Program Agenda & Paper Download

Monday, December 2, 2024

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08:00 - 08:30 Registration & Coffee (Welcoming Foyer)  
08:30 - 09:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks (Main Hall) - David Brougham; Hung Do; Sasha Molchanov  
09:00 - 10:30 A1.1: Sustainable Finance I (Zoom & Room 1) - Chair: Tony Berrada, University of Geneva and Swiss Finance Institute (Switzerland) (+)  
09:00 - 10:30 › Predicting CDS Spreads and Stock Returns with Weather Risk Measures A Study Utilizing NLP/LLM and AI - YI ZHOU, San Francisco State University
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09:00 - 10:30 › The Economics of Sustainability-Linked Bonds - Tony Berrada, University of Geneva - Geneva School of Economics , Geneva finance research institute and Swiss Finance Institute
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09:00 - 10:30 › Environmental News Betas - Maik Dierkes, Leibniz University Hannover
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09:00 - 10:30 › Bridging the Gap: The Impact of Board-Management Commonality on Firm Value and Board Decision-making Effectiveness - Jungmin Kim, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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09:00 - 10:30 A1.2: Climate Finance I (Zoom & Room 2) - Chair: Svetlana Orlova, University of Tulsa (United States) (+)  
09:00 - 10:30 › Boiling Banks - How Heat Harms Bank Performance - Fabian Wening, University of Munster
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09:00 - 10:30 › Stringency of Environmental Policies and Cash Management: International Evidence - Svetlana Orlova, The University of Tulsa
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09:00 - 10:30 › Mission Accomplished? A Post-Assessment of EU ETS Impact on Power Sector Emissions Reduction - Ethan ESLAHI, IÉSEG School of Management
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09:00 - 10:30 A1.3: Environmental, Social & Governance I (Zoom & Room 3) - Chair: Xiaoming Li, Massey University (New Zealand) (+)  
09:00 - 10:30 › Downside Risk and Its Drivers in China's Securities Markets: Does Greenness Make Bonds a Safer Haven? - Xiao-Ming Li, School of Economics and Finance, MBS, Massey University
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09:00 - 10:30 › Employee-related ESG policy and Firm Leverage - Jun Qiao, Shanghai International Studies University
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09:00 - 10:30 › The Effect of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Firm Value: Evidence from Korea - BOXIAN WANG, Yonsei University
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09:00 - 10:30 A1.4: Carbon & Energy Finance I (Zoom 4) - Chair: Petr Teply, Prague University of Economics and Business (Czech Republic) (+)  
09:00 - 10:30 › Integrating Carbon Footprint into Credit Risk Models: A Case Study from the 2022 European Energy Crisis - Petr Teply, Prague University of Economics and Business - David Tripe, Massey University
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09:00 - 10:30 › Understanding Energy Security in Geopolitical Contexts: Insights from Decomposing Energy Diversification Indexes - Haithem Awijen, INSSEC Business School
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09:00 - 10:30 › The Interplay of Carbon Offset, Renewable Energy Certificate and Electricity Markets in Australia - Ling Liao, University of Otago [Dunedin, Nouvelle-Zélande]
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09:00 - 10:30 A1.5: Environmental, Social & Governance II (Zoom 5) - Chair: Tim Herberger, Andrassy University Budapest (Hungary) (+)  
09:00 - 10:30 › Green ETFs Attributes and Investor Behaviour - Rim Laksaci, Université Catholique de Louvain
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09:00 - 10:30 › ESG Favoritism in Mutual Fund Families - Alexander Pasler, Vienna University of Economics and Business
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09:00 - 10:30 › Does Non-Social Compliant Entrepreneurial Acting Lead to Underperformance? An Event Analysis Related to the Russia-Ukraine-conflict and the CELI List - Tim Herberger, Andrássy University Budapest, IU - Internationale Hochschule, University of Bamberg
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09:00 - 10:30 A1.6: Sustainable Finance & Accounting I (Zoom 6) - Chair: Maria Cantero Saiz, Universidad de Cantabria (Spain) (+)  
09:00 - 10:30 › Does Workplace Safety Regulation Influence Employee-related CSR? - Baoying Zhang, University of Sydney
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09:00 - 10:30 › ESG and bank profitability: the moderating role of country sustainability in developing and developed economies - María Cantero Saiz, SANFI - University of Cantabria
