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DOCTORAL SEMINAR - PROGRAM AND READING LIST
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| Location |
All
doctoral lectures will be in Room 002, Engehaldenstrasse 8, Universität
Bern
A map of the site can be found |here|
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| Syllabus |
Detailed
information about the Doctoral Seminar can be found |here|
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| Reading
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| Part
1:
Professor Tim Baldenius
- Adams
and Ferreira (2007), "A Theory of Friendly Boards", Journal
of Finance 62, 217-50
- Adams,
Hermalin and Weisbach (2010), "The Role of Boards of Directors
in Corporate Governance: A Conceptual Framework & Survey", Journal
of Economic Literature 48(1), 58-107
- Aghion
and Tirole (1997), "Formal and Real Authority in Organizations",
Journal of Political Economy 105, 1-29
- Almazan
and Suarez (2003), "Entrenchement and Severance Pay in Optimal
Governance Structures", Journal of Finance 58 (2),
519-547
- Baldenius,
Melumad and Meng (2010), "Advising and Monitoring CEOs: The
Dual Role of Boards", Columbia Univerity, (working paper)
- Bolton and Dewatripont, "Contract Theory", MIT
Press, 2004
- Chakraborty and Yilmaz (2009), "Authority, Consensus and Governance",
York University, (working paper)
- Dessein
(2002), "Authority and Communication in Organizations",
Review of Economics Studies 69, 811-38
- Drymiotes
(2007), "The Monitoring Role of Insiders", Journal of Accounting
and Economics 44 (3), 359-377
- Harris
and Raviv (2005), "Allocation of Decision-making Authorithy",
Review of Finance 9, 353-83
- Harris
and Raviv (2008), "A Theory of Board Control and Size", Review
of Financial Studies 21(4), 1797-1832
- Harris
and Raviv (2010), "Control of Corporate Decisions: Shareholders
vs. Management", Review of Financial Studies 23 (11),
4115-4147
- Laux
(2008), "Board Independence and CEO Turnover", Journal of
Accounting Research 46, 137-171
- Laux
and Laux (2009), "Board Committees, CEO Compenstation, and Earnings
Management", The Accounting Review 84, 869-891
- Tirole
(2001), "Corporate Governance", Econometrica 69(1),
1-35
- Tirole (2005),
"The Theory of Corporate Finance", Princeton Press, Chapter 10
Part
2:
Professor John S. Hughes
- Darrough
(1993), "Disclosure Policy and Competition: Cournot vs.
Bertrand", The Accounting Review 68 (3), 534-561
- Dye (2001), An Evaluation of “Essays on Disclosure” and the Disclosure Literature in Accounting, Journal of Accounting and Economics 32 (1-3), 181-235
- Holmström
(1979), “Moral Hazard and Observability” Bell Journal of
Economics 10, 74-91
- Hughes
and Pae (2004), "Voluntary Disclosure of Precision Information", Journal
of Accounting and Economics 37 (2), 261-289
- Hughes
and Pae (2011), "Effects of Changes in the Information Environment on
Entrepreneurial Investment and Initial Public Offerings", (working
paper)
- Hughes
and Pae (2011),
"Information Sharing, Spillovers, and Competition" (working
paper)
- Jung
and Kwon (1988), “Disclosure When the Market Is Unsure of Information Endowment
of Managers”, Journal of Accounting Research 26, 146-153
- Milgrom
(1981), "Good News and Bad News: Representation Theorems and Applications",
The Bell Journal of Economics 12 (2), 380-391
- Pae
(1999), “Acquisition and Discretionary Dis-closure of Private Information
and Its Implications for Firms' Productive Activities”, Journal
of Accounting Research 37, 465-474
- Verrecchia
(1983), "Discretionary Disclosure", Journal of Accounting
and Economics 5, 179-194
- Verrecchia (2001), "Essays on Disclosure", Journal of Accounting and Economics 32 (1-3), 97-180
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