7th International Young Finance Scholars' Conference

Virtual and PHBS UK Campus - Oxford, UK

All times below are in BST = UTC + 1

 
July 12, 2021
 
TimeLocationEvent
 
08:40 to 08:55Main Zoom Room
Welcome Speech: Professor Pengfei Wang, Deputy Chancellor of PKU Shenzhen
 
 
09:00 to 10:40see below Session I
 
 
10:40 to 11:00 Break I
 
 
11:00 to 12:40see below Session II
 
 
12:40 to 13:00 Poster Session I
 
 
13:00 to 14:40see below Session III
 
 
14:40 to 15:00 Break II
 
 
15:00 to 16:00Main Zoom Room
Keynote Speech: Professor Thomas J. Sargent
 
 
16:20 to 18:00see below Session IV
 
 
 
July 13, 2021
 
TimeLocationEvent
 
09:00 to 10:40see below Session V
 
 
10:40 to 11:00 Break III
 
 
11:00 to 12:40see below Session VI
 
 
12:40 to 13:00 Break
 
 
13:00 to 14:40see below Session VII
 
 
14:40 to 15:00 Poster Session II
 
 
15:00 to 16:00Main Zoom Room
Meet the Editors
 
 
16:00 to 16:30Main Zoom Room
Best Paper Awards: Doctor Xu Changliang, Tangram Capital
 
 
16:30 to 16:45Main Zoom Room
Closing Remarks: Professor Carol Alexander
 
 

 

Program Notes and Index of Sessions

Welcome Speech: Professor Pengfei Wang, Deputy Chancellor of PKU Shenzhen
Location: Main Zoom Room
July 12, 2021 08:40 to 08:55

Session I
Locations: click on each session to see location
July 12, 2021 09:00 to 10:40
 
Asset Pricing I, Zoom Room A
Behavioural Finance I, Zoom Room B
Corporate Finance I, Zoom Room C
Forecasting I, Zoom Room D
Macro Finance I, Zoom Room E
Mathematical Finance I, Zoom Room F
 
Session Chairs: S. Ghon Rhee (ROOM A), Frank McGroart (ROOM B), Mark Shackleton (ROOM C), Carol Alexander (ROOM D), Alexander McNeil (ROOM E), and George Skiadopoulos (ROOM F)

Session II
Locations: click on each session to see location
July 12, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
 
Asset Pricing II, Zoom Room A
Banking I, Zoom Room B
Behavioural Finance II, Zoom Room C
Financial Markets I, Zoom Room D
Financial Markets II, Zoom Room E
Macro Finance II, Zoom Room F
 
Session Chairs: Andreas Kaeck (ROOM A), Guy Liu (ROOM B), Raghavendra Rau (ROOM C), Linlin Ma(ROOM D), Marcel Prokopczuk(ROOM E), and Ephraim Clark (ROOM F)

Poster Session I
July 12, 2021 12:40 to 13:00
 
Poster Session I, Zoom Room A-F (Respectively)

Session III
Locations: click on each session to see location
July 12, 2021 13:00 to 14:40
 
Corporate Finance II, Zoom Room A
Corporate Finance III, Zoom Room B
Corporate Finance IV, Zoom Room C
Credit Risk, Zoom Room D
Fund Management, Zoom Room E
Microstructure I, Zoom Room F
 
Session Chairs: Douglas Cumming (ROOM A),  Evgeny Lyandres (ROOM B), Dmitriois Gounopoulos (ROOM C), Christophe Mues (ROOM D), Ferhat Akbas (ROOM E), Kingsley Fong (ROOM F)

Break II
July 12, 2021 14:40 to 15:00
 
Break, Main Zoom Room

Keynote Speech: Professor Thomas J. Sargent
Location: Main Zoom Room
July 12, 2021 15:00 to 16:00
 
"The Impact of US Fiscal and Monetary Policy on Global Financial Markets"

Session IV
Locations: click on each session to see location
July 12, 2021 16:20 to 18:00
 
Asset Pricing III, Zoom Room A
Banking II, Zoom Room B
Behavioural Finance III, Zoom Room C
Macro Finance III, Zoom Room D
Mathematical Finance II, Zoom Room E
Microstructure II, Zoom Room F
 
Session Chairs: Michael Gallmeyer (ROOM A), Rita D'Ecclesia (ROOM B), Darren Duxbury (ROOM C), Matheus Grasselli (ROOM D), Alvaro Cartea (ROOM E), Rama Cont (ROOM F)

Session V
Locations: click on each session to see location
July 13, 2021 09:00 to 10:40
 
Behavioural Finance IV, Zoom Room A
Corporate Finance V, Zoom Room B
Corporate Governance I, Zoom Room C
Financial Markets III, Zoom Room D
Fintech I, Zoom Room E
Mathematical Finance III, Zoom Room F
 
Session Chairs: Ania Zalewska (ROOM A), Di Li (ROOM B), Guy Liu (ROOM C), Markus Leippold (ROOM D),  Julian M. Williams (ROOM D), Chia-Shang J. Chu (ROOM F)

Session VI
Locations: click on each session to see location
July 13, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
 
Corporate Governance II, Zoom Room A
Financial Markets IV, Zoom Room B
Fintech II, Zoom Room C
Forecasting II, Zoom Room D
Green Finance I, Zoom Room E
Asset Pricing IV, Zoom Room F
 
Session Chairs: Dmitriois Gounopoulos (ROOM A), Gonul Colak (ROOM B), Herve Alexandre (ROOM C), Xiaochun Meng (ROOM D), Ania Zalewska (ROOM E), Andros Gregoriou (ROOM F),

Break
July 13, 2021 12:40 to 13:00
 
Break, Main Zoom Room

Session VII
Locations: click on each session to see location
July 13, 2021 13:00 to 14:40
 
Corporate Finance VI, Zoom Room A
Financial Markets V, Zoom Room B
Corporate Governance III, Zoom Room C
Fintech III, Zoom Room D
Green Finance II, Zoom Room E
Mathematical Finance IV, Zoom Room F
 