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09:00 - 10:30 › Corporate Social Responsibility, Cost of Debt, and the Moderating Effect of the Worldwide Governance Indicator (WGI). - Cintia Urbina, Universidade de São Paulo = University of São Paulo, University of Twente
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09:00 - 10:30 › Performance of sustainable indices: Are there differences between pre- and post-inception - Niklas Kestler, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Welcoming Foyer)  
11:00 - 12:00 Water Sustainability and Household Behavior (Main Hall) - Professor Sumit Agarwal (National University of Singapore)  
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break (Welcoming Foyer)  
13:30 - 14:30 Policy Roundtable Discussion (Main Hall) - Ben Marshall; Sumit Agarwal; Paul Conway; Joanna (Jo) Kelly  
14:30 - 15:00 Afternoon Tea (Welcoming Foyer)  
15:00 - 16:30 B2.1: Environmental, Social & Governance III (Zoom & Room 1) - Chair: Griffen Geng, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) (+)  
15:00 - 16:30 › Save more or less? The impact of government health insurance change on saving behaviour - Ye Lyren Lu, Imperial College London
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15:00 - 16:30 › Public perception, identification, and market impact of ESG events - Vladislav Pyzhov, University of Technology Sydney
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15:00 - 16:30 › Green Patent Signaling: Evidence from Voluntary Climate Disclosures - Griffin Geng, Victoria University of Wellington
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15:00 - 16:30 B2.2: Corporate Social Responsibility I (Zoom & Room 2) - Chair: Jing Chi, Massey University (New Zealand) (+)  
15:00 - 16:30 › Machine Learning, Corporate Innovation Culture and ESG Performance in Emerging Markets - Tanakorn Likitapiwat, Chulalongkorn University (THAILAND)
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15:00 - 16:30 › Are Artificial Intelligence-Focused Firms More Sustainable? - Zhiyuan Jin, Wenzhou-Kean University - Zixuan Zhao, Wenzhou-Kean University
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15:00 - 16:30 › Chinese pension funds: do they help retirement savings? - Yuruo Feng, Massey University
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15:01 - 16:30 › Climate policy uncertainty and corporate innovation investment: Evidence from China - Jing Chi, Massey University, New Zealand
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15:00 - 16:30 B2.3: Sustainable Finance II (Zoom & Room 3) - Chair: Jakhongir (Jak) Kakhkharov, Australian Catholic University (Australia) (+)  
15:00 - 16:30 › Banking Sector Stability and the Implications of Stringent Climate Policy - Jak Kakhkharov, Australian Catholic University
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15:00 - 16:30 › Does Open Banking improve digital financial inclusion? Some early evidence - Abhishek Mukherjee, University of Waikato [Tauranga]
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15:00 - 16:30 › Institutional investor horizon and CSR peer imitation - Wei-Hsien Li, National Central University [Taiwan]
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15:00 - 16:30 B2.4: Green Finance I (Zoom 4) - Chair: Dooyeon Cho, Sungkyunkwan University (Korea) (+)  
15:00 - 16:30 › Impact of Environmental Regulation on Cost of Debt: Empirical Evidence from India - Kalyani Pal (IFMR GSB, Krea University, India)
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15:00 - 16:30 › Who does not advance loses ground: Green investment as a strategic response by small and medium-sized enterprises to economic policy uncertainty - Shuai Yue, Massey University
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15:00 - 16:30 › From Risk to Resilience: Effects of Geopolitical Risk on Energy Security and Energy Imports - Dooyeon Cho, Sungkyunkwan University
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15:00 - 16:30 B2.5: Climate Finance II (Zoom 5) - Chair: Helen Popper, Santa Clara University (United States) (+)  
15:00 - 16:30 › Effect of Corporate Leaders' Early Ecological Exposure on Firm Environmental Engagement - Xin He, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics
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15:00 - 16:30 › Confucianism and Corporate Environmental Innovation: Evidence from China - Xiaoxiao He, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
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15:00 - 16:30 › Climate Change Salience and International Equity Returns - Helen Popper, Santa Clara University
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15:00 - 16:30 B2.6: Sustainable Finance & Accounting II (Zoom 6) - Chair: Shaojun Zhang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong SAR) (+)  
15:00 - 16:30 › Artificial Intelligence Driven Responsible Green Finance - Chao Xing, Ocean University of China
