Session Chairs:

Jongbyung Jun, Suffolk University

Papers:

"Non-Tradable Shares and Firm Underperformance: The Alaska Native Corporations Case Revisited"
Gabriel Ramirez, Kennesaw State University
Ihsuan Li, Minnesota State University Mankato (Contact Author)
J. Kerry Waller, Clemson University

"How Do Fund Managers Invest: Self Strategy or Herding in Private Pension Funds?"
José Olivares, Universidad del Desarrollo
Jean Sepulveda-Umanzor, Universidad del Desarrollo (Contact Author)

"On the Importance of Time Variation in Higher Moments"
A. Tolga Ergun, Suffolk University (Contact Author)
Jongbyung Jun, Suffolk University

"Anticipated Value Creation in U.S. Private Equity Buyouts: The Role of Corporate Governance, Undervaluation, and Club Deals"
Michael E. S. Hoffman, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Lawrance Evans, Jr., U.S. Government Accountability Office (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Matthias Buehlmaier, Vienna Graduate School of Finance
Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University
Souvik Datta, The University of British Columbia
Gaobo Pang, Watson Wyatt Worldwide

Session Chairs:

Souvik Datta, The University of British Columbia

Papers:

"Participation in Green Power Partnership: What Distinguishes Leaders, Partners and Non-Participants?"
Suchandra Basu, Rhode Island College (Contact Author)
Soma Ghosh, Bridgewater State College
Wayne B. Gray, Clark University

"Do Good and Bad Actors Respond Differently to EPA Policy Levers? An Examination of a Voluntary Program and Regulatory Threat in the Metal Finishing Industry"
Keith Brouhle, Grinnell College (Contact Author)
Ann Wolverton, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Charles Griffiths, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

"Do Pollution Abatement Spillovers Exist? A Spatial Econometric Approach"
Souvik Datta, The University of British Columbia (Contact Author)

"Incentivizing Sustainable Waste Management"
Jeffrey Wagner, Rochester Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

Discussants:

A. Tolga Ergun, Suffolk University
Ann Wolverton, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Medhawin Kitikun, West Virginia University
Luke Jones, The University of Tennessee