Session Chairs: Gonul Colak (ROOM A), Ranko Jelic (ROOM B), Sofia Johan (ROOM C), Carol Alexander (ROOM D), Herve Alexandre (ROOM E), Rudi Zagst (ROOM F)

Poster Session II
July 13, 2021 14:40 to 15:00
 
Poster Session II, Main Zoom Room

Meet the Editors
Location: Main Zoom Room
July 13, 2021 15:00 to 16:00
 
Professor Carol Alexander, Professor Rama Cont, Professor Douglas Cumming, and Professor Alexander McNeil

Best Paper Awards: Doctor Xu Changliang, Tangram Capital
Location: Main Zoom Room
July 13, 2021 16:00 to 16:30

Closing Remarks: Professor Carol Alexander
Location: Main Zoom Room
July 13, 2021 16:30 to 16:45

 

Summary of All Sessions

Click here for an index of all participants

#Date/TimeTitle/LocationPapers
1July 12, 2021
9:00-10:40
Asset Pricing I

    Location: Zoom Room A

4
2July 12, 2021
9:00-10:40
Behavioural Finance I

    Location: Zoom Room B

4
3July 12, 2021
9:00-10:40
Corporate Finance I

    Location: Zoom Room C

3
4July 12, 2021
9:00-10:40
Forecasting I

    Location: Zoom Room D

4
5July 12, 2021
9:00-10:40
Macro Finance I

    Location: Zoom Room E

4
6July 12, 2021
9:00-10:40
Mathematical Finance I

    Location: Zoom Room F

4
7July 12, 2021
11:00-12:40
Asset Pricing II

    Location: Zoom Room A

4
8July 12, 2021
11:00-12:40
Banking I

    Location: Zoom Room B

4
9July 12, 2021
11:00-12:40
Behavioural Finance II

    Location: Zoom Room C

4
10July 12, 2021
11:00-12:40
Financial Markets I

    Location: Zoom Room D

4
11July 12, 2021
11:00-12:40
Financial Markets II

    Location: Zoom Room E

4
12July 12, 2021
11:00-12:40
Macro Finance II

    Location: Zoom Room F

4
13July 12, 2021
12:40-13:00
Poster Session I

    Location: Zoom Room A-F (Respectively)

5
14July 12, 2021
13:00-14:40
Corporate Finance II

    Location: Zoom Room A

4
15July 12, 2021
13:00-14:40
Corporate Finance III

    Location: Zoom Room B

4
16July 12, 2021
13:00-14:40
Corporate Finance IV

    Location: Zoom Room C

4
17July 12, 2021
13:00-14:40
Credit Risk

    Location: Zoom Room D

4
18July 12, 2021
13:00-14:40
Fund Management

    Location: Zoom Room E

4
19July 12, 2021
13:00-14:40
Microstructure I

    Location: Zoom Room F

4
20July 12, 2021
14:20-14:40
Break

    Location: Main Zoom Room

0
21July 12, 2021
16:20-18:00
Asset Pricing III

    Location: Zoom Room A

4
22July 12, 2021
16:20-18:00
Banking II

    Location: Zoom Room B

4
23July 12, 2021
16:20-18:00
Behavioural Finance III

    Location: Zoom Room C

4
24July 12, 2021
16:20-18:00
Macro Finance III

    Location: Zoom Room D

4
25July 12, 2021
16:20-18:00
Mathematical Finance II

    Location: Zoom Room E

4
26July 12, 2021
16:20-18:00
Microstructure II

    Location: Zoom Room F

4
27July 13, 2021
9:00-10:40
Behavioural Finance IV

    Location: Zoom Room A

4
28July 13, 2021
9:00-10:40
Corporate Finance V

    Location: Zoom Room B

4
29July 13, 2021
9:00-10:40
Corporate Governance I

    Location: Zoom Room C

4
30July 13, 2021
9:00-10:40
Financial Markets III

    Location: Zoom Room D

4
31July 13, 2021
9:00-10:40
Fintech I

    Location: Zoom Room E

4
32July 13, 2021
9:00-10:40
Mathematical Finance III

    Location: Zoom Room F

4
33July 13, 2021
11:00-12:40
Corporate Governance II

    Location: Zoom Room A

4
34July 13, 2021
11:00-12:40
Financial Markets IV

    Location: Zoom Room B

4
35July 13, 2021
11:00-12:40
Fintech II

    Location: Zoom Room C

4
36July 13, 2021
11:00-12:40
Forecasting II

    Location: Zoom Room D

4
37July 13, 2021
11:00-12:40
Green Finance I

    Location: Zoom Room E

4
38July 13, 2021
11:00-12:40
Asset Pricing IV

    Location: Zoom Room F

4
39July 13, 2021
12:40-13:00
Break

    Location: Main Zoom Room

0
40July 13, 2021
13:00-14:20
Corporate Finance VI

    Location: Zoom Room A

4
41July 13, 2021
13:00-14:20
Financial Markets V

    Location: Zoom Room B

4
42July 13, 2021
13:00-14:20
Corporate Governance III

    Location: Zoom Room C

4
43July 13, 2021
13:00-14:20
Fintech III

    Location: Zoom Room D

4
44July 13, 2021
13:00-14:20
Green Finance II

    Location: Zoom Room E

4
45July 13, 2021
13:00-14:20
Mathematical Finance IV

    Location: Zoom Room F

4
46July 13, 2021
14:40-15:00
Poster Session II

    Location: Main Zoom Room

6
 

46 sessions, 178 papers, and 0 presentations with no associated papers


 

7th International Young Finance Scholars' Conference

Detailed List of Sessions

 
Session 1: Asset Pricing I
July 12, 2021 9:00 to 10:40
Location: Zoom Room A
 
Session Chair: S. Ghon Rhee, University of Hawaii
 

Which Factors with Price-Impact Costs?
   presented by: Sicong (Allen) Li, London Business School
 

Which Factors are Priced? It Depends on Who You Ask: Investor Heterogeneity and Factor Pricing
   presented by: Zhao Jin, PBCSF, Tsinghua University
 

Noise Trading and Asset Pricing Factors
   presented by: Hong Xiang, The University of Hong Kong
 