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15:00 - 16:30 › ESG Information and Herd Behavior: Evidence from Taiwan - Yin-Che Weng, National Dong Hwa University
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15:00 - 16:30 › R&D Accounting Choice and Firm Performance: Evidence from China - Shaojun Zhang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University [Hong Kong]
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18:00 - 22:00 Gala Dinner & Best Paper Awards (Gala Dinner Restaurant)  

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

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08:30 - 09:00 Registration & Coffee (Welcoming Foyer)  
09:00 - 10:30 C1.1: Climate Finance III (Zoom & Room 1) - Chair: Jiang Luo, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) (+)  
09:00 - 10:30 › The Capital Market Implications of Climate Risk Disclosure - Jiang Luo, Nanyang Technological University
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09:00 - 10:30 › Climate sentiment and volatility in green equities: A novel investment perspective - Tina Prodromou, University of Wollongong [Australia]
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09:00 - 10:30 › The Stock Market Effects of Text-based ESG Proxies from Large Language Models - Oliver Budras, Leibniz University Hannover
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09:00 - 10:30 C1.2: Corporate Social Responsibility II (Zoom & Room 2) - Chair: Reilly White, University of New Mexico (United States) (+)  
09:00 - 10:30 › Compensation Structure and Real CSR Reporting Activity: CEO Dollars and Sustainable Sense - Reilly White, University of New Mexico
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09:00 - 10:30 › Corporate Social Responsibility as a Pillar of Resilience: Redefining Risk Management Approaches - Adam Arian, Australian Catholic University
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09:00 - 10:30 › Board Diversity and ESG: Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand - Kym Brown, Monash University
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09:00 - 10:30 C1.3: Sustainable Finance & Accounting III (Zoom & Room 3) - Chair: Carl Shen, Macquarie University (Australia) (+)  
09:00 - 10:30 › Green Guardians: How Socially Responsible Investors Shield Firms from Sustainability Missteps - Carl Shen, Macquarie University [Sydney], Macquarie University
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09:00 - 10:30 › Climate Risk Awareness and Corporate Green Building Adoption: Exploring the Impact of CSR Strategy and Environmental Management Teams - Md Akhtaruzzaman, Australian Catholic University - Victoria Obeng, Australian Catholic University - Pandula Gamage, Australian Catholic University
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09:00 - 10:30 › Executive migration and corporate green innovation - Yining Tian, Massey University
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09:00 - 10:30 C1.4: Green Finance II (Zoom 4) - Chair: Jay Li, University of North Carolina Greensboro (United States) (+)  
09:00 - 10:30 › Regulatory Costs and Vertical Integration: Evidence from Supply Chain Disclosure Regulations - Enshuai Yu, Boston College
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09:00 - 10:30 › Climate Risk, Credit, and Food Security - Jay Li, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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09:00 - 10:30 › Sustainable Energy Marketplace and Societal Readiness - Nonna Sorokina, Pennsylvania State University
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09:00 - 10:30 C1.5: Climate Transition & Energy Finance I (Zoom 5) - Chair: Francois Koulischer, University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (+)  
09:00 - 10:30 › Mandatory Disclosure and ESG Initiative: Evidence from the Smaller Reporting Company Rule - Jewon Shin, Penn State University
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09:00 - 10:30 › Climate solutions, transition risk, and stock returns - Simon Xu, Harvard Business School
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09:00 - 10:30 › Regulating ESG Disclosure - Francois Koulischer, University of Luxembourg
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09:00 - 10:30 C1.6: Green Finance III (Zoom 6) - Chair: Jess Cornaggia, Pennsylvania State University (United States) (+)  
09:00 - 10:30 › Greening thy Neighbor: How the US Inflation Reduction Act Drives Climate Finance Globally - Daniel Marcel Te Kaat, University of Groningen
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09:00 - 10:30 › Climate Finance and Renewable Energy Capacities in the EU - Mahmoud HASSAN, Borddeaux School of Economics
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09:00 - 10:30 › Renewable Energy Resources and the Local Economy: Evidence from Municipal Bonds - Jess Cornaggia, Pennsylvania State University
