ASU PhD Reunion Conference 2017

Program

Friday, April 7th, 2017

2:00 Greetings

2:15 - 4:00 Session I (Session Chair: Hank Bessembinder)

Investor Demand for Information in newly issued Securities

Scott Bauguess (Security and Exchange Commission)

Discussant: Seth Pruitt

Funding Liquidity Risk and the Dynamics of Hedge Fund Lockups

Chris Clifford (U of Kentucky)

Discussant: George Aragon

Fooling the Savvy Investor? Secrecy and Hedge Fund Performance

Patrick Kelly (New Economic School)

Discussant: Laura Lindsey

4:00 - 4:30 Coffee Break

4:30 - 5:50 Session II (Session Chair: Anand Bhattacharya)

When Anomalies Are Publicized Broadly, Do Institutions Trade Accordingly?

Selim Topaloglu (Queens)

Discussion by participants (Mike Wymbs leads)

Macroeconomic Risk and Seasonality in Momentum Profits

Susan Ji (Governors State)

Discussion by participants (Tyler Beason leads)

Capital Commitment and Illiquidity in Corporate Bonds

Kumar Venkataraman (Southern Methodist)

Discussion by participants (Evgeny Meyer leads)

Challenges of Detecting Insider Trading

Brian Adams (U of Portland)

Discussion by participants (Anthony Rice leads)

6:30 PM Dinner at The Graduate Hotel Rooftop (Registration Required)

Saturday, April 8th, 2017

8:30 AM Breakfast

9:00 - 10:45 Session III (Session Chair: Michael Hertzel)

Social Networking and Corporate Innovation

Qingqing Wu (North Carolina State)

Discussant: C.K. Hoi

Stock Timing by Analysts

Naveen D. Daniel (Drexel)

Discussant: Michael Hertzel

The Role of Peer Firm Selection in Explicit Relative Performance Awards

Swami Kalpathy (Texas Christian)

Discussant: Sreedhar Bharath

10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:35 Session IV (Session Chair: Atif Ikram)

Employment Protection Laws and Corporate Liquidity Management

Kirak Kim (Bristol)

Discussion by participants (FangFang Du leads)

Accounting-based Compensation Plans and Corporate Debt Contracts

Zhi Li (Ohio State)

Discussion by participants (Darren Woodward leads)

Revisiting Investment–Cash Flow Sensitivity

Lalitha Naveen (Drexel)

Discussion by participants (Lingyan Yang leads)

Internal CEO Approval and External Reporting Quality

Felix Meschke (U of Kansas)

Discussion by participants (Goeun Choi leads)

12:35-2:00 Lunch