Can We Find a Unified Explanation for Momentum?
   presented by: Laite Guo, McMaster University
 
Session 2: Behavioural Finance I
July 12, 2021 9:00 to 10:40
Location: Zoom Room B
 
Session Chair: Frank McGroarty, University of Southampton
 

Getting Burned by Frictionless Financial Markets
   presented by: Anirudh Dhawan, University of Technology Sydney
 

Employee Sentiment and Stock Returns
   presented by: Guohao Tang, Hunan University
 

Time-varying Impact of Investor Sentiment
   presented by: Pengfei Sui, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
 

Does News Tone Help Forecast Oil?
   presented by: Boru Ren, Trinity College Dublin
 
Session 3: Corporate Finance I
July 12, 2021 9:00 to 10:40
Location: Zoom Room C
 
Session Chair: Mark Shackleton, University of Lancaster
 

The Role of Personal Income Taxes in Corporate Investment Decisions
   presented by: Robert Vossebürger, WHU
 

A Real Options Asset Pricing Model with Seasonal Sales and Inventory Building
   presented by: Kevin Schneider, Alliance Manchester Business School
 

Product Market Competition and the Economic Value of Innovation
[slides]
   presented by: Muhan Hu, University of Melbourne
 
Session 4: Forecasting I
July 12, 2021 9:00 to 10:40
Location: Zoom Room D
 
Session Chair: Carol Alexander, University of Sussex
 

Machine Learning for Realised Volatility Forecasting
   presented by: Eghbal Rahimikia, University of Manchester
 

Forecasting Realised Volatility: Does the LASSO approach outperform HAR?
   presented by: Yi Ding, University of Stirling
 

Estimating and Forecasting Long-Horizon Dollar Return Skewness
   presented by: Jiayu Jin, The University of Manchester
 

Predicting the Equity Premium with Combination Forecasts - Revisiting the Evidence
   presented by: Sebastian Denk, Ulm University
 
Session 5: Macro Finance I
July 12, 2021 9:00 to 10:40
Location: Zoom Room E
 
Session Chair: Alexander McNeil, University of York
 

A Macro-finance Model with Realistic Crisis Dynamics
   presented by: Goutham Gopalakrishna, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
 

Macro-Financial Trends in a Model with Concentrated Ownership of Capital
   presented by: Francesco Saverio Gaudio, University of Warwick
 

Capital Requirements Modeling for Market and Non-life Premium Risk in a Dynamic Insurance Portfolio
   presented by: Stefano Cotticelli, La Sapienza, University of Rome - PhD
 

Monetary Policy Transmission and Macroprudential Policies in a Low Interest Rate Environment
   presented by: Raphaël Cardot-Martin, Université de Franche-Comté
 
Session 6: Mathematical Finance I
July 12, 2021 9:00 to 10:40
Location: Zoom Room F
 
Session Chair: George Skiadopoulos, Queen Mary University of London and University of Piraeus
 

The Efficient Hedging Frontier with Deep Neural Networks
   presented by: Zheng Gong, University of Essex
 

A Penalized Two-Pass Regression to Predict Stock Returns with Time-Varying Risk Premia
   presented by: Gaetan Bakalli, University of Geneva
 

Zero Crossing
   presented by: Anian Roppel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
 

Predicting Real Economic Activity with Individual Option-Implied Expected Returns
   presented by: Mina Mirshahi, Queen Mary University of London
 
Session 7: Asset Pricing II
July 12, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
Location: Zoom Room A
 
Session Chair: Andreas Kaeck, University of Sussex
 

The Technical Default Spread
   presented by: Jun Yu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
 

Extrapolative Market Participation
   presented by: Zhiwei Su, Tsinghua University
 

Disagreeing Forever: A Testable Model with Non-Vanishing Belief Heterogeneity
   presented by: Arthur Beddock, Université Paris-Dauphine / Tilburg University
 

Asset Pricing and Time-varying Expectations
   presented by: Yifan Zhang, University of Oxford
 
Session 8: Banking I
July 12, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
Location: Zoom Room B
 
Session Chair: Guy Liu, Peking University
 

Risky Financial Collateral, Firm Heterogeneity, and the Impact of Eligibility Requirements
   presented by: Matthias Kaldorf, University of Cologne
 

Does Liquidity Management Induce Fragility in Treasury Prices? Evidence from Bond Mutual Funds
   presented by: Xin Liu, Renmin University of China
 

Banks’ Liquidity Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic
   presented by: Kaisheng Luo, Durham University
 

Banks' Next Top Model
   presented by: Elizaveta Sizova, KU Leuven
 
Session 9: Behavioural Finance II
July 12, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
Location: Zoom Room C
 
Session Chair: Raghavendra Rau, University of Cambridge
 

Locked-in at Home: Female Analysts' Attention at Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic
   presented by: Mengqiao Du, University of Mannheim
 

Air Travel and Analysts’ Processing of Financial Information
   presented by: Lizhengbo Yang, University of Warwick
 

Do Local and Foreign Analysts Behave Differently?
   presented by: Fengting Zhang, Univeristy of Reading
 

Does Divergence of Opinions Make Better Minds? Evidence from Social Media
   presented by: Mustabsar Awais, The University of Sheffield
 
Session 10: Financial Markets I
July 12, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
Location: Zoom Room D
 
Session Chair: Linlin Ma, Peking University
 

Does Fluctuation in Past Flows Generate Time-Varying Loss Aversion of Mutual Funds?
   presented by: Liyuan Liu, Tsinghua University
 

Born after the Volcker Rule: Regulatory Change, Managerial Remuneration and Hedge Fund Performance
   presented by: Lijie Yu, The University of Manchester
 

Self-Interest of Independent Directors and Liquidations of Mutual Funds
   presented by: Yue Zhang, Sun Yat-sen University
 

Daily, Unambiguous, Heterogeneous Mutual Fund Flows and Their Performance Sensitivity
   presented by: Andre Lot, Norwegian School of Economics
 
Session 11: Financial Markets II
July 12, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
Location: Zoom Room E
 
