Dissertation defense announcement, Xucheng Shi
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PhD Candidate Xucheng Shi, Accounting and Management Control.
We are happy to announce PhD Candidate Xucheng Shi's dissertation defense on June 22, 2.00pm.
Specialization: Accounting and Management Control
Subject: Three Essays on Information Intermediaries in Capital Markets
Supervisor: Professor Pepa Kraft
Abstract:
This dissertation consists of three chapters that empirically investigate the economics of information intermediaries. The first chapter investigates whether a proxy advisory firm’s parent company has a vested interest in proxy votes. The second chapter presents a joint work with Han Wu, examining whether proxy advisors exert an active role in influencing executive compensation or merely a passive role as information intermediaries. The third chapter, joint with Zhang Zhang, explores whether credit reports from investorpaid rating agencies provide incremental information of corporate debt issuers’ credit risk.
Contact for more information: dauvergne@hec.fr