Past Programs

Workshop on 24th Mar 2025

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

15:30 - 16:30

60. Spreading Sunshine in Private Equity: Financial Intermediation and Regulatory Oversight

Presenter: Yingxiang Li (CityU)

Discussant: Ben Charoenwong (INSEAD)

16:30 - 17:30

61. The G in ESG: How good are the governance ratings in ESG ratings?

Presenter: Kornelia Fabisik (University of Bern)

Discussant: Shuang Chen (University of Melbourne)

Workshop on 25th Nov 2024

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

11:00 - 12:00

59. Corporate Finance Through Loyalty Programs

Presenter: Dan Luo (CUHK)

Discussant: Xingtan Zhang (CKGSB)

10:00 - 11:00

58. The Role of Broker-Dealers in Insider Self-Dealing

Presenter: Hansol Jang (NUS)

Discussant: Jiaheng Yu (HKU)

Workshop on 29th Oct 2024

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

13:00 - 14:00

56. Competition and New Product Introductions: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry

Presenter: Fangyuan Ma (PKU HSBC)

Discussant: Wing Wah Tham (UNSW)

14:00 - 15:00

57. AI Patents

Presenter: Leo Liu (UTS)

Discussant: Jin Zhao (CKGSB)

Workshop on 8th Oct 2024

(Ph.D. students session; All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

13:00 - 13:40

53. Venture Capital Response to Government-Funded Basic Science

Presenter: Roham Rezaei (UNSW)

13:40 - 14:20

54. The Effect of CEO Climate Impact Awareness on Corporate Carbon Emissions

Presenter: Yuyang Zhang (U Melbourne)

14:20 - 15:00

55. Intergenerational Effects of Financial Crises. Evidence from the Panic of 1873

Presenter: Harsha Dutta (HKUST)

Workshop on 22nd Nov 2023

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

10:00 - 11:00

51. Disclosure Externalities without Information Spillovers

Presenter: Clemens Otto (SMU)

Discussant: Yan Xiong (HKUST)

11:00 - 12:00

52. Reducing Small Entities’ Information Disadvantage and Patent Abandonment with Online Accessibility

Presenter: Ben Charoenwong (NUS)

Discussant: Po-Hsuan Hsu (NTHU)

Workshop on 30th Oct 2023

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

14:00 - 14:40

48. Friends versus Funding: Unpacking the Dynamics of Social Connections and Staged Financing in VC Investment

Presenter: Grace Fanqi Meng (U Melbourne)

14:40 - 15:20

49. Collateral Values and Global Production Networks

Presenter: Xiao Zhao (HKUST)

15:20 - 16:00

50. Internalization of Environmental Externalities: The Role of Geographic Common Ownership

Presenter: George Qiaozhi Ye (NUS)

Workshop on 28th April 2023

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

10:00 - 11:00

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

Presenter: Yeejin Jang (UNSW)

Discussant: Arkodipta Sarkar (NUS)

11:00 - 12:00

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

Presenter: Darwin Choi (CUHK)

Discussant: Marina Gertsberg (U Melbourne)

Workshop on 30th March 2023

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

10:00 - 11:00

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

Presenter: Yan Xiong (HKUST)

Discussant: Ekaterina Volkova (U Melbourne)

11:00 - 12:00

45. The Stench of Failure: Stigma and Asset Prices

Presenter: Kristle Cortes (UNSW)

Discussant: Changcheng Song (SMU)

Workshop on 30th Nov 2022

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

10:00 - 11:00

42. Culture and Firms

Presenter: Hao Liang (Singapore Management University)

Discussant: Chicheng Ma (University of Hong Kong)

11:00 - 12:00

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

Presenter: Hong Ru (Nanyang Technological University)

Discussant: Jason Zein (University of New South Wales)

Workshop on 20th Oct 2022

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

15:00 - 16:00

40. Distance and racial disparities in personal lending

Presenter: Tianyue Ruan (National University of Singapore)

Discussant: Will Shuo Liu (City University of HK)

16:00 - 17:00

41. 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)

Workshop on 29th Sept 2022

(Ph.D. students session; All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

15:00 - 15:40

37. Foreign Debt, Exchange Rate Exposure, and Corporate Distress

Presenter: Yancheng Qiu (HKUST)