Session Chair: Marcel Prokopczuk, Leibniz University Hannover
 

Intraday Return Predictability in the Crude Oil Market: The Role of EIA Inventory Announcements
   presented by: Yahua Xu, Central University of Finance and Economics
 

Prime Money Market Funds Regulation, Global Liquidity, and the Crude Oil Market
   presented by: Miruna Ivan, University of Essex
 

Earthquakes and Copper Prices
   presented by: Thomas Wimmer, University of Augsburg
 

Variance Risk Premiums in Energy Markets: Ex-ante and Ex-post Perspectives
   presented by: Giacomo Morelli, Sapienza University of Rome
 
Session 12: Macro Finance II
July 12, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
Location: Zoom Room F
 
Session Chair: Ephraim Clark, Middlesex University
 

The Effect of the China Connect
   presented by: Chang Ma, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University
 

US Monetary Policy and the Financial Channel of the Exchange Rate: Evidence from India
   presented by: Shesadri Banerjee, Madras Institute of Development Studies
 

MIDAS and the Excess Volatility Puzzle: An International Perspective
   presented by: Enoch Quaye, University of Kent
 

Growth versus Equity: The Effects of Centralized Fiscal Transfers on Provincial Economies in China
   presented by: Kian Ong, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
 
Session 13: Poster Session I
July 12, 2021 12:40 to 13:00
Location: Zoom Room A-F (Respectively)
 
 

Ceo Gender and Corporate Labor Cost
   presented by: Sailu (Lulu) Li, Pacific Lutheran University
 

The Business Media as a Watchdog in Mutual Fund Risk Shifting
   presented by: Prince Asamoah, City University of Hong Kong
 

Asymmetric Information, Credit Allocation and the Optimal Regulation of Name Market
   presented by: Yibo Sun, The University of Hong Kong
 

Gender Differences In Reaction To Enforcement Mechanisms: A Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment
   presented by: Difang Huang, Monash University
 

CEO Overconfidence, Customer Satisfaction and Corporate Value
   presented by: Phong (Daniel) Nguyen, Federation University Australia
 
Session 14: Corporate Finance II
July 12, 2021 13:00 to 14:40
Location: Zoom Room A
 
Session Chair: Douglas Cumming, Florida Atlantic University
 

Industrial Robots and Finance
   presented by: Tong Zhou, ShanghaiTech University
 

Geopolitical Risk and Firm Innovation
[slides]
   presented by: Anh Do, University of Bath
 

Labor Matching and Equity Prices
   presented by: Nasim Sabah, Framingham State University
 

Unintended Labour Market Consequences of Shareholder Litigation
   presented by: Wei-Fong Pan, University of Reading
 
Session 15: Corporate Finance III
July 12, 2021 13:00 to 14:40
Location: Zoom Room B
 
Session Chair: Evgeny Lyandres, Tel Aviv University
 

The Effect of Institutional Investor Portfolio Diversification on Corporate Diversification
   presented by: Seungjoon Oh, Peking University
 

Does Common Ownership Encourage Strategic Lobbying? Empirical Evidence from the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
   presented by: Lauren Li, University of Bristol
 

Reaching for Dividends, Price Pressure, and The Implications for Corporate Dividend Policy
   presented by: Shiyang Huang, The University of Hong Kong
 

The Indirect Effect of Import Competition on Corporate Tax Avoidance
   presented by: Baptiste Souillard, Université Libre de Bruxelles
 
Session 16: Corporate Finance IV
July 12, 2021 13:00 to 14:40
Location: Zoom Room C
 
Session Chair: Dmitriois Gounopoulos, University of Bath
 

Innovation, Annual Report Readability and Earnings Management
   presented by: Min Yang, University of Bath
 

Finance, R&D, and TFP Dynamics
   presented by: Zhiyuan Chen, Renmin University
 

Competition and Innovation Revisited: A Product-Level View
   presented by: Mosab Hammoudeh, University of Iowa
 

Information Disclosure and Drug Development: Evidence from Mandatory Reporting of Clinical Trials
   presented by: Seungjoon Oh, Peking University
 
Session 17: Credit Risk
July 12, 2021 13:00 to 14:40
Location: Zoom Room D
 
Session Chair: Christophe Mues, University of Southampton
 

The Price of Inconsistency: Evidence from Alternative Credit Data
   presented by: Filipe Correia, University of Illinois
 

Macroeconomic Fundamentals, Real-Time Uncertainty and CDS Index Spreads
   presented by: Xu Wang, University of Northampton
 

Rating Transitions for Insurance Companies: A Unique Comparative Analysis
   presented by: Sandy Perez-Robles, Bangor University
 

Credit Ratings, Financial Ratios, and Equity Risk: a Decomposition Analysis
   presented by: Yixiao Jiang, Christopher Newport University
 
Session 18: Fund Management
July 12, 2021 13:00 to 14:40
Location: Zoom Room E
 
Session Chair: Ferhat Akbas, University of Illinois at Chicago
 

Active Mutual Funds: Beware of Smart Beta ETFs!
   presented by: Thanh Dat Le, Auburn University
 

Do Hedge Funds Still Manipulate Stock Prices?
   presented by: Xinyu Cui, University of Manchester
 

Do Exchange Traded Funds Enhance Market Mispricing? A Trading Perspective
   presented by: Adina Yelekenova, Lancaster University
 

Trade Creditors Response to Hedge Fund Activism
   presented by: Amanjot Singh, Deakin University
 
Session 19: Microstructure I
July 12, 2021 13:00 to 14:40
Location: Zoom Room F
 
Session Chair: Kingsley Fong, UNSW Sydney
 

Optimal Execution with Stochastic Delay
   presented by: Leandro Sánchez-Betancourt, University of Oxford
 

Big Data Approach to Realised Volatility Forecasting Using HAR Model Augmented With Limit Order Book and News
   presented by: Eghbal Rahimikia, University of Manchester
 

The Value of Features: An Analysis over Fundamental Variables for Stock Movement Predictions
   presented by: Frederico Neto, São Paulo School of Economics
 

Dark Pool Effects on Price Discovery and Real Efficiency
   presented by: Xiaoqi Xu, University of California, Irvine
 
