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:

Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"A Quantitative Theory of Information and Unsecured Credit"
Xuan Tam, University of Virginia (Contact Author)
Eric Young, University of Virginia
Kartik Athreya, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

"Incentives and Delegation of Authority to Multiple Agents"
Dongryul Lee, Virginia Tech University (Contact Author)

"Debt, Equity, and Information"
Matthias Buehlmaier, Vienna Graduate School of Finance (Contact Author)

"Carrots, Sticks, and Service-Learning in a Quasi-Experimental Environment"
Sara E. Helms, University of Alabama at Birmingham (Contact Author)
Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University

Discussants:

Kartik Athreya, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Sara E. Helms, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Brent Boning, CNA
Matthias Buehlmaier, Vienna Graduate School of Finance