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10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea (Welcoming Foyer)  
11:00 - 12:30 C2.1: Carbon & Energy Finance II (Zoom & Room 1) - Chair: Taoran Guo, Monash University (Australia) (+)  
11:00 - 12:30 › The impact of the carbon trading pilot program on China's green bonds financing cost. Evidence from China - Haojun Yuan, Massey University
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11:00 - 12:30 › Commitment is An Act: How Does Management Forecast Affect Corporate Selective Hedging? - Taoran Guo, Monash university
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11:00 - 12:30 › Can high-quality development abate carbon emissions? Evidence from Yellow River Basin in China - Dong Xiang, Shandong Normal University
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11:00 - 12:30 › Environmental Scandal and Carbon Disclosures - Zijun Zhao, Victoria University of Wellington
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11:00 - 12:30 C2.2: Behavioral Finance & Climate Transition I (Zoom & Room 2) - Chair: Qiaoqiao Zhu, Australian National University (Australia) (+)  
11:00 - 12:30 › Skilled and Sustainable: Investment Choices and Performance of Swiss Retail Investors - Leonie Engelhardt, University of Geneva - Geneva School of Economics , Geneva finance research institute and Swiss Finance Institute
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11:00 - 12:30 › Assessing the economic impact of the global geopolitical-energy uncertainty index - Tam Hoang Nhat Dang, Massey University
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11:00 - 12:30 › The Origin of ESG Preferences: Evidence from 401(K) Plans - Qiaoqiao Zhu, Australian National University
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11:00 - 12:30 C2.3: Corporate Social Responsibility III (Zoom & Room 3) - Chair: George Baihan Wang, Monash University (Australia) (+)  
11:00 - 12:30 › Going green or greenwashing? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment of Chinese Air Quality Monitoring Network - Ziwen Peng, School of Economics and Finance, Massey University
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11:00 - 12:30 › Corporate social responsibility rating, market attention and stock liquidity: Evidence from China - Tiantian Tang, Shandong University
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11:00 - 12:30 › Pro-Climate Securities Lending Styles - George Baihan Wang, Monash university
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11:00 - 12:30 C2.4: Sustainable Finance & Accounting IV (Zoom 4) - Chair: Jiang Zhang, Univerisity of Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR) (+)  
11:00 - 12:30 › Dirty Air and Green Investments: The impact of pollution information on portfolio allocations - Jian Zhang, HKU
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11:00 - 12:30 › IMPACT OF LOCAL TEMPERATURE SHOCKS ON SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE U.S. - Mingxun (Richard) Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology, Scheller College of Business
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11:00 - 12:30 › ESG Reporting Practices in the Canadian Mining Industry: The Role of Women Directors - Amar Benaissa, Carleton University
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11:00 - 12:30 C2.5: Environmental, Social & Governance IV (Zoom 5) - Chair: Kimberly Cornaggia, Pennsylvania State University (United States) (+)  
11:00 - 12:30 › The Price of Perception: The effect of ESG reputation risk on analysts' target price revisions - Cody Hyman, University of Central Florida [Orlando]
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11:00 - 12:30 › Is investment capital cheaper for green firms? Evidence from equity listings at Euronext - Oslo - Bernt Odegaard, UiS Business School [University of Stavanger]
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11:00 - 12:30 › ESG Ratings Management - Kimberly Cornaggia, Penn State University
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11:00 - 12:30 C2.6: Behavioral Finance & Climate Transition II (Zoom 6) - Chair: Maria Semenova, HSE University (Russia) (+)  
11:00 - 12:30 › Board Gender Diversity and Bank Performance during COVID-19: Did Women Save the Day? - Maria Semenova, Laboratory for Banking Studies, HSE University
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11:00 - 12:30 › The Effect of CEO Climate Awareness on Corporate Emissions - Yuyang Zhang, University of Melbourne
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11:00 - 12:30 › Global Environmental Awareness and the Climate Risk of Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions - Yenn-Ru Chen, National Chengchi University
