Academic Areas - HKU Business School

12 March

2nd Asian Conference on Organizational Economics

2nd Asian Conference on Organizational Economics

Date: 12-14 March 2026

25 September

2025 International Workshop on Chinese Economy

2025 International Workshop on Chinese Economy

Date: 9-10 October 2025

Day 1 – 9 October 2025
Session 1 – Applied/Political Economy
Chair: TBA
14:00-15:00	Yulu Tang (LSE) “Protectionism on the Screen: Endogenous Preferences, Learning, and Investment”
15:00-15:15	Coffee Break
15:15-16:15	Shaoda Wang (U of Chicago) “Laboratories of Autocracy: Landscape of Central–Local Dynamics in China’s Policy Universe”
16:15-16:30	Coffee Break
16:30-17:30	Ruixue Jia (UCSD) “Capital, Censorship and Chinese Cinema”
18:00-20:00	Dinner (By Invitation)

Day 2 – 10 October 2025
Session 2 – Applied & Trade
Chair: TBA
08:30-09:30	Hongsong Zhang (HKU) “Returns to Scale, Productivity, and Markup: Revisit the Export Premium”
09:30-09:45	Coffee Break
09:45-10:45	Zi Wang (Baptist University) “Quantifying Global Trade and Industrial Policy Competition: A Deep Learning Approach”
10:45-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-12:00	Naijia Guo (HKU) “Migration Restrictions and the Migrant-Native Wage Gap: The Roles of Wage Setting and Sorting”
12:00-14:00	Lunch Talk by Professor Shouying Liu (Renmin University) “China’s Agricultural Development” (TBC) (Location TBC)
Session 3 – PhD Session
Chair: TBA
14:00-14:45	Tianyu Fan (Yale) “The Geopolitical Determinants of Economic Growth, 1960 – 2019”
14:45-15:30	Junjie Xiao (HKU) “Beyond Personal Ties: The Power of Impersonal Accountability in China’s Bureaucratic System”
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break
16:00-16:45	Qinrui Xiahou (HKU) “The Demand, Supply, and Market Responses of Corporate ESG Actions: Evidence from a Nationwide Experiment in China”
16:45-17:30	Zhengang Wang (HKU) “Accsess to Migration and Rural Education: Examining Different Types of Hukou Reforms”
18:00-20:00	Dinner (By Invitation)

10 March

3rd HKU Summer Finance Conference

3rd HKU Summer Finance Conference

Date: 22- 23 May 2025

22 May 2025 – Day 1
09:00-09:30	Registration
09:30-09:40	Welcome and Opening Remarks
Session 1 – Chair: Irene Yi (University of Toronto and ECGI)
09:40-10:25	Amil Dasgupta (London School of Economics and ECGI) Delegated Blocks
10:25-11:10	Xavier Giroud (Columbia University) Innovation Spillovers Across U.S. Tech Clusters
11:10-11:40	Coffee Break
Session 2 – Chair: Harald Hau (University of Geneva)
11:40-12:25	Bo Becker (Stockholm School of Economics and ECGI) Non-Financial Liabilities and Effective Corporate Restructuring
12:30-14:00	Lunch at Shanghai Garden
Session 3 – Chair: Runjing Lu (University of Toronto)
14:00-14:15	Jennie Bai (Georgetown University) China’s Global Ownership
14:15-14:30	Matthew Ringgenberg (University of Utah) Stock Options, Stock Loans, and the Law of One Price
14:30-14:45	Ji Yeol Jimmy Oh (Sungkyunkwan University) Bond Funds and Credit Risk
14:45-15:00	Thomas Schmid (University of Hong Kong) Are Politicians listening to Science? Evidence from the Impact of Climate Predictions on Policy Stringency
15:00-15:15	Silvina Rubio (University of Bristol) Transparency in Voting: When and Why Institutional Investors Provide Voting Rationales
15:15-15:30	Darwin Choi (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) E vs. G: Environmental Policy and Earnings Management in China
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break
Session 4 – Chair: Bohui Zhang (CUHK Shenzhen)
15:55-16:45	Caroline Flammer (Columbia University and ECGI) Blended Finance
16:45-17:35	Maxime Couvert (University of Hong Kong) Proxy voting guidelines and Director Elections
18:00	Dinner (covered)

