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10 March

3rd HKU Summer Finance Conference

3rd HKU Summer Finance Conference

Date: 22- 23 May 2025

22 May 2025 – Day 1
09:00-09:30Registration
09:30-09:40Welcome and Opening Remarks
Session 1 – Chair: Irene Yi (University of Toronto and ECGI)
09:40-10:25Amil Dasgupta (London School of Economics and ECGI)

Delegated Blocks

10:25-11:10Xavier Giroud (Columbia University)

Innovation Spillovers Across U.S. Tech Clusters

11:10-11:40Coffee Break
Session 2 – Chair: Harald Hau  (University of Geneva)
11:40-12:25Bo Becker (Stockholm School of Economics and ECGI)

Non-Financial Liabilities and Effective Corporate Restructuring

12:30-14:00Lunch at Shanghai Garden
Session 3 – Chair: Runjing Lu (University of Toronto) 
14:00-14:15Jennie Bai (Georgetown University)

China’s Global Ownership

14:15-14:30Matthew Ringgenberg (University of Utah)

Stock Options, Stock Loans, and the Law of One Price

14:30-14:45Ji Yeol Jimmy Oh (Sungkyunkwan University)

Bond Funds and Credit Risk

14:45-15:00Thomas Schmid (University of Hong Kong)

Are Politicians listening to Science? Evidence from the Impact of Climate Predictions on Policy Stringency

15:00-15:15Silvina Rubio (University of Bristol)

Transparency in Voting: When and Why Institutional Investors Provide Voting Rationales

15:15-15:30Darwin Choi (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

E vs. G: Environmental Policy and Earnings Management in China

15:30-16:00Coffee Break
Session 4 – Chair: Bohui Zhang (CUHK Shenzhen) 
15:55-16:45Caroline Flammer (Columbia University and ECGI)

Blended Finance

16:45-17:35Maxime Couvert (University of Hong Kong)

Proxy voting guidelines and Director Elections

18:00Dinner (covered)
 

23 May 2025 – Day 2

Session 5 – Chair: Paul Karehnke (ESCP)
09:00-09:45Ran Duchin (Boston College)

The Economic Effects of Political Polarization: Evidence from the Real Asset Market

09:45-10:30Song Ma (Yale University and ECGI)

Banks’ Image: Evidence from Financial Advertising

10:30-11:00Coffee Break
Session 6 – Chair: Ekaterina Gavrilova (Nova School of Business and Economics)
11:00-11:15Paul Voss (HEC Paris)

Dynamic Leverage and Risk Taking

11:15-11:30Yizhou Xiao (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Funding Payments Crisis-Proofed Bitcoin’s Perpetual Futures

11:30-11:45Jiaheng Yu (University of Hong Kong)

Why are accounts receivable backed loans expensive?

11:45-12:00Daniele Macciocchi (University of Miami)

The Economics of Investor Engagement

12:00-12:15Alan Kwan (University of Hong Kong) 

Entrepreneurial Spawning from Remote Work

12:15-12:30Sivan Frenkel (Tel Aviv University)

Strategic Disclosure with Fake and Real News

12:30-14:00Lunch at The Square
Session 7 – Chair: Vicente J. Bermejo (ESADE)
14:00-14:45Philipp Krueger (University of Geneva and ECGI)

The Green Transition: Evidence from Corporate Green

14:45-15:30Francois Derrien (HEC Paris)

Climate Risk Engagements

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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 – 15:00Welcome and coffee
15:00 – 18:00PhD 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 – 10:30Session 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 – 11:00Coffee 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 – 16:00Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00Keynote 1
 Alfonso Gambardella, Bocconi University
“AI and Decision Making in Organizations”
Friday – March 14
9:30 – 11:00Session 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 – 11:30Coffee 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 – 16:00Session 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 2nd: 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!

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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

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07 October

HKU Macroeconomics Workshop

HKU Macroeconomics Workshop

[Programme Rundown]

9:00 am – 10:15 amEric 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 amCoffee/tea break
10:30 am – 11:15 amWataru 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 pmXiang Fang, University of Hong Kong

(with Xiangyu Ding and Yang Liu)

Macroprudential Policies with Stochastic Volatility

*This workshop is by invitation only.