Session 20: Break
July 12, 2021 14:20 to 14:40
Location: Main Zoom Room
 
 
Session 21: Asset Pricing III
July 12, 2021 16:20 to 18:00
Location: Zoom Room A
 
Session Chair: Michael Gallmeyer, University of Virginia
 

A Long-run Productivity Risks Driving q-Factor Model
   presented by: Zhiting Wu, University of St Andrews
 

Learning and the Anatomy of the Profitability Premium
   presented by: Chi-Yang Tsou, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
 

The Asset Durability Premium
   presented by: Chi-Yang Tsou, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
 

Corporate Balance Sheets and Sovereign Risk Premia
   presented by: Steve Pak Yeung Wu, UBC/UC San Diego
 
Session 22: Banking II
July 12, 2021 16:20 to 18:00
Location: Zoom Room B
 
Session Chair: Rita D'Ecclesia, University of Roma La Sapienza
 

Investment Sensitivity to Lender Default Shocks
   presented by: Srinivasan Selvam, Peking University
 

Spillover Effects of Natural Disasters on Banks: A Spatial Framework
   presented by: Xiaoyu Yu, Rice University
 

Leveraged Loans: Is High Leverage Risk Priced in?
   presented by: Binru Zhao, University of Bath
 

Capital Regulation, Monetary Policy, and the Renegotiation of International Loans
   presented by: Kerron Joseph, The University of Texas at San Antonio
 
Session 23: Behavioural Finance III
July 12, 2021 16:20 to 18:00
Location: Zoom Room C
 
Session Chair: Darren Duxbury, Newcastle University
 

Asset Pricing with Daily Shopper Spending
   presented by: Jialu Shen, University of Missouri
 

The Power of Love: Emotional Support and Financial Hardship
   presented by: Da Ke, University of South Carolina
 

The Impact of Payday Lending on Crimes
   presented by: Chen Shen, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
 

The Value of Political Connections: Evidence from China's Anti-Corruption Campaign
   presented by: Marta Alonso, University of Navarra
 
Session 24: Macro Finance III
July 12, 2021 16:20 to 18:00
Location: Zoom Room D
 
Session Chair: Matheus Grasselli, McMaster University
 

Public Health Shocks and Product Pricing Behavior: Evidence from Life Insurance during the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic
   presented by: Gertjan Verdickt, KU Leuven
 

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Sovereign Bond Risk
   presented by: Nicu Sprincean, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
 

Cost of Misaligned CARES Act: Overcrowding, Selective Verification and Unintended Racial Consequences
   presented by: Arka Prava Bandyopadhyay, Baruch College
 

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and Financial Development
   presented by: Xiaofan Liu, The University of Edinburgh
 
Session 25: Mathematical Finance II
July 12, 2021 16:20 to 18:00
Location: Zoom Room E
 
Session Chair: Alvaro Cartea, University of Oxford
 

What is the Time Series Regression of the Stock Market Return?
   presented by: Yueliang Lu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
 

Credit Portfolio Selection: a Bounded Knapsack Problem solved Using Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm
   presented by: André Bordignon, Fundacao Getulio Vargas
 

Variance Dependent Pricing Kernel in Continuous Time
   presented by: Hamed Ghanbari, University of Lethbridge
 

A Machine Learning Factor-Based Interpretation for the Bond Risk Premia in the U.S.
   presented by: Caio Vigo Pereira, University of Kansas
 
Session 26: Microstructure II
July 12, 2021 16:20 to 18:00
Location: Zoom Room F
 
Session Chair: Rama Cont, University of Oxford
 

Information Pools and Insider Trading: A Snapshot of America’s Financial Elite.
   presented by: Luciano Somoza, Swiss Finance Institute - University of Lausanne
 

Frequent Batch Auctions under Liquidity Constraints
   presented by: Zeyu Zhang, University of Edinburgh
 

Persistency of Window Dressing Practises in the U.S. Repo Markets after the GFC: The Unexplored Role of the Deposit Insurance Premium
   presented by: Salvatore Polizzi, University of Palermo
 

Client-Dealer Intermediation in OTC Markets
   presented by: Vincent Skiera, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
 
Session 27: Behavioural Finance IV
July 13, 2021 9:00 to 10:40
Location: Zoom Room A
 
Session Chair: Ania Zalewska, University of Bath
 

Corporate Innovation in the Cyber Age
   presented by: Gabriele Lattanzio, Nazarbayev University
 

Research on FESTs, Fiscal Transparency and Media Coverage: Evidence from China
   presented by: Yizhi Wang, Trinity College Dublin
 

It Depends Who you Ask: Context Effects in the Perception of Stock Returns
   presented by: Junyang Guo, Warwick Business School
 

Whatever It Takes to Understand a Central Banker - Embedding Their Words Using Neural Networks
   presented by: Johannes Zahner, University of Marburg
 
Session 28: Corporate Finance V
July 13, 2021 9:00 to 10:40
Location: Zoom Room B
 
Session Chair: Di Li, Peking University
 

Market-Timing and Synergy Motives for Mergers and Acquisitions: The Influence of Social Norms on Sin and Non-Sin Acquirers
   presented by: Quyen Van, Newcastle University Business School
 

Why Does Corporate Social Responsibility Matter in Cross-border M&A? Evidence from China
   presented by: Xianmin Liu, Queen Mary University of London
 

The Role of Financial Expert CEOs in Mergers & Acquisitions
   presented by: Chang Gong, ESCP
 

Merger-Driven Listing Dynamics
   presented by: Markus Lithell, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
 
Session 29: Corporate Governance I
July 13, 2021 9:00 to 10:40
Location: Zoom Room C
 
Session Chair: Guy Liu, Peking University
 

Founding Family Heritage, Social Background and Risk Taking by Family Firms
   presented by: Ankit Singhal, Shiv Nadar University
 

Ruling with Ideology: Politician Belief and Privatization
   presented by: Linxiang Ma, University of Melbourne
 

Competition and the Reputational Costs of Litigation
   presented by: Vesa Pursiainen, University of St. Gallen
 

Spouse Teams and CSR: Evidence from Chinese Privately-Owned Firms
   presented by: Peng Hua, Shanghai University
 