23 May 2025 – Day 2
Session 5 – Chair: Paul Karehnke (ESCP)
09:00-09:45	Ran Duchin (Boston College) The Economic Effects of Political Polarization: Evidence from the Real Asset Market
09:45-10:30	Song Ma (Yale University and ECGI) Banks’ Image: Evidence from Financial Advertising
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break
Session 6 – Chair: Ekaterina Gavrilova (Nova School of Business and Economics)
11:00-11:15	Paul Voss (HEC Paris) Dynamic Leverage and Risk Taking
11:15-11:30	Yizhou Xiao (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Funding Payments Crisis-Proofed Bitcoin’s Perpetual Futures
11:30-11:45	Jiaheng Yu (University of Hong Kong) Why are accounts receivable backed loans expensive?
11:45-12:00	Daniele Macciocchi (University of Miami) The Economics of Investor Engagement
12:00-12:15	Alan Kwan (University of Hong Kong) Entrepreneurial Spawning from Remote Work
12:15-12:30	Sivan Frenkel (Tel Aviv University) Strategic Disclosure with Fake and Real News
12:30-14:00	Lunch at The Square
Session 7 – Chair: Vicente J. Bermejo (ESADE)
14:00-14:45	Philipp Krueger (University of Geneva and ECGI) The Green Transition: Evidence from Corporate Green
14:45-15:30	Francois Derrien (HEC Paris) Climate Risk Engagements

25 February

1st Asian Conference on Organizational Economics

1st Asian Conference on Organizational Economics

University of Hong Kong, March 13-14, 2025

We are excited to announce the inaugural Asian Conference on Organizational Economics, which will be held at the Hong Kong University Business School on March 12th to 14th, 2025. This workshop presents a platform for researchers from Asia and other regions to share recent work and discuss future trends in Organizational Economics. You may find the program below,

Wednesday – March 12
14:30 – 15:00	Welcome and coffee
15:00 – 18:00	PhD Symposium
	Yunchou Zhang, University of Hong Kong “Optimal Rule Enforcement”
	David Cai, London School of Economics and Management “The Vertical Transmission of Policy Preference: Evidence from China”
	Jinci Liu, Stockholm University “How does the Division of Labor affect Team Productivity?”
	Arna Woemmel, University of Hamburg “Algorithmic Fairness: The Role of Beliefs”
	Kohei Takahashi, Waseda University “Specialists And Generalists In Adaptive Organizations”
18:30~	Conference Dinner
Thursday – March 13
9:00 – 10:30	Session 1: Organization of the Public Sector
	Florian Englmaier, LMU Munich “Management and Performance in the Public Sector: Evidence from German Municipalities”
	Yanhui Wu, University of Hong Kong “The Neighborhood Effect of Watchdogs on Government Accountability in China”
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30	Session 2: Leadership in Organizations
	Chen Cheng, Johns Hopkins University “Policy Vagueness and Reputational Concern”
	Anik Ashraf, LMU Munich “What Do Middle Managers Do?”
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:30	Session 3: AI & Organization
	Eduard Talamas, IESE Business School “Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy”
	Jie Gong, University of Hong Kong “AI and Creative Process”
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00	Keynote 1
	Alfonso Gambardella, Bocconi University “AI and Decision Making in Organizations”
Friday – March 14
9:30 – 11:00	Session 4: People Management in Organizations
	Wing Suen, University of Hong Kong “Signaling in Repeated Delegation”
	Hideo Owan, Waseda University “Gender Bias in Evaluation and Promotion”
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30	Keynote 2
	Daniel Ferreira, London School of Economics and Political Science “Promotions as Lotteries”
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 16:00	Session 5: Dynamic Incentives in Organizations
	Zhaotian Luo, University of Chicago “Governing Local Bureaucracy in a Centralized State”
	Jangwoo Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong “Exploitation Payoffs and Incentives for Exploration
	Zhuoran Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University “Data-Driven Hold-Up and Relational Contracts”

If you are interested in participating, please sign up using this this form until March 2^nd: https://forms.gle/RSLyn6SEJD4tv4Xy7

Please reach out to orgecon@hku.hk if you have any questions, we are looking forward to seeing you in Hong Kong!

