Presentations

"How do Legal Standards Matter? An Empirical Study of Special Litigation Committees."
- Financial Management Association Meetings, New Orleans, October 2019.
"An Empirical Study of Special Litigation Committees: Evidence of Management Bias and the Effect of Legal Standards"
- American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, Boston University, May 2018.*
"Top Defense Litigation Counsel in Mergers and Acquisitions, and Shareholder Value.”
- Financial Management Association Meetings, Boston, October 2017.
- American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, Yale University, May 2017
"Law and Finance"
- IIT Madras, January 2017
"The Second Wave of Hedge Fund Activism: The Importance of Reputation, Clout, and Expertise”

Financial Management Association Meetings, Las Vegas, October 2016.
International Conference of the Financial Engineering and Banking Society, Málaga, June 2016.
American Law and Economics Association (ALEA) Annual Meeting, Harvard Law School, May 2016.
University of Southern California, February 2016.*
Vanderbilt University, October 2015.*

“ Zealous Advocates or Self-interested Actors? Assessing the Value of Plaintiffs’ Law Firms in Merger Litigation”
- Midwest Finance Association Meetings, Atlanta, March 2016.
- Financial Management Association Meetings, Orlando, October 2015.
- Society for Business Research Meetings, Orlando, March 2015.
- University of San Diego, San Diego, October 2014.*
- Securities Litigation Conference, Chicago, November 2013.*
“Jurisdictional Effects in M&A Litigation”
- Financial Management Association Meetings, Nashville, October 2014
- World Finance Conference, Venice, July 2014.
“Investment Style Dynamics in the Venture Capital Industry: A Discussion”
- Indian School of Business Conference. Hyderabad, July 2013.
“Hedging Opportunities and the Time-Varying Stock Market Risk-Return Relation”
- Financial Management Association Meetings, Atlanta, October 2012.
“Litigation in Mergers and Acquisitions.”
- American Finance Association Meetings, Chicago, January 2012.
- Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Northwestern University Law School, November 2011.
- Financial Management Association Meetings, Denver, October 2011.
- Vanderbilt University Law School, October 2010.*
- Georgetown University Law Center, October 2010.
“Law Firm Reputation and Mergers and Acquisitions.”
- Financial Management Association Meetings, New York, October 2010.
- Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, University of Southern California, November 2009.
“Predicting Credit Spreads.”
- 2nd Annual Risk Management Conference, National University of Singapore, July 2008.
“Is the Time-Varying Risk-Return Relation Positive?”
- Lone Star Finance Symposium at University of Texas at Dallas, September 2008.*
“Does Venture Capital Reputation Matter? Evidence from Subsequent IPOs.”
- American Finance Association Meetings, New Orleans, January 2008.
- Financial Management Association Meetings, Orlando, October 2007.*
“Correlation Risk”
- Lone Star Finance Symposium, Rice University, September 2007.*
“Does Venture Capital Reputation Affect Subsequent IPO Performance?”
- University of Notre Dame, March 2007. *
- Pennsylvania State University, October 2006. *
- Econometric Society Meetings, India, December 2006.
“On Forecasting the Term Structure of Credit Spreads.”
- University of California-Irvine, May 2006. *
“Bank Seasoned Equity Offers: Do Voluntary & Involuntary Offers Convey Different Information?”
- Kent State University, December 2005.
“Legal Advisors: Popularity versus Economic Performance in Acquisitions.”
- Harvard University Law School, September 2004.
“Credit Spread Curves and Firm Risk.”
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Washington DC, June 2004.
“On Credit Spread Slopes and Predicting Bank Risk.”
- Bank Structure and Competition Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, May 2004.*
- University of Delaware, December 2004.
“Monitoring and Controlling Bank Risk: Does Risky Debt Help?”
- American Finance Association Meetings, San Diego, January 2004.
“Crystal Balls or Collusion? An examination of large sell orders in cold IPO aftermarkets.”
- Western Finance Association Meetings, Mexico, June 2003.*
- European Financial Management Association Meetings, June 2003.*
- Financial Management Association Meetings, Chicago, October 2003.*
“Optimal Wage Contracts Under Asymmetric Information and Moral Hazard.”
- Southern Finance Association Meetings, Savannah, November 2000.
“Can Inefficient Traders Create Value?”
- Financial Management Association Meetings, Seattle, October 2000.

* Presentation made by a co-author.

CNV Krishnan

Faculty Director, MSM-Finance Program
Professor, Banking and Finance