2024 University of Delaware Weinberg Center/ECGI Corporate Governance Symposium
and John L. Weinberg/IRRCi Research Paper Award Competition
PAST EVENT | March 15, 2024
Time: 8:00 am – 5:30 pm ET
Location: Clayton Hall, University of Delaware, Newark DE
In-person and Live-stream
Call for Papers
Click Here for the 2024 Symposium Program
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 and Economics at the University of Delaware hosted its 2024 annual corporate governance symposium. The winners of the 2024 John L. Weinberg/IRRCi $10,000 Research Paper Award competition were announced during the program.
The winning papers are:
- Do Board Connections Between Product Market Peers Impede Competition?
Authors: Radhakrishnan Gopalan (Washington University in St. Louis, deceased), Renping Li (Washington University in St. Louis), Alminas Zaldoka (National University of Singapore)
Read the Paper - The Social Cost of Liquidity Disclosure: Evidence from Hospitals
Authors: Thomas Bourveau (Columbia University), Xavier Giroud (Columbia University, Yifan Ji (University of South Carolina), Xuelin Li (Columbia University)
Read the Paper - Specialist Directors
Authors: Yaron Nili (University of Wisconsin Law School) and Roy Shapira (Reichman University)
Read the Paper
The papers included in the Symposium collectively addressed new developments and critical issues within the area of corporate governance.
The Symposium also included the presentation by the one of the authors of the paper selected as the winner of ACC/Weinberg Center Carl Liggio Memorial Award.
Program Videos
- Do Consumers Care About ESG? Evidence from Barcode-Level Sales Data
- Polarization, Purpose and Profit
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Do board connections between product market peers impede competition?
- Voting Rationales
- Independent or Informed? How Combining the Roles of Corporate Secretary and Chief Legal Officer Impacts Legal Risk
- Specialist Directors
- ChatGPT and Corporate Policies
- Dissecting Corporate Culture Using Generative AI– Insights from Analyst Reports
- The Social Cost of Liquidity Disclosure: Evidence from Hospitals
- Regulatory Costs and Vertical Integration: Evidence from Supply Chain Disclosure Regulations
- Pay for Performance? CEO Compensation Alignment Post-SEC Rule Change