15:40 - 16:20

38. Blockholder and CEO Wealth-Performance Sensitivity

Presenter: Sheng Huang (U Melbourne)

16:20 - 17:00

39. The Role of Government Procurement in Corporate Environmental Policies

Presenter: Wendi Huang (University of Hong Kong)

Workshop on 17th May 2022

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

14:00 - 15:00

36. The Green Energy Paradox

Presenter: Thomas Schmid (University of Hong Kong)

Discussant: Johan Sulaeman (National University of Singapore)

Workshop on 5th April 2022

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

14:00 - 15:00

35. 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)

Workshop on 8th March 2022

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

14:00 - 15:00

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

Presenter: Poorya Kabir (NUS)

Discussant: Abhiroop Mukherjee (HKUST)

Workshop on 15th December 2021

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

10:00 - 11:00

33. Underwriter competition and institutional loan pricing

Presenter: Will Shuo Liu (City University of HK)

Discussant: Fangjian Fu (Singapore Management University)

Workshop on 15th November 2021

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

10:00 - 11:00

32. Inventors’ Turnover and Firm Value

Presenter: Darwin Choi (Chinese University of HK)

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

Workshop on 21st October 2021

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

16:00 - 17:00

31. The Bright Side of Discretion in Public Procurement

Presenter: Dimas Fazio (NUS)

Discussant: Kentaro Asai (ANU)

Workshop on 15th September 2021

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

13:00 - 14:00

30. ESG Lending

Presenter: Jongsub Lee (SNU)

Discussant: Qifei Zhu (NTU)

Workshop on 22nd July 2021

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

12:55 - 13:00

Introductions and technical setup checks

13:00 - 14:00

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

Presenter: Arkodipta Sarkar (HKUST)

Facilitator: Kristle Romero-Cortes (UNSW)

14:00 - 15:00

29. Measuring Remote Knowledge Work Using Big Data

Presenter: Alan Kwan (HKU)

Facilitator: Stephen Dimmock (NUS)

Workshop on 26th April 2021

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

13:55 - 14:00

Introductions and technical setup checks

14:00 - 15:00

26. The Government Agenda and the Effects of Regulatory Dispersion

Presenter: Ekaterina Volkova (U Melbourne)

Facilitator: Alan Kwan (HKU)

15:00 - 16:00

27. RegTech and Investment Complementarity

Presenter: Ben Charoenwong (NUS)

Facilitator: Yurong Hong (SAIF)

Workshop on 17th December 2020

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

09:55 - 10:00

Introductions and technical setup checks

10:00 - 11:00

23. Regulation-induced CSR

Presenter: Jing Xu (UTS)

Facilitator: Qifei Zhu (NTU)

11:00 - 12:00

24. Horizontal Wage Inequality within Firms

Presenter: Thomas Schmid (HKU)

Facilitator: Dimas Fazio (NUS)

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch break / Informal chat

13:00 - 14:00

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

Presenter: Arkodipta Sarkar (HKUST)

Facilitator: Nirupama Kulkarni (CAFRAL, RBI)

Workshop on 10th November 2020

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

11:55 - 12:00

Introductions and technical setup checks

12:00 - 13:00

21. Financial Media as a Money Doctor: Evidence from Refinancing Decisions

Presenter: Phong Ngo (Australian National University)

Facilitator: Darwin Choi (Chinese University of HK)

13:00 - 14:00

22. FinTech Adoption and Household Risk-Taking

Presenter: Xiaomeng Lu (Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance)

Facilitator: Ben Charoenwong (National University of Singapore)

Workshop on 6th October 2020

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

12:55 - 13:00

Introductions and technical setup checks

13:00 - 14:00

19. Intermediated Credit and Local Resilience

Presenter: Will Shuo Liu (City University of HK)

Facilitator: Emilio Bisetti (HKUST)

14:00 - 15:00

20. CEO Overboard! Corporate Performance Consequences of CEO Participation in Other Boards

Presenter: Faiza Majid (UNSW)

Facilitator: Qifei Zhu (NTU)

Workshop on 6th August 2020

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

09:50 - 10:00

Introductions and technical setup checks

10:00 - 11:00

14. Financial Networks and the Real Economy

Presenter: John Nash (HKUST)

Facilitator: John Kuong (INSEAD)

