Past Programs
Workshop on 28th April 2023
(All times below are Hong Kong / Singapore / Beijing timezone)
10:00 - 11:00
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
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
Too Much Information? Increasing Firms' Information Advantages in the IPO Process
Presenter: Yan Xiong (HKUST)
Discussant: Ekaterina Volkova (U Melbourne)
11:00 - 12:00
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
Culture and Firms
Presenter: Hao Liang (Singapore Management University)
Discussant: Chicheng Ma (University of Hong Kong)
11:00 - 12:00
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
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
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
Foreign Debt, Exchange Rate Exposure, and Corporate Distress
Presenter: Yancheng Qiu (HKUST)
15:40 - 16:20
Blockholder and CEO Wealth-Performance Sensitivity
Presenter: Sheng Huang (U Melbourne)
16:20 - 17:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Government Agenda and the Effects of Regulatory Dispersion
Presenter: Ekaterina Volkova (U Melbourne)
Facilitator: Alan Kwan (HKU)
15:00 - 16:00
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
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch break / Informal chat
13:00 - 14:00
Firm Boundaries and Political Uncertainty: Evidence from State Elections in India
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
Financial Media as a Money Doctor: Evidence from Refinancing Decisions
13:00 - 14:00
FinTech Adoption and Household Risk-Taking
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
Intermediated Credit and Local Resilience
14:00 - 15:00
CEO Overboard! Corporate Performance Consequences of CEO Participation in Other Boards
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
11:00 - 12:00
Motivating Collusion
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch break / Informal chat and further discussion on presented papers
13:00 - 14:30
Early-stage papers session
13:30 - 14:00
Does Antitrust Enforcement Affect Competition?
14:00 - 14:30
Concentration of Campaign Contributions and the Impact of Wealth on the Political Process
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
Trust and Contracts: Empirical Evidence
11:00 - 12:00
Intentional Bequest Motives and the Choice of Annuity
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch break / Informal chat and further discussion on presented papers
13:00 - 14:00
The Information Value of Corporate Social Responsibility
14:00 - 15:00
Disaster Relief Inc.
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
The Bank Entry Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission
10:45 - 11:45
Zombie Lending Arising from Fear of Fire Sales
11:45 - 13:00
Lunch break / Informal chat and further discussion on presented papers
13:00 - 14:00
The Effect of Government Reference Bonds on Corporate Borrowing Costs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
14:00 - 15:00
Corporate Immunity to the COVID-19 Pandemic
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
Dual Ownership and Risk-taking Incentives in Managerial Compensation
10:45 - 11:30
The Real Effects of Environmental Activist Investing
11:30 - 12:15
BREAKOUT ROOMS FOR DISCUSSIONS / LUNCH
12:15 - 13:00
With a Little Help from Friends: Strategic Financing and the Crowd
13:00 - 13:45
Do Firms Adapt to Climate Change? Evidence from Establishment-Level Data
13:45 - 14:00
BREAKOUT ROOMS FOR DISCUSSIONS
14:00 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:00
BREAKOUT ROOMS FOR DISCUSSIONS
15:00 - 15:30
Post-conference informal chat