Format: 35 mins per paper: Presentation (20 mins), Discussion (10 mins), Floor (5 mins)
August 15th
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 09:40 Welcome Remarks by Bohui Zhang (Executive Dean of the School of Management and Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
09:40 – 10:50 Session I: Financial Institutions
Session Chair: Jay Cao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
09:40 – 10:15 How Does Active Involvement Benefit Investors? Evidence from 85 Billion Cell Phone Signals
Presenter: Jack Fu (The University of Hong Kong)
Discussant: Shenje Hshieh (City University of Hong Kong)
10:15 – 10:50 China Walls
Presenter: Daniel Nathan (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Discussant: Jian Feng (Peking University HSBC Business School)
10:50 – 11:10 Tea Break
11:10 – 12:20 Session II: Fintech
Session Chair: Shiyang Huang (The University of Hong Kong)
11:10 – 11:45 From CeFi to DeFi: What do Investors (Mis)trust?
Presenter: Wenzhi Ding (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Discussant: Wei Wang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
11:45 – 12:20 Using Machines to Advance Better Models of the Crypto Return Cross-Section
Presenter: Zhaowei Zhang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Discussant: Fangzhou Lu (The University of Hong Kong)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:45 Session III: Theory and Macro-Finance
Session Chair: Lai Wei (Lingnan University)
14:00 – 14:35 Dynamic Market Choice
Presenter: Xian Wu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Discussant: Yan Xiong (The University of Hong Kong)
14:35 – 15:10 Trade policy in the shadow of conflict: The case of dual-use goods
Presenter: Maxim Alekseev (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Discussant: Sibo Liu (Hong Kong Baptist University)
15:10 – 15:45 Leasing, Pecuniary Externality, and Aggregate Efficiency
Presenter: Yiming Xu (Peking University HSBC Business School)
Discussant: Tian Di (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
15:45 – 16:05 Tea Break
16:05 – 17:50 Session IV: Corporate Finance and Sustainability
Session Chair: Jialin Yu (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
16:05 – 16:40 Volatility and Under-Insurance in Economies with Limited Pledgeability: Evidence from the Frost Shock
Presenter: Henry Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Discussant: Zhongchen Hu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
16:40 – 17:15 Public Policy and Private-Sector Prosocial Motives: The Case of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Presenter: Jiaqi Zheng (Peking University HSBC Business School)
Discussant: Weikai Li (City University of Hong Kong)
17:15 – 17:50 Political Economy of Corporate Exit: Evidence from China
Presenter: Shi Gu (Lingnan University)
Discussant: Houning Ma (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
18:00 Dinner
August 16th
9:00-10:30 Campus Visit (Tentative and Optional)
Organizing Committee
Zongbo HUANG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
Yang LIU (The University of Hong Kong)
Dan LUO (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Linlin MA (Peking University HSBC Business School)
Di TIAN (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Zhengyang XU (City University of Hong Kong)
Liyao WANG (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Lai WEI (Lingnan University) Hong XIANG (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Advisory Committee
Bohui Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
Jinfan Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)