Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 9:45 AM to 3:00 PM @Webinar :
Co-sponsored with the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
VIEW RECORDING OF THE SYMPOSIUM HERE
VIEW INDIVIDUAL PAPER PRESENTATIONS
In collaboration with the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance and the Department of Finance at the Lerner College of Business & Economics, at the University of Delaware, will host its 2021 Annual Corporate Governance Symposium. The papers included in the Symposium collectively address new developments and critical issues within the area of ESG:
Morning Session: 10 a.m. – noon (EDT)
- The ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting
Lauren Cohen (Harvard & NBER) (Presenter), Umit Gurun (UT Dallas) and Quoc Nguyen (DePaul U.)
Discussant: Laura Starks (University of Texas, Austin)
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- Responsible Institutional Investing Around the World
Rajna Brandon (U. Geneva), Simon Glossner (UVA), Philipp Krueger (U. Geneva), Pedro Matos (UVA) (Presenter), Tom Steffen (Osmosis Investment Management)
Discussant: Alexander Dyck (University of Toronto)
Read the Paper - The Real Effects of Environmental Activist Investing
S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan (LBS), Kunal Sachdeva (Rice U.) (Presenter), Varun Sharma (LBS)
Discussant: Lilian Ng (York University)
Read the Paper - Coordinated Engagements
Elroy Dimson (U. Cambridge) (Presenter), Oğuzhan Karakaş (U. Cambridge), Xi Li (LSE)
Discussant: Wei Jiang (Columbia University)
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Afternoon Session: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. (EDT)
- The Big Three and Board Gender Diversity: The Effectiveness of Shareholder Voice
Todd Gormley (Wash U.), Vishal Gupta (U. Alabama), David Matsa (Northwestern U.), Sandra Mortal (U. of Alabama) (Presenter), Lukai Yang (U. of Alabama)
Discussant: Tracy Wang (University of Minnesota)
Read the Paper - The Distribution of Voting Rights to Shareholders
Vyacheslav Fos (Boston College) (Presenter), Cliff Holderness (Boston College)
Discussant: Michelle Lowry (Drexel University)
Read the Paper - Trading and Shareholder Democracy
Doron Levit (U. of Washington), Nadya Malenko (U. of Michigan) (Presenter), Ernst Maug (U. of Mannheim) Discussant: Liyan Yang (University of Toronto)
Read the Paper - Disloyal Managers and Shareholders’ Wealth
Eli Fich (Drexel U.) (Presenter), Jarrad Harford (U. of Washington), Anh Tran (U. of London)
Discussant: Xiaoyun Yu (Indiana University)
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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 John L. Weinberg/IRRCi Research Paper Award competition, which seeks to highlight innovative research and includes an award of US$10,000:
- “The ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting” (Cohen, Gurun, and Nguyen)
- “The Distribution of Voting Rights to Shareholders” (Fos and Holderness)