Session 30: Financial Markets III
July 13, 2021 9:00 to 10:40
Location: Zoom Room D
 
Session Chair: Markus Leippold, University of Zurich
 

US-Listed Chinese Firms and Short Selling Attacks
   presented by: Zhe Peng, Wilfrid Laurier University
 

Geographic Proximity in Short Selling
   presented by: Xiaolin Huo, Renmin University of China
 

Information Processing Skills of Short Sellers in Healthcare Stocks: Empirical Evidence from Covid-19
   presented by: Jan-Oliver Strych, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
 

Asset Bubbles and Financial Friction
   presented by: Chenxi Wang, Renmin University of China
 
Session 31: Fintech I
July 13, 2021 9:00 to 10:40
Location: Zoom Room E
 
Session Chair: Julian M. Williams, Durham University Business School
 

Model-Based Valuation of Proof-of-Stake Cryptocurrency Networks and Design Implications
   presented by: Fabian Erich Eska, Karlsruhe Institue of Technology
 

The Public Blockchain Ecosystem: An Empirical Analysis
   presented by: Peter Mueller, University of Oklahoma
 

Linguistic Errors and Investment Decisions: The Case of Ico White Papers
   presented by: Wouter Torsin, HEC Management School, University of Liège
 

How Does the Market Power Affect the Market-Based Default Risk? Evidence from Indian Banks
   presented by: Mohammad Azeem Khan, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
 
Session 32: Mathematical Finance III
July 13, 2021 9:00 to 10:40
Location: Zoom Room F
 
Session Chair: Chia-Shang J. Chu, Peking University
 

When do Equally Weighted Portfolios Beat the Value-Weighted?
   presented by: Alexander Swade, Lancaster University Management School
 

Loss Function-based Change Point Detection in Risk Measures
   presented by: Xiaohan Xue, University of Reading
 

The Informational Content of Implied Correlation
   presented by: Xiaohang Sun, University of Kent
 

Bayesian Estimation for Beta–negative Binomial Auto-regression Model
   presented by: Yuanqi Chu, Brunel University London
 
Session 33: Corporate Governance II
July 13, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
Location: Zoom Room A
 
Session Chair: Dmitriois Gounopoulos, University of Bath
 

Local Official Turnover and Bond Default
   presented by: Chuantao Cui, Sichuan University
 

Firm-government Quid pro Quo and Political Leader Patron-client Networks in China
   presented by: Huanjia Ma, University of Birmingham
 

The Real Effects of Corruption on Corporate Takeover Activity: Evidence from China’s Anti-corruption Campaign
   presented by: Siyang Tian, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
 

Political Connection and Corporate Litigation: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
   presented by: Siyang Tian, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
 
Session 34: Financial Markets IV
July 13, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
Location: Zoom Room B
 
Session Chair: Gonul Colak, Hanken School of Economics
 

Trading Strategies of Corporate Insiders at the 52-Week High and Low
   presented by: Xiaoke Ye, Business School, City, University of London
 

Flight to Lottery Ahead of FOMC Announcements
   presented by: Haifeng Guo, Durham University
 

Has Manipulation in the VIX Decreased?
[slides]
   presented by: Tim Baumgartner, Ulm University
 

Stock Market Reactions to Legislated Tax Changes: Evidence from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom
   presented by: Sascha Mierzwa, University of Marburg
 
Session 35: Fintech II
July 13, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
Location: Zoom Room C
 
Session Chair: Herve Alexandre, Universite Paris Dauphine PSL
 

The Promises and Pitfalls of WealthTech: Evidence from Online Marketplace Lending
   presented by: Xiaoyang Li, Jinan University
 

Does Culture Influence Lending to Firms? A Closer Look at the Cost of Bank Loans and the Conditioning Effect of Bank CEOs Cultural Heritage
   presented by: Christine Christofi-Hau, University of Southampton
 

An Anatomy of FinTech Lending in China During COVID-19
   presented by: Difang Huang, Monash University
 

Geographical-Proximity Bias in P2B Crowdlending Strategies
   presented by: Hugo Marin, Université Paris-Dauphine - PSL
 
Session 36: Forecasting II
July 13, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
Location: Zoom Room D
 
Session Chair: Xiaochun Meng, University of Sussex
 

Score-Driven Asset Pricing: Predicting Time-Varying Risk Premia based on Cross-Sectional Model Performance
   presented by: Dennis Umlandt, University of Trier
 

Life-Cycle Portfolio Choice with Imperfect Predictors
   presented by: Yuxin Zhang, Renmin University of China
 

Taylor Rules and Exchange Rate Predictability for the UK
   presented by: Wenjiao Hu, University of Nottingham
 

Information Leakage in Backtesting
   presented by: weiguan wang, Shanghai University
 
Session 37: Green Finance I
July 13, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
Location: Zoom Room E
 
Session Chair: Ania Zalewska, University of Bath
 

How does the Board of Directors Affect CSR Strategies?
   presented by: Wentao Li, University of Groningen
 

Product Market Threats and Corporate ESG Performance
   presented by: Hanwen Sun, University of Bath
 

The Impact of Corporate Culture on CEO Compensation
   presented by: Sahar Alabdullah, Cardiff University
 

Do ESG Ratings Reflect the Visibility of Sustainability Initiatives? Evidence from Green Bonds
   presented by: Quentin Moreau, Université Paris–Dauphine
 
Session 38: Asset Pricing IV
July 13, 2021 11:00 to 12:40
Location: Zoom Room F
 
Session Chair: Andros Gregoriou, University of Brighton
 

In Art We Trust
   presented by: Yuexin Li, Tilburg University
 

Do Intangible Assets Really Foster Corporate Tax Avoidance?
   presented by: Kai Wu, Central University of Finance and Economics
 

Does the Stock Market Fully Value Alternative Work Arrangements? Work From Home and Equity Prices
   presented by: Gabriele Lattanzio, Nazarbayev University
 

New Insights on Loss Given Default for Shipping Finance: Parametric and Non-Parametric Estimations
   presented by: Aida Salko, Sapienza University of Rome
 
