Thursday, August 18, 2011, 8:30-10:15 am; Corporate Finance Empirical
IPOs and Firm Creation - C2

Session Chair: Tim Jenkinson, Oxford University

• Creative Destruction and Finance Evidence from the Last Half Century PDF
  Claire Liang, R. David McLean, Mengxin Zhao
  University of Alberta
  
  • Discussant: Amar Bhide, Tufts University

• Why are Most Firms Privately-Held? PDF
  Joan Farre-Mensa
  Harvard University
  • Discussant: Marco Pagano, Università di Napoli Federico II

• Public Information and IPO Underpricing PDF
  Einar Bakke¹, Tore E. Leite², Karin S. Thorburn²
  University of Gothenburg¹; Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration²
  • Discussant: Sebastian Müller, University of Mannheim