Stigler Center-CEPR Political Economy of Finance Conference 2024: Corporate Democracy
November 8-9, 2024
Gleacher Center - Chicago- November 08, 2024
About the Conference
One of the goals of the 1934 Security and Exchange Act was to promote shareholder democracy through the proxy ballot. Ninety years later, this goal is far from being achieved. The rise of index funds has concentrated an enormous amount of voting power in just a few hands. Is corporate democracy desirable? What are its costs and benefits? Is it feasible in the face of the enormous concentration of voting power and the rational apathy of voters? What can we learn from political democracy? Is corporate democracy a form of plutocracy? The conference invites papers on all these themes.
The conference keynote will be delivered by Nobel Laureate (Harvard University.)
This conference results from the merger of the conferences on Political Economy of Finance previously organized by and the Stigler Center, respectively. This revamped conference series will be held annually and will alternate between Europe and the United States.
The event, jointly hosted by the Stigler Center and , aims to bring together researchers active at the intersections between Economics, Finance, Political Science, and Law.
This conference is in-person and by invitation-only.
Call for Papers
Papers on topics related to corporate democracy were accepted for consideration through June 30.
Agenda
Tentative and subject to change
November 8, 2024 |
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| 1:30 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. CT |
Welcome Remarks | Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago
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| 1:35 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. CT |
(with Levi Boxell) , University of Chicago Discussant: , Northwestern University |
| 2:25 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. CT | Break |
| 2:35 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. CT |
How Anti-ESG Pressure Affects Investment: Evidence from Retirement Savings , University of Oregon Discussant: , Indiana University |
| 3:25 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. CT | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. CT |
(with Matthew Kahn and John Matsusaka) , University of Utah Discussant: Lubos Pastor, University of Chicago |
| 4:20 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. CT | Break |
| 4:30 p.m. - 5:20 p.m. CT | (with Wei Cai, Anthony Le, and Felix Vetter) , Columbia University Discussant: , University of Chicago |
| 5:20 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CT |
Break |
| 5:30 p.m. - 6:20 p.m. CT |
(with Todd Gormley and Meng Wang) , Georgia State University Discussant: , Boston College |
| 6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. CT | Reception |
| 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. CT | Dinner Keynote | Shareholder Democracy: Why and How , Nobel Laureate, Harvard University |
November 9, 2024 |
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| 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. CT | Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. CT |
(with Doron Levit, Nadya Malenko, and Magdalena Rola-Janicka) , Erasmus University Rotterdam Discussant: , Northwestern University |
| 9:50 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. CT | Break |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. CT |
(with Kenneth Khoo) , Harvard University Discussant: , University of Pennsylvania |
| 10:50 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. CT | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. CT |
How Well Do Voting Choice Policies Represent Public and Investor Preferences? (with Zachary Peskowitz and Suhas Sridharan) , Emory University Discussant: , Harvard University |
| 11:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT | Break |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CT |
Lunch | , Washington and Lee University Discussant: , Yale University |
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. CT | Break |
| 1:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. CT |
Corporate Actions as Moral Issues (with Zwetelina Iliewa and Elisabeth Kempf) , University of Mannheim Discussant: , Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks | Conference Adjourns |
Conference Organizers
Program Committee
Conference Venue:
Gleacher Center
450 Cityfront Plaza Dr, Chicago, IL 60611
For more information, contact:
Rachel Piontek, Director, Stigler Center
rachel.piontek@chicagobooth.edu