Session 39: Break
July 13, 2021 12:40 to 13:00
Location: Main Zoom Room
 
 
Session 40: Corporate Finance VI
July 13, 2021 13:00 to 14:20
Location: Zoom Room A
 
Session Chair: Gonul Colak, Hanken School of Economics
 

Cash-rich Seasoned Equity Issuers
   presented by: Mengqian Chen, University of Manchester
 

Excess Funds and Agency Problem- Evidence from Sources of Financing for Repurchases
[slides]
   presented by: Kun Li, University of Exeter
 

The Effect of Option Listing on Financing Decisions
   presented by: Eunpyo Hong, George Washington University
 

Political Uncertainty, Corruption and Corporate Cash Holdings
   presented by: Shashitha Jayakody, University of Kent
 
Session 41: Financial Markets V
July 13, 2021 13:00 to 14:20
Location: Zoom Room B
 
Session Chair: Ranko Jelic, University of Sussex - Business School
 

The Long-run Impact of Sovereign Yields on Corporate Yields in Emerging Markets
   presented by: Delong Li, Department of Economics and Finance
 

Fragmentation in the European Monetary Union: Is it really over?
   presented by: Francesco Roccazzella, UCLouvain
 

The Rate of Return on Corporate Bonds: A Century of Evidence
   presented by: Kevin Van Mencxel, University of Antwerp
 

Municipal Corporate Bond Market under the Corporate Bond Default Wave
   presented by: Yangming Bao, Capital University of Economics and Business
 
Session 42: Corporate Governance III
July 13, 2021 13:00 to 14:20
Location: Zoom Room C
 
Session Chair: Sofia Johan, Florida Atlantic University
 

Regulation Interventions Impact on Board Diversity
[slides]
   presented by: Anh Do, University of Bath
 

Time (Needed) for the Board of Directors to Protect the Environment: Evidence from Mergers
   presented by: Ellie Luu, University of Bristol
 

Gender Diversity, Critical Mass and Corporate Innovation
   presented by: Yang Su, University of Nottingham
 

CEO Turnover and Director Reputation
   presented by: Jonas Romer, University of St. Gallen
 
Session 43: Fintech III
July 13, 2021 13:00 to 14:20
Location: Zoom Room D
 
Session Chair: Carol Alexander, University of Sussex
 

Is Bitcoin the New Digital Gold? Evidence from Extreme Price Movements in Financial Markets
   presented by: Konstantinos Gkillas, University of Patras
 

The Cryptocurrency Uncertainty Index
   presented by: Yizhi Wang, Trinity College Dublin
 

Dynamic Dependence and Asset Allocation in Cryptocurrency Markets
   presented by: Danyang Li, University of Glasgow
 

Volatility and Dependence in Cryptocurrency and Financial Markets: A Copula Approach
   presented by: Jinan Liu, University of Nebraska at Omaha
 
Session 44: Green Finance II
July 13, 2021 13:00 to 14:20
Location: Zoom Room E
 
Session Chair: Herve Alexandre, Universite Paris Dauphine PSL
 

We are All in the Same Boat: Cross-Border Spillovers of Climate Risk Through International Trade and Supply Chain
   presented by: Haishi Li, University of Chicago
 

Exploring Green Financial Opportunities
   presented by: Kevyn Stefanelli, Sapienza University of Rome
 

Explaining Greenium in a Macro-Finance Integrated Assessment Model
[slides]
   presented by: Biao Yang, Bocconi University
 

Expand or Avoid: Microfinance Credit Risk and Climate Vulnerability
   presented by: Iftekhar Ahmed, University of Otago
 
Session 45: Mathematical Finance IV
July 13, 2021 13:00 to 14:20
Location: Zoom Room F
 
Session Chair: Rudi Zagst, HVB Institute for Mathematical Finance
 

The Portfolio Choice Channel of Wealth Inequality
[slides]
   presented by: Lucas Rosso, Universidad de Chile
 

Proportional Tax under Ambiguity
   presented by: Xueqi Dong, Newcastle University
 

Sparse and Stable International Portfolio Optimization and Currency Risk Management
   presented by: Raphael Burkhardt, University of Zurich
 

Accelerated American Option Pricing with Deep Neural Networks
   presented by: David Anderson, University of Zürich
 
Session 46: Poster Session II
July 13, 2021 14:40 to 15:00
Location: Main Zoom Room
 
 

Political Officials’ Exploitative Power and the Mechanisms of Political Connection Formation
   presented by: Youzong Xu, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
 

Do Speculators Exacerbate Managerial Myopia? Evidence from Margin Traders in China
   presented by: Jun Chen, UC San Diego
 

Bank earnings and capital management using loan loss provisions in OECD countries
   presented by: Yuli lai, Brunel University London
 

Importance of Local, Regional, and Global Information in Forecasting Stock Market Realised Volatility: Evidence from S&P500, Ftse100, and Gdaxi Stock Markets
   presented by: Burak Korkusuz, University of Stirling
 

Towards the Secured Overnight Financing Rate
   presented by: Virginia Pugliese, University of Rome La Sapienza
 

Inflation and Subjective Well-being
   presented by: Fangzhou Xu, University of Birmingham
 

