Program for the 2006 Financial Research Association Meeting
Aladdin Resort and Casino
December 16th and 17th, 2006
Session 1
Information asymmetry and firms’ credit market access: Evidence from Moody’s credit rating format refinement
Author: Tony Tang
Discussant/Presenter: Darren Kisgen
Published: Journal of Financial Economics, 2009
How active is your fund manager?
Authors: Martijn Cremers and Antti Petajisto
Discussant/Presenter: Eric Zitzewitz
Published: Review of Financial Studies, 2009 (Lead Article)
International cross-listing, firm performance and top management turnover: A test of the bonding hypothesis
Authors: Ugur Lel and Darius Miller
Discussant/Presenter: Chip Ryan
Published: Journal of Finance, 2008
Session 2
Agency conflicts, asset substitution, and securitization
Authors: Yingjin Gan and Christopher Mayer
Discussant/Presenter: Michael Fishman
Published: Currently Unpublished
Investor information, long-run risk, and the duration of risky cash flows
Authors: Mariano Croce, Martin Lettau, and Sydney Ludvigson
Discussant/Presenter: David Chapman
Published: Currently Unpublished
Wine Tasting–“Wines of Italy,” at the Pampas Brazilian Grille, located in the Aladdin Desert Passage.
Session 3
Driven to distraction: Extraneous events and underreaction to earnings news
Authors: David Hirshleifer, Sonya Seongyeon Lim, and Siew Hong Teoh
Discussant: Wayne Guay
Published: Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Attracting flows by attracting big clients: Conflicts of interest and mutual fund portfolio choice
Authors: Lauren Cohen and Breno Schmidt
Discussant: Jonathan Reuter
Published: Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
A framework for assessing corporate governance reform
Authors: Benjamin Hermalin and Michael Weisbach
Discussant: Jeffrey Zwiebel
Published: Journal of Economic Literature, Forthcoming
Dinner– Les Artistes Steakhouse, in the Paris Casino