19 December

[Call for Papers] 1st Asian Conference on Organizational Economics

1st Asian Conference on Organizational Economics

University of Hong Kong, March 13-14, 2025

We are excited to announce the inaugural Asian Conference on Organizational Economics, which will be held at the Hong Kong University Business School on March 12th to 14th, 2025. This workshop presents a platform for researchers from Asia and other regions to share recent work and discuss future trends in Organizational Economics.

We invite submissions of empirical, experimental, and theoretical papers in Organizational Economics, with a special interest in papers exploring the connection between technology and organization. Please submit your paper or extended abstract using this link by January 15th. We plan to also offer unique opportunities for early-career researchers to present their work. Limited funding may be available for speakers, acceptance decisions will be communicated by the end of January.

If you wish to attend the workshop without presenting, kindly use the same link to register so that we can have an accurate headcount.

Feel free to share this call for papers with anyone who might be interested in attending or presenting their work.

Please reach out to orgecon@hku.hk if you have any questions, we are looking forward to seeing you in Hong Kong!

The organizers,

Matthias Fahn

Jie Gong

Jin Li

Michael Wong

Yanhui Wu

07 October

HKU Macroeconomics Workshop

HKU Macroeconomics Workshop [Programme Rundown]
9:00 am – 10:15 am	Eric Swanson, University of California Irvine (with Sebastian Graves, Christopher K. Huckfeldt) *The Labor Demand and Labor Supply Channels of Monetary*
10:15 am – 10: 30 am	Coffee/tea break
10:30 am – 11:15 am	Wataru Miyamoto, University of Hong Kong (with Thuy Lan Nguyen and Dmitriy Sergeyev) *How Oil Shocks Propagate: Evidence on the Monetary Policy Channel*
11:15 am – 12:00 pm	Xiang Fang, University of Hong Kong (with Xiangyu Ding and Yang Liu) *Macroprudential Policies with Stochastic Volatility*

*This workshop is by invitation only.

11 July

2024 China and Global Economic Forum

19 November

2023 HKU Accounting Theory Conference

Day 1 Dec 13 – HKU Business School (Room 315, K.K. Leung Building)
8:45am	Registration
9:00am-9:10am	Welcome and Opening Remarks Xin Wang (Area Head of Accounting and Law, HKU Business School)
9:10am-10:20 am	“Effects of climate risk disclosure on socially responsible investment” Volker Laux, University of Texas at Austin
10:20am-10:35am	Coffee/Tea Break
10:35am-11:45pm	“Revisiting Accounting Entropy: a summary measure of accounting numbers classification” Pierre Jinghong Liang, Carnegie Mellon University
12:00pm-1:40pm	Lunch – 14/F, Senior Common Room, K.K. Leung Building
1:50 pm-3:00 pm	“Dynamic Contracting with Flexible Monitoring” Ming Yang, University College London
3:00pm-4:10pm	“Real Effects of Measuring and Reporting Unrealized Fair Value Gains” Robert Göx, University of Zurich
4:10pm-4:40pm	Coffee/Tea Break
4:40pm-5:50pm	“Rational Inattention and Accounting Standard Choice” Keri Peicong Hu, University of Hong Kong
6:00pm	Transportation to Dinner
6:30pm-8:30pm	Dinner – The Square

Day 2 Dec 14 – HKU Business School (Room 315, K.K. Leung Building)
9:00am-10:10am	“Fair Value Accounting and Debt Maturity Structure – Should we Adopt Mark-to-Funding Accounting?” Xu Jiang, Duke University
10:10am-10:25am	Coffee/Tea Break
10:25am-11:35am	“Accounting-based Valuation with Inter-firm Information Transfers” Bjorn Jorgensen, Copenhagen Business School
11:35am-11:45am	Closing Remarks Pingyang Gao (Zhang Yonghong Professor in Accounting, HKU Business School)
12:00pm-2:00pm	Lunch –海悅華宴
2:00pm-6:00pm	Activities (TBA)

*This conference is by invitation only.

