Conference Agenda

Session

Geopolitics

Time:

Friday, 30/May/2025:

2:30pm - 4:15pm

Session Chair: Thomas Andreas Maurer, University of Hong Kong

Location: Studio 6

Presentations

Global Political Ties and the Global Financial Cycle

Gene Ambrocio¹, Iftekhar Hasan², Xiang Li³

¹Bank of Finland; ²Fordham University; ³Halle Institute for Economic Research

Discussant: Pasquale Della Corte (Imperial College London)

Partisan Friendshoring

Meghana Ayyagari¹, Janet Gao², Pengfei Ma³

¹George Washington University; ²Georgetown University; ³Singapore Management University

Discussant: Hugh Kim (Wilfrid Laurier University)

How do US Firms Respond to Labor Market Regulation Shocks around the World? Evidence from the Global Supply Chain

Xiaoxue Hu¹, Dongxu Li¹, Rose Liao², Angie Low³, Carrie Pan⁴

¹Xiamen University; ²Rutgers University; ³Nanyang Technological University; ⁴Santa Clara University

Discussant: Munhee Han (Texas Tech University)