Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Saturday, 06/Dec/2025 | ||||
| 8:00am - 5:00pm |
Registration Location: Lobby, 1/F, Friendship Palace |
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| 8:30am - 9:25am |
SAT 1-1: Fixed Income Location: Meeting Room 4, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Erica X.N. Li, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Discussant: Zefeng Chen, Peking University Anatomy of the Treasury Market: Who Moves Yields? 1: University of Chicago, Booth School of Business; 2: Washington University in St. Louis, Olin School of Business; 3: University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) |
SAT 2-1: Health and Finance Location: Meeting Room 5, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Yu-Jane Liu, Peking University Guanghua School of Management Discussant: Xiang Yin, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management Diffused Errors along Technology Spillovers: Evidence from the 510(k) Medical Device Market 1: National Tsing Hua University; 2: Neoma Business School; 3: University of Colorado; 4: Peking University |
SAT 3-1: Trust and Culture Location: Meeting Room 7, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Frank Yu, China Europe International Business School Discussant: Ran GUO, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance Set in Stone: The Persistence and Origin of Corporate Culture 1: University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business; 2: Peking University, Guanghua School of Management, |
SAT 4-1: Patterns in Returns Location: Meeting Room 8, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Zhan Shi, Tsinghua University PBC School Discussant: Yifeng Zhu, Central University of Finance and Economics Mosaics of Predictability 1: Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business (Johnson) and NBER; 2: City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) |
| 9:40am - 10:35am |
SAT 1-2: Fixed Income Location: Meeting Room 4, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Erica X.N. Li, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Discussant: Gang Zhang, Fudan University What Quantity of Reserves Is Sufficient? City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) |
SAT 2-2: Health and Finance Location: Meeting Room 5, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Yu-Jane Liu, Peking University Guanghua School of Management Discussant: Yinan Liu, Renmin University of China Healthy Returns: The Impact of Paid Sick Leave on Hospital Healthcare Quality 1: Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China, People's Republic of; 2: Xiamen University; 3: Fudan University |
SAT 3-2: Trust and Culture Location: Meeting Room 7, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Frank Yu, China Europe International Business School Discussant: Yuan Shi, Peking University HSBC Business School Valuing Ideological Customer Capital: Measurement through Procurement 1: University of Pennsylvania and NBER; 2: HKUST, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China); 3: University of Pennsylvania |
SAT 4-2: Patterns in Returns Location: Meeting Room 8, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Zhan Shi, Tsinghua University PBC School Discussant: Chuck Fang, Drexel University Anomaly-driven demand Aarhus University, Denmark |
| 10:50am - 11:45am |
SAT 1-3: Fixed Income Location: Meeting Room 4, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Erica X.N. Li, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Discussant: Dun Jia, Peking University A Nascent International Financial Channel of China’s Monetary Policy Transmission 1: Fudan University; 2: Johns Hopkins University; 3: University of Macau, Macau S.A.R. (China) |
SAT 2-3: Health and Finance Location: Meeting Room 5, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Yu-Jane Liu, Peking University Guanghua School of Management Discussant: Yu Zhang, Peking University Hidden Medical Debt and Consumer Access to Credit University of Virginia, United States of America |
SAT 3-3: Trust and Culture Location: Meeting Room 7, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Frank Yu, China Europe International Business School Discussant: Rosy Xu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong From CeFi to DeFi: What does Investors (Mis)trust? 1: Manchester University, Manchester (U.K.); 2: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China); 3: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) |
SAT 4-3: Patterns in Returns Location: Meeting Room 8, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Zhan Shi, Tsinghua University PBC School Discussant: Xingtan Zhang, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Belief Skewness in the Stock Market 1: City University of Hong Kong; 2: ESCP Business School |
| 11:55am - 1:45pm |
Lunch Location: Juxian Ballroom, 2/F, Friendship Palace |
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| 2:00pm - 2:55pm |
SAT 5-1: Corporate Bonds Location: Meeting Room 4, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Jaewon Choi, Seoul National University Discussant: Shuo Liu, Tsinghua University Illiquidity Meets Intelligence: AI-Driven Price Discovery in Corporate Bonds Southern Methodist University, United States of America |
SAT 6-1: Financial Products Location: Meeting Room 5, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Ning Zhu, SAIF Discussant: Yu Zhang, Peking University Asset Pricing with "Buy Now, Pay Later" 1: Swiss Finance Institute, EPFL, and CEPR, Switzerland; 2: Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and NBER, China; 3: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China |
SAT 7-1: Labor Market Disruptions Location: Meeting Room 7, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Tao Shen, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management Discussant: Zheyuan Yang, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management Nationalistic Labor Policies Hinder Financial Innovation 1: McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University; 2: Tilburg University; 3: Chicago Booth School of Business and NBER; 4: Peking University HSBC Business School; 5: University of Maryland |
SAT 8-1: ESG Location: Meeting Room 8, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Hong Zhang, Singapore Management University Discussant: Haoyu Gao, Renmin University of China How green is green? Anatomy of ESG funds’ selection University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) |
| 3:10pm - 4:05pm |
SAT 5-2: Corporate Bonds Location: Meeting Room 4, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Jaewon Choi, Seoul National University Discussant: Jiantao Huang, University of Hong Kong The Risk and Return of Stocks and Bonds 1: UNSW business school, Australia; 2: Mc Gill University; 3: HEC Montreal |
SAT 6-2: Financial Products Location: Meeting Room 5, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Ning Zhu, SAIF Discussant: Yihao XU, University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) The Distribution Side of Insurance Markets 1: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; 2: Tsinghua PBC School of Finance; 3: University of International Business and Economics; 4: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and CEPR; 5: Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance |
SAT 7-2: Labor Market Disruptions Location: Meeting Room 7, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Tao Shen, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management Discussant: Julia Meijun Qian, People’s Bank of China Labor Unrest and Socially Responsible Hiring 1: Xiamen University; 2: The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen); 3: China Europe International Business School, China, People's Republic of |
SAT 8-2: ESG Location: Meeting Room 8, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Hong Zhang, Singapore Management University Discussant: Darsy PU, Peking University Oil-Driven Greenium 1: Tsinghua University, China, People's Republic of; 2: The Ohio State University |
| 4:20pm - 5:15pm |
SAT 5-3: Corporate Bonds Location: Meeting Room 4, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Jaewon Choi, Seoul National University Discussant: Chanik Jo, CUHK Business School What Drives Global Corporate Bond Returns? 1: PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100083, China; 2: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 |
SAT 6-3: Financial Products Location: Meeting Room 5, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Ning Zhu, SAIF Discussant: Jianxing WEI, University of International Business and Economics Leasing as a corporate risk management mechanism 1: Peking University, HSBC Business School, China, People's Republic of; 2: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
SAT 7-3: Labor Market Disruptions Location: Meeting Room 7, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Tao Shen, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management Discussant: Zhenghui Ni, Renmin University of China Displacement or Augmentation? The Effects of AI on Workforce Dynamics and Firm Value 1: Georgia State University; 2: Peking University |
SAT 8-3: ESG Location: Meeting Room 8, 2/F, Friendship Palace Chair: Hong Zhang, Singapore Management University Discussant: Mengyu Wang, Singapore Management University The Salience of Climate Change and Green Patents Review: Evidence from Climatic Disasters 1: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China); 2: The Chinese University of Hong Kong; 3: Tsinghua University; 4: Fudan University |