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PREVIOUS CONFERENCES

22 August

2023 Hong Kong Junior Accounting Faculty Conference

2023 Hong Kong Junior Accounting Faculty Conference [Programme Rundown]
9:00am-9:15am	Welcome Speech Xin Wang (Area Head of Accounting and Law, HKU Business School)
9:15am-10:00am	Paper 1: Minjae Koo, Chinese University of Hong Kong Paper title: Acquisition of Customer Information and Corporate Decision Making
10:00am-10:45am	Paper 2: Wilbur Chen, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Paper title: Uncovering Value in Spincos: The Accounting Performance and Information Environment Consequences of Spun-off Subsidiaries
10:45am-11:00am	Break
11:00am-11:45am	Paper 3: Peeyush Taori, University of Hong Kong Paper title: The Influence of External Legal Counsels on Loan Contract Design and Performance
11:45pm-12:30pm	Paper 4: Chris X. Zhao, Hong Kong Baptist University Paper title: Government Procurement, Media Coverage, and Voluntary Disclosure: Global Evidence
12:30am-2:00pm	Lunch
2:00pm-2:45pm	Paper 5: Jongwon Park, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Paper title: Audit Fee Disclosure in the Year of an Auditor Switch
2:45pm-3:30pm	Paper 6: Wonjae Chang, City University of Hong Kong Paper title: Real Effects of General Counsel in Top Management: Evidence from Corporate Investment
3:30pm-3:45pm	Break
3:45pm-4:30pm	Paper 7: Yeung Hau Yi Tracy, Lingnan University Paper title: Does Relative Societal Trust Influence Audit Quality? Evidence from Multinational Group Audits
4:30pm-4:45pm	Closing speech Xin Wang (Area Head of Accounting and Law, HKU Business School)

*This conference is by invitation only.

26 May

HKU-UCL-ESRC Summer Workshop: Recent Research on Expectations in Macroeconomics and Finance

2023 HKU-UCL-ESRC Summer Workshop: Recent Research on Expectations in Macroeconomics and Finance [Workshop Agenda] This workshop has generous support from HKU Business School and ESRC (UK)
June 2, 2023
15:00	Departing from HKU to Discovery Bay
18:00	Conference Reception

June 3, 2023
08:00 – 08:55	Breakfast
08:55	Opening remark: Dr. Wei Cui (UCL)
09:00 – 10:30	Zhen Huo (Yale): “Bias and Sensitivity under Ambiguity” Lichen Zhang (HKU): “The Macroeconomic Implications of Uncertainty and Learning for Entrepreneurship”
10:30 – 10:45	Coffee break
10:45 – 12:15	Shihan Xie (UIUC): “How does inflation shape housing price expectations?” Guangyu Pei (CUHK): “Heterogeneous Overreaction in Expectation Formation: Evidence and Theory”
12:15 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:30	Zhesheng Qiu (City U HK): “Misperceived Law of Motion in Macroeconomic Expectations” Wataru Miyamoto (HKU): “The Macroeconomic Effects of Cash Transfers: Evidence from Brazil”
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30	Yan Bai (Rochester): “Technological Rivalry and Optimal Dynamic Policy in an Open Economy” Steve Wu (UCSD): “Collateral Advantage: Exchange Rates, Capital Flows, and Global Cycles”
18:00-	Conference Dinner

June 4, 2023
08:00 – 08:45	Breakfast
08:45 – 10:15	Xuewen Liu (HKU): “Consumption-led Industrial Upgrading” Yena Park (Seoul National): “Taxation and Sources of Inequality”
10:15 – 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00	Pei Kuang (Birmingham): “Potential Output Pessimism and Austerity in the European Union” Wei Xiong (Princeton): “ Information Discovery in a Hybrid Economy”
12:00 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 17:00	Open discussions
17:00 – 17:30	Closing remark: Prof. Xiaodong Zhu (HKU)
18:00-	Conference Dinner

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