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The 2019 Wellington Finance Summit
December 18
Wellington, New Zealand
Organised by
School of Economics and Finance, Victoria Business School
Victoria University of Wellington
Program Schedule
For each paper: 25 min for presentation including Q&A, 15 min for discussion.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
8.00am-8.30am Registration / Welcome Breakfast, RHMZ03
Welcome Remarks
8.30am-8.40am: RHMZ03
Professor Ian O. Williamson (Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Victoria Business School)
Session One
8.40am-10.00am: RHMZ03
Chair: Donghwa Shin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Real Effects of Environmental Activist Investing
S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Kunal Sachdeva (Rice University)
Varun Sharma (London Business School)
Discussant: Amanda Rae Heitz (Tulane University)
Climate Disasters and Insider Trading
Rui Ma (La Trobe University)
Ben R. Marshall (Massey University)
Hung T. Nguyen (Massey University)
Nhut H. Nguyen (Auckland University of Technology)
Nuttawat Visaltanachoti (Massey University)
Discussant: Toby Daglish (Victoria University of Wellington)
10.00am-10.30am: Morning Break and Refreshments, RHMZ03
Session Two
10.30am-11.50pm: RHMZ03
Chair: Varun Sharma (London Business School)
Simultaneous Multilateral Search
Sergei Glebkin (INSEAD)
Ji Shen (Peking University)
Bart Zhou Yueshen (INSEAD)
Discussant: Jinji Hao (Victoria University of Wellington)
Collective Learning about Systematic Risk
Yongjin Kim (City University of Hong Kong)
Kai Li (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Discussant: Hai Lin (Victoria University of Wellington)
11.50pm-1.10pm: Lunch Break and Refreshments, RHMZ03
Keynote Speech
1.10pm-2.10pm: RHMZ03
Chair: Hai Lin (Victoria University of Wellington)
Allan Timmermann (University of California, San Diego)
2.10pm-2.30pm: Afternoon Break and Refreshments, RHMZ03
Session Three
2.30pm-3.50pm: RHMZ03
Chair: Bart Zhou Yueshen (INSEAD)
Donghwa Shin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Discussant: Ben R. Marshall (Massey University)
Extrapolation and Real Investment
Mikael Paaso (Erasmus University)
Discussant: Griffin Geng (Victoria University of Wellington)
3.50pm-4.20pm: Afternoon Break and Refreshments, RHMZ03
Session Four
4.20pm-5.40pm: RHMZ03
Chair: Yongjin Kim (City University of Hong Kong)
The Disappearing Earnings Announcement Premium
Amanda Rae Heitz (Tulane University)
Gans Narayanamoorthy (Tulane University)
Morad Zekhnini (Tulane University)
Discussant: Marco Giacoletti (University of Southern California)
Attention Allocation and Housing Search: Evidence from Online Listings
Antonio Gargano (University of Melbourne)
Marco Giacoletti (University of Southern California)
Elvis Jarnecic (University of Sydney)
Discussant: Mikael Paaso (Erasmus University)
A Best Paper Award of NZ$1000 will be voted for by the participants at the conclusion of the summit.
6:15pm: Main dinner
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