On March 10, 2022, presenter Alon Brav gave the lecture “Governance by Persuasion: Hedge fund activism and marker-based shareholder influence”. The lecture was based on a review paper coauthored with Wei Jiang and Rongchen Li in which the authors provide an updated empirical analysis as well as a comprehensive survey of the academic finance research… Read more »
On February 2, 2022 presenters Angie Raymond and Scott Shackelford, gave the seminar “Who Owns Your Data?” Scott and Angie explored core questions of data governance focusing on comparing the United States, European Union, and several Asian nations with regards to their privacy, cybersecurity, and AI governance practices. They hi-lighted areas of convergence, and divergence,… Read more »
On January 6, 2022 presenter, Michael Weisbach, and Discussant, Xiaoyun Yu, gave the seminar “Risk Perceptions, Board Networks, and Directors’ Reporting.” Independent directors of corporate boards have monitoring and advising duties. One incentive for independent directors to monitor is regulatory penalties. However, it is challenging to pin down a causal effect of regulatory penalties on directors’… Read more »