6th CEIBS Finance/Accounting Symposium

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

6th CEIBS Finance/Accounting Symposium

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The Department of Finance and Accounting of China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) invites you to attend the 6th CEIBS Finance and Accounting Symposium in Shanghai on July 11, 2023. The symposium presents an opportunity for scholars to get together and exchange new ideas. This year's theme is “Corporate finance, governance, and Fintech.” Eight papers, selected from over 140 submissions, will be presented during the symposium. The Keynote speaker is Professor Zhiguo He from University of Chicago.

Agenda

The Sixth CEIBS Finance and Accounting Symposium
Symposium Venue: Academic Center 4-103, CEIBS, 699 Hong Feng Road, Pudong, Shanghai
Schedule:	July 11, 2023
8:30 a.m.	Registration
9:00-9:15 a.m.	Opening Speech Weijiong Zhang, Vice President and Co-Dean, CEIBS
9:15-10:00 a.m.	When private equity comes to town: The local economic consequences of rising healthcare costs Cyrus Aghamolla, Jash Jain, University of Minnesota Richard Thakor, University of Minnesota and MIT LFE Discussant:* Ai He, University of South Carolina
10:00-10:45 a.m.	Power Grab: Hedge Fund Activists and Short Sellers Tao Li, University of Florida Pedro A. C. Saffi, University of Cambridge Daheng Yang, Columbia University Discussant:* Zhongjin Lu, University of Georgia
10:45-11:00 a.m.	Coffee Break
11:00-11:45 a.m.	What Do Questions Reveal? Skill Acquisition, Detection, and Recognition in the Capital Markets Ling Cen, Yanru Han, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Jarrad Harford, University of Washington Discussant:* Roger Loh, Singapore Management University
11:45-12:30 p.m.	Understanding Rationality and Disagreement in House Price Expectations Zigang Li, University of Toronto, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University Graduate School of Business, NBER, and CEPR Renxuan Wang, CEIBS Discussant:* Hongye Guo, University of Hong Kong
12:30-1:45 p.m.	Lunch Break
1:45-2:45 p.m.	Keynote Speech: What Gets Measured Gets Managed: Investment and the Cost of Capital Zhiguo He, University of Chicago
2:45-3:30 p.m.	Trust in Finance and Consumer Fintech Adoption Deniz Okat, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Mikael Paaso, Erasmus University Rotterdam Vesa Pursiainen, University of St.Gallen and Swiss Finance Institute Discussant:* Keer Yang, University of California, Davis
3:30-3:45 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:45-4:30 p.m.	Financial Inclusion via FinTech: From Digital Payments to Platform Investments Claire Yurong Hong, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Xiaomeng Lu, Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University Jun Pan, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and CAFR Discussant:* Yu-Jane Liu, Peking University
4:30-5:15 p.m.	Shadow Banking: An Expedient Solution to Government Short-Termism Jinfan Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Zehao Liu, Renmin University of China Ting Yang, North China University of Technology Discussant:* Liyan Yang, University of Toronto
5:15-6:00 p.m.	Kamikazes in Public Procurements Dimas Mateus Fazio, National University of Singapore Alminas Zaldokas, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Discussant:* Jian Sun, Singapore Management University

The Finance and Accounting Department will organize Early idea Sessions on the second day of the symposium on July 12. Our symposium’s presenters, discussants and CEIBS faculty will participate in these sessions to share their early-stage work, more casual exchanges of ideas and comments among symposium participants.

Agenda

Early Idea Sessions Finance/Accounting Department
Symposium Venue: Academic Center 4-103, CEIBS, 699 Hong Feng Road, Pudong, Shanghai
Schedule:	July 12, 2023
09:00-09:45	Environmental consciousness and trading Sheng Huang, CEIBS
09:45-10:30	Personalized Pricing, Network Effects, and Corporate Social Responsibility Liyan Yang, University of Toronto
10:30-10:45	Coffee Break
10:45-11:30	Propagation of climate disasters through ownership networks and its impact on corporate ESG policies Ai He, University of South Carolina
11:30-13:00	Buffet Lunch
13:00-13:45	Why do corporations invest in DEI? Evidence from the George Floyd murder Keer Yang, University of California, Davis
13:45-14:30	Trade and Consumption Hongyu Shan, CEIBS
14:30-14:45	Coffee Break
14:45-15:30	Earnings Extrapolation and Predictable Stock Market Returns Hongye Guo, University of Hong Kong