46 sessions, 178 papers, and 0 presentations with no associated papers
 
Index of Participants

Legend: C=chair, P=Presenter, D=Discussant
#ParticipantRoles in Conference
1Ahmed, IftekharP44
2Akbas, FerhatC18
3Alabdullah, SaharP37
4Alexander, CarolC4, C43
5Alexandre, HerveC35, C44
6Alonso, MartaP23
7Anderson, DavidP45
8Asamoah, PrinceP13
9Awais, MustabsarP9
10Bakalli, GaetanP6
11Bandyopadhyay, Arka PravaP24
12Banerjee, ShesadriP12
13Bao, YangmingP41
14Baumgartner, TimP34
15Beddock, ArthurP7
16Bordignon, AndréP25
17Burkhardt, RaphaelP45
18Cardot-Martin, RaphaëlP5
19Cartea, AlvaroC25
20Chen, JunP46
21Chen, ZhiyuanP16
22Chen, MengqianP40
23Christofi-Hau, ChristineP35
24Chu, YuanqiP32
25Chu, Chia-Shang J.C32
26Clark, EphraimC12
27Colak, GonulC34, C40
28Cont, RamaC26
29Correia, FilipeP17
30Cotticelli, StefanoP5
31Cui, XinyuP18
32Cui, ChuantaoP33
33Cumming, DouglasC14
34D'Ecclesia, RitaC22
35Denk, SebastianP4
36Dhawan, AnirudhP2
37Ding, YiP4
38Do, AnhP14, P42
39Dong, XueqiP45
40Du, MengqiaoP9
41Duxbury, DarrenC23
42Eska, Fabian ErichP31
43Fong, KingsleyC19
44Gallmeyer, MichaelC21
45Gaudio, Francesco SaverioP5
46Ghanbari, HamedP25
47Gkillas, KonstantinosP43
48Gong, ChangP28
49Gong, ZhengP6
50Gopalakrishna, GouthamP5
51Gounopoulos, DmitrioisC16, C33
52Grasselli, MatheusC24
53Gregoriou, AndrosC38
54Guo, LaiteP1
55Guo, HaifengP34
56Guo, JunyangP27
57Hammoudeh, MosabP16
58Hong, EunpyoP40
59Hu, MuhanP3
60Hu, WenjiaoP36
61Hua, PengP29
62Huang, ShiyangP15
63Huang, DifangP13, P35
64Huo, XiaolinP30
65Ivan, MirunaP11
66Jayakody, ShashithaP40
67Jelic, RankoC41
68Jiang, YixiaoP17
69Jin, ZhaoP1
70Jin, JiayuP4
71Johan, SofiaC42
72Joseph, KerronP22
73Kaeck, AndreasC7
74Kaldorf, MatthiasP8
75Ke, DaP23
76Khan, Mohammad AzeemP31
77Korkusuz, BurakP46
78lai, YuliP46
79Lattanzio, GabrieleP27, P38
80Le, Thanh DatP18
81Leippold, MarkusC30
82Li, HaishiP44
83Li, Sicong (Allen)P1
84Li, YuexinP38
85Li, DelongP41
86Li, DiC28
87Li, KunP40
88Li, Sailu (Lulu)P13
89Li, LaurenP15
90Li, WentaoP37
91Li, DanyangP43
92Li, XiaoyangP35
93Lithell, MarkusP28
94Liu, XianminP28
95Liu, LiyuanP10
96Liu, XiaofanP24
97Liu, XinP8
98Liu, GuyC8, C29
99Liu, JinanP43
100Lot, AndreP10
101Lu, YueliangP25
102Luo, KaishengP8
103Luu, EllieP42
104Lyandres, EvgenyC15
105Ma, ChangP12
106Ma, HuanjiaP33
107Ma, LinxiangP29
108Ma, LinlinC10
109Marin, HugoP35
110McGroarty, FrankC2
111McNeil, AlexanderC5
112Meng, XiaochunC36
113Mierzwa, SaschaP34
114Mirshahi, MinaP6
115Moreau, QuentinP37
116Morelli, GiacomoP11
117Mueller, PeterP31
118Mues, ChristopheC17
119Neto, FredericoP19
120Nguyen, Phong (Daniel)P13
121Oh, SeungjoonP15, P16
122Ong, KianP12
123Pan, Wei-FongP14
124Peng, ZheP30
125Perez-Robles, SandyP17
126Polizzi, SalvatoreP26
127Prokopczuk, MarcelC11
128Pugliese, VirginiaP46
129Pursiainen, VesaP29
130Quaye, EnochP12
131Rahimikia, EghbalP4, P19
132Rau, RaghavendraC9
133Ren, BoruP2
134Rhee, S. GhonC1
135Roccazzella, FrancescoP41
136Romer, JonasP42
137Roppel, AnianP6
138Rosso, LucasP45
139Sabah, NasimP14
140Salko, AidaP38
141Sánchez-Betancourt, LeandroP19
142Schneider, KevinP3
143Selvam, SrinivasanP22
144Shackleton, MarkC3
145Shen, JialuP23
146Shen, ChenP23
147Singh, AmanjotP18
148Singhal, AnkitP29
149Sizova, ElizavetaP8
150Skiadopoulos, GeorgeC6
151Skiera, VincentP26
152Somoza, LucianoP26
153Souillard, BaptisteP15
154Sprincean, NicuP24
155Stefanelli, KevynP44
156Strych, Jan-OliverP30
157Su, YangP42
158Su, ZhiweiP7
159Sui, PengfeiP2
160Sun, YiboP13
161Sun, HanwenP37
162Sun, XiaohangP32
163Swade, AlexanderP32
164Tang, GuohaoP2
165Tian, SiyangP33, P33
166Torsin, WouterP31
167Tsou, Chi-YangP21, P21
168Umlandt, DennisP36
169Van, QuyenP28
170Van Mencxel, KevinP41
171Verdickt, GertjanP24
172Vigo Pereira, CaioP25
173Vossebürger, RobertP3
174Wang, ChenxiP30
175Wang, XuP17
176Wang, YizhiP27, P43
177wang, weiguanP36
178Williams, Julian M.C31
179Wimmer, ThomasP11
180Wu, KaiP38
181Wu, ZhitingP21
182Wu, Steve Pak YeungP21
183Xiang, HongP1
184Xu, FangzhouP46
185Xu, XiaoqiP19
186Xu, YahuaP11
187Xu, YouzongP46
188Xue, XiaohanP32
189Yang, MinP16
190Yang, BiaoP44
191Yang, LizhengboP9
192Ye, XiaokeP34
193Yelekenova, AdinaP18
194Yu, XiaoyuP22
195Yu, LijieP10
196Yu, JunP7
197Zagst, RudiC45
198Zahner, JohannesP27
199Zalewska, AniaC27, C37
200Zhang, FengtingP9
201Zhang, ZeyuP26
202Zhang, YifanP7
203Zhang, YuxinP36
204Zhang, YueP10
205Zhao, BinruP22
206Zhou, TongP14

 

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