Past Programs

All Clear for Takeoff: Evidence from Airports on the Effects of Infrastructure Privatization

Presenter: Yeejin Jang (UNSW)

Discussant: Arkodipta Sarkar (NUS)

Scared Away: Credit Demand Response to Expected Motherhood Penalty in the Labor Market

Presenter: Darwin Choi (CUHK)

Discussant: Marina Gertsberg (U Melbourne)

Too Much Information? Increasing Firms' Information Advantages in the IPO Process

Presenter: Yan Xiong (HKUST)

Discussant: Ekaterina Volkova (U Melbourne)

The Stench of Failure: Stigma and Asset Prices

Presenter: Kristle Cortes (UNSW)

Discussant: Changcheng Song (SMU)

Culture and Firms

Presenter: Hao Liang (Singapore Management University)

Discussant: Chicheng Ma (University of Hong Kong)

Early Life Experience and CEOs’ Reactions to the COVID-19

Presenter: Hong Ru (Nanyang Technological University)

Discussant: Jason Zein (University of New South Wales)

Distance and racial disparities in personal lending

Presenter: Tianyue Ruan (National University of Singapore)

Discussant: Will Shuo Liu (City University of HK)

Debt-Equity Conflicts and Efficiency of Distressed Firms: Evidence From Banker-Directors in Japan

Presenter: Kentaro Asai (Australian National University)

Discussant: Angie Low (Nanyang Technological University)

Foreign Debt, Exchange Rate Exposure, and Corporate Distress 

Presenter: Yancheng Qiu (HKUST)

Blockholder and CEO Wealth-Performance Sensitivity

Presenter: Sheng Huang (U Melbourne)

The Role of Government Procurement in Corporate Environmental Policies

Presenter: Wendi Huang (University of Hong Kong)

The Green Energy Paradox

Presenter: Thomas Schmid (University of Hong Kong)

Discussant: Johan Sulaeman (National University of Singapore)

Diffused Errors along Technology Spillovers: Evidence from the 510(k) Medical Device Market

Presenter: Seungjoon Oh (Peking University HSBC Business School)

Discussant: Robin Kaiji Gong (HKUST)

Capital Quality, Productivity, and Financial Constraints: Evidence from India

Presenter: Poorya Kabir (NUS)

Discussant: Abhiroop Mukherjee (HKUST)

Underwriter competition and institutional loan pricing

Presenter: Will Shuo Liu (City University of HK)

Discussant: Fangjian Fu (Singapore Management University)

Inventors’ Turnover and Firm Value

Presenter: Darwin Choi (Chinese University of HK)

Discussant: Po-Hsuan Hsu (National Tsing Hua University)

The Bright Side of Discretion in Public Procurement

Presenter: Dimas Fazio (NUS)

Discussant: Kentaro Asai (ANU)

ESG Lending

Presenter: Jongsub Lee (SNU)

Discussant: Qifei Zhu (NTU)

Introductions and technical setup checks 

Financial Implications of Disenfranchisement: Evidence from the Repeal of Voting Rights Act

Presenter: Arkodipta Sarkar (HKUST)

Facilitator: Kristle Romero-Cortes (UNSW)

Measuring Remote Knowledge Work Using Big Data

Presenter: Alan Kwan (HKU)

Facilitator: Stephen Dimmock (NUS)

Introductions and technical setup checks 

The Government Agenda and the Effects of Regulatory Dispersion

Presenter: Ekaterina Volkova (U Melbourne)

Facilitator: Alan Kwan (HKU)

RegTech and Investment Complementarity

Presenter: Ben Charoenwong (NUS)

Facilitator: Yurong Hong (SAIF)

Introductions and technical setup checks 

Regulation-induced CSR

Presenter: Jing Xu  (UTS)

Facilitator: Qifei Zhu  (NTU)

Horizontal Wage Inequality within Firms

Presenter: Thomas Schmid  (HKU)

Facilitator: Dimas Fazio  (NUS) 

Firm Boundaries and Political Uncertainty: Evidence from State Elections in India

Presenter: Arkodipta Sarkar  (HKUST)

Facilitator: Nirupama Kulkarni  (CAFRAL, RBI)