2022 Florida Finance Conference

The conference has one track. The presentations are open to registered participants (not open to the public generally). Presentations follow the following format: 20 minutes per author presentation, 15 minutes for the discussant, and 10 minutes for open discussion.

Note: As at September 13, 2022, there is still room for discussants. You may email David Jay and Sofia Johan if you see a paper that does not yet have a discussant that you would like to discuss.

Links to the papers are available below.

Chair: TBD

8:45AM Financial Knowledge and Gender Difference in Overconfidence

Edward R. Lawrence, Florida International University, and Benedikt Wick, Florida International University

Discussant: Dan Bradley, University of South Florida

9:30AM Diversity, Information Choice, and Aggregate Market Outcomes

Vidhi Chhaochharia, University of Miami, Alok Kumar, University of Miami, Shiyi Zhang, University of Miami

Discussant: Osama K Mahmood, University of Florida

Chair TBD

10:30AM The Emerging Greenium

Boyuan Li, University of Florida, Baolian Wang, University of Florida, Jiawei Yu, Renmin University of China

Discussant: Uliana Filatova, Florida Atlantic University

11:15AM The Influence of Media Slant on Short Sellers

April M. Knill, Florida State University, Baixiao Liu, Peking University, John J. McConnell, Purdue University, Glades McKenzie, Florida State University

Discussant: Anastassia Vilderson, Florida Atlantic University

Pengfei Sui, and Baolian Wang, Stakes and Investor Behavior

Professor Baolian Wang is currently the Bank of America associate professor of finance at the University of Florida. His research areas are empirical asset pricing, behavioral finance, investor behavior, FinTech, and the Chinese economy. His research has been published in leading academic journals, including Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Review of Finance, Critical Finance Review, and Strategic Management Journal. Prior to joining UF, he was an assistant professor at Fordham University from 2014 to 2018. Professor Wang received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University before receiving his Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Chair: TBD

1:30 PM Social networks and strategic behavior: Case of Political Inside Information

Jan Hanousek, Jr., University of South Florida

Discussant: David Jay, Florida Atlantic University

2:15 PM Public Firm Presence and US Household Investment Decisions

Debanjana Dey, University of Central Florida

Discussant: Esteban Hernandez

Chair: TBD

3:15 The effects of institutional ownership on corporate venture capital investment decisions

Sofia Johan, Florida Atlantic University, and Yuan Li, Florida Atlantic University

Discussant: Jay Ritter, University of Florida

• We will host a Reception in the College of Business at FAU