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12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break (Welcoming Foyer)  
13:30 - 15:00 D1.1: Digital Finance & Sustainability I (Zoom & Room 1) - Chair: Wenlong Bian, Sungkyunkwan University (Korea) (+)  
13:30 - 15:00 › Gig economy and labor unrest：Evidence from the online delivery platform in China - Yue Yuan, Shanghai International Studies University
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13:30 - 15:00 › Currency in the Digital Age: How CBDCs Can Reshape Currency Invoicing Power - Linshan Zeng, Massey University
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13:30 - 15:00 › FinTech Risk-Sharing as Innovative Health Insurance? - Wenlong Bian, Sungkyunkwan University
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13:30 - 15:00 › How does digital finance impact birth rates: Evidence from China - Junshi Chen, Massey University
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13:30 - 15:00 D1.2: Corporate Social Responsibility IV (Zoom & Room 2) - Chair: Han Zhou, Monash University (Australia) (+)  
13:30 - 15:00 › International Spillovers from Changes in Capital Regulation: Evidence from the Syndicated Loan Market - Han Zhou, Monash university
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13:30 - 15:00 › The Real Effects of Bank's Green Bonds - Tingjun Liu, Macquarie University
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13:30 - 15:00 › Weathering the storm: how does firm oil price uncertainty exposure impact green innovation in times of geopolitical tensions - Kai Huang, Massey University, New Zealand
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13:30 - 15:00 D1.3: Digital Finance & Sustainability II (Zoom & Room 3) - Chair: Yang Ji, Sun Yat-sen University (China) (+)  
13:30 - 15:00 › The Real Effects of Establishing Wealth Management Subsidiaries: Evidence from Chinese Commercial Banks - WANKE WU, Zhongnan University of Economic and Law
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13:30 - 15:00 › The Rise of E-Wallet Super-Apps and Buy-Now-Pay-Later: Payment Competition, Credit Expansion, and Consumer Behavior - Yang Ji, Sun Yat-sen University, China
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13:30 - 15:00 › Does shadow Banking Regulation Constrain the Idiosyncratic Risk of Firms_ Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China - Ruiijang Li, School of Economics and Finance, Massey University
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13:30 - 15:00 D1.4: Environmental, Social & Governance V (Zoom 4) - Chair: Erin Pik-Ki So, Hong Kong Baptist University & Hong Kong Metropolitan University (Hong Kong SAR) (+)  
13:30 - 15:00 › The Double-Edged Sword of Firm's Net Zero Commitment on the Carbon Risk Premium - Keith Chan, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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13:30 - 15:00 › ESG Disclosure Quality and Performance - Avneet Kaur, University of Wollongong [Australia], University of Wollongong Dubai
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13:30 - 15:00 › A surge in voluntary CSR disclosures under China's state capitalism: A potential mechanism and its implications on disclosure quality - Erin Pik-ki SO, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Metropolitan University
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13:30 - 15:00 D1.5: Corporate Social Responsibility V (Zoom 5) - Chair: Peter Iliev, Penn State University (United States) (+)  
13:30 - 15:00 › Investor responses to greenwashing in the corporate ESG bond market - Wilson Wan, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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13:30 - 15:00 › The State and Local Cost of Net Zero - Peter Iliev, Pennsylvania State University
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13:30 - 15:00 › Common Factor of Carbon and Oil Markets - Zong-Wei Yeh, National Chengchi University
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13:30 - 15:00 D1.6: Environmental, Social & Governance VI (Zoom 6) - Chair: Youan Wang, Xiamen University (China) (+)  
13:30 - 15:00 › How Labor Unions Affect Corporate Environmental and Social Voluntary Disclosures: Theory and Evidence - Youan WANG, Xiamen University
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13:30 - 15:00 › More Cash or Enhanced Reputation? Evidence from Carbon Emission and Tax Avoidance - Zhongda He, Minjiang University
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13:30 - 15:00 › Can Internal Mechanism be an Implicit Assurance? Subordinate Monitoring, Environmental Decoupling and Social License in ASEAN-5 Countries - Ari Budi Kristanto, Curtin University
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15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Tea & Networking (Welcoming Foyer)  
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