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
Ira Millstein, Senior Associate Dean for Corporate Governance at the Yale School of Management
Joel Podolny, Dean, and William S. Beinecke Professor 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:  TBA*

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

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

Discussant:  TBA*

Open Discussion

“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

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)

Brief remarks: Regarding research network- Stijn Claessens, Assistant Director / Division Chief- Financial Studies, Research Department, International Monetary Fund

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: Stijn Claessens, Assistant Director / Division Chief- Financial Studies, Research Department, International Monetary Fund
               
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 

Ira Millstein, Senior Associate Dean for Corporate Governance at the Yale School of Management; Chair Emeritus, Global Corporate Governance Forum’s Private Sector Advisory Group

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

Stijn Claessens, Professor of Finance, University of Amsterdam

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