| 15.40-16.10 | Coffee | |
| 16.10-17.00 | The political economy of dominant
investors Discussant: Paolo Volpin, London Business School, CEPR and ECGI |
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| 19.00 | Dinner | |