11:00 - 12:00

15. Motivating Collusion

Presenter: Fangyuan Ma (Peking University HSBC Business School)

Facilitator: Shashwat Alok (Indian School of Business)

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch break / Informal chat and further discussion on presented papers

13:00 - 14:30

Early-stage papers session

13:00 - 13:30

16. Hidden Non-performing Loans in China

Presenter: Tianyue Ruan (NUS)

13:30 - 14:00

17. Does Antitrust Enforcement Affect Competition?

Presenter: Ekaterina Volkova (University of Melbourne)

14:00 - 14:30

18. Concentration of Campaign Contributions and the Impact of Wealth on the Political Process

Presenter: Viktar Fedaseyeu (CEIBS)

14:30 - 15:00

Informal discussion about the future format of the workshop

Workshop on 2nd July 2020

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

09:50 - 10:00

Introductions and technical setup checks

10:00 - 11:00

10. Trust and Contracts: Empirical Evidence

Presenter: Jin Xie (Chinese University of HK)

Facilitator: Clemens Otto (Singapore Management University)

11:00 - 12:00

11. Intentional Bequest Motives and the Choice of Annuity

Presenter: Changcheng Song (Singapore Management University)

Facilitator: Erica Li (Cheung Kong GSB)

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch break / Informal chat and further discussion on presented papers

13:00 - 14:00

12. The Information Value of Corporate Social Responsibility

Presenter: Jimmy Oh (Hanyang University)

Facilitator: Yizhou Xiao (Chinese University of HK)

14:00 - 15:00

13. Disaster Relief Inc.

Presenter: Cara Vansteenkiste (University of New South Wales)

Facilitator: Johan Sulaeman (National University of Singapore)

15:00 - 15:30

Post-conference informal chat

Workshop on 4th June 2020

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

09:35 - 09:45

Introductions and technical setup checks

09:45 - 10:45

6. The Bank Entry Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission

Presenter: Emilio Bisetti (HKUST)

Facilitator: Wenlan Qian (NUS)

10:45 - 11:45

7. Zombie Lending Arising from Fear of Fire Sales

Presenter: Nirupama Kulkarni (CAFRAL, Reserve Bank of India)

Facilitator: Phong Ngo (Australian National University)

11:45 - 13:00

Lunch break / Informal chat and further discussion on presented papers

13:00 - 14:00

8. The Effect of Government Reference Bonds on Corporate Borrowing Costs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Presenter: Claire Yurong Hong (SAIF)

Facilitator: Abhiroop Mukherjee (HKUST)

14:00 - 15:00

9. Corporate Immunity to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Presenter: Wensi Xie (CUHK)

Facilitator: Yeejin Jang (UNSW)

15:00 - 15:30

Post-conference informal chat

Workshop on 7th May 2020

(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)

09:50 - 10:00

Introductions and technical setup checks

10:00 - 10:45

1. Dual Ownership and Risk-taking Incentives in Managerial Compensation

Presenter: Qifei Zhu (NTU)

Facilitator: Jongsub Lee (Seoul National University)

10:45 - 11:30

2. The Real Effects of Environmental Activist Investing

Presenter: S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan (HKUST)

Facilitator: Rik Sen (UNSW)

11:30 - 12:15

BREAKOUT ROOMS FOR DISCUSSIONS / LUNCH

12:15 - 13:00

3. With a Little Help from Friends: Strategic Financing and the Crowd

Presenter: Yizhou Xiao (CUHK)

Facilitator: Ben Charoenwong (NUS)

13:00 - 13:45

4. Do Firms Adapt to Climate Change? Evidence from Establishment-Level Data

Presenter: Frank Weikai Li (SMU)

Facilitator: Thomas Schmid (HKU)

13:45 - 14:00

BREAKOUT ROOMS FOR DISCUSSIONS

14:00 - 14:45

5. The Design of a Central Counterparty

Presenter: John Kuong (INSEAD)

Facilitator: John Nash (HKUST)

14:45 - 15:00

BREAKOUT ROOMS FOR DISCUSSIONS

15:00 - 15:30

Post-conference informal chat

10:00 - 11:00

58. The Role of Broker-Dealers in Insider Self-Dealing

Presenter: Hansol Jang (NUS)

Discussant: Jiaheng Yu (HKU)

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