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11 July

2024 China and Global Economic Forum

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19 November

2023 HKU Accounting Theory Conference

 

Day 1

Dec 13 – HKU Business School (Room 315, K.K. Leung Building)

 

8:45amRegistration
9:00am-9:10amWelcome 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-10:35amCoffee/Tea Break
10:35am-11:45pm“Revisiting Accounting Entropy: a summary measure of accounting numbers classification”

Pierre Jinghong Liang, Carnegie Mellon University

12:00pm-1:40pmLunch – 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-4:40pmCoffee/Tea Break
4:40pm-5:50pm“Rational Inattention and Accounting Standard Choice”

Keri Peicong Hu, University of Hong Kong

6:00pmTransportation to Dinner
6:30pm-8:30pmDinner – 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-10:25amCoffee/Tea Break
10:25am-11:35am“Accounting-based Valuation with Inter-firm Information Transfers”

Bjorn Jorgensen, Copenhagen Business School

11:35am-11:45amClosing Remarks

Pingyang Gao   (Zhang Yonghong Professor in Accounting, HKU Business School)

12:00pm-2:00pmLunch –海悅華宴
2:00pm-6:00pmActivities (TBA)

*This conference is by invitation only.

 

INFORMATION

 

PREVIOUS CONFERENCES

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22 August

2023 Hong Kong Junior Accounting Faculty Conference

2023 Hong Kong Junior Accounting Faculty Conference

[Programme Rundown]

9:00am-9:15amWelcome Speech

Xin Wang

(Area Head of Accounting and Law, HKU Business School)

9:15am-10:00amPaper 1:

Minjae Koo, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Paper title: Acquisition of Customer Information and Corporate Decision Making

10:00am-10:45amPaper 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-11:00amBreak
11:00am-11:45amPaper 3:

Peeyush Taori, University of Hong Kong

Paper title: The Influence of External Legal Counsels on Loan Contract Design and Performance

11:45pm-12:30pmPaper 4:

Chris X. Zhao, Hong Kong Baptist University

Paper title: Government Procurement, Media Coverage, and Voluntary Disclosure: Global Evidence

12:30am-2:00pmLunch
2:00pm-2:45pmPaper 5:

Jongwon Park, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Paper title: Audit Fee Disclosure in the Year of an Auditor Switch

2:45pm-3:30pmPaper 6:

Wonjae Chang, City University of Hong Kong

Paper title: Real Effects of General Counsel in Top Management: Evidence from Corporate Investment

3:30pm-3:45pmBreak
3:45pm-4:30pmPaper 7:

Yeung Hau Yi Tracy, Lingnan University

Paper title: Does Relative Societal Trust Influence Audit Quality? Evidence from Multinational Group Audits

4:30pm-4:45pmClosing speech

Xin Wang

(Area Head of Accounting and Law, HKU Business School)

*This conference is by invitation only.

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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

 

15:00Departing from HKU to Discovery Bay
18:00Conference Reception
 

 

 June 3, 2023
08:00 – 08:55 Breakfast
08:55 Opening remark: Dr. Wei Cui (UCL)
09:00 – 10:30Zhen Huo (Yale): “Bias and Sensitivity under Ambiguity”

 

Lichen Zhang (HKU): “The Macroeconomic Implications of Uncertainty and Learning for Entrepreneurship”

 

10:30 – 10:45Coffee break
10:45 – 12:15Shihan Xie (UIUC): “How does inflation shape housing price expectations?”

 

Guangyu Pei (CUHK): “Heterogeneous Overreaction in Expectation Formation: Evidence and Theory”

 

12:15 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 15:30Zhesheng 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 – 16:00Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30Yan 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 – 08:45Breakfast
08:45 – 10:15Xuewen Liu (HKU): “Consumption-led Industrial Upgrading”

 

Yena Park (Seoul National): “Taxation and Sources of Inequality”

 

10:15 – 10:30Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00Pei Kuang (Birmingham): “Potential Output Pessimism and Austerity in the European Union”

 

Wei Xiong (Princeton): “ Information Discovery in a Hybrid Economy”

 

12:00 – 14:30Lunch
14:30 – 17:00Open discussions
17:00 – 17:30Closing remark: Prof. Xiaodong Zhu (HKU)
18:00-Conference Dinner

 

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24 August

2022 Hong Kong Junior Accounting Faculty Conference

2022 Hong Kong Junior Accounting Faculty Conference
[Programme Rundown]
9:00am-9:15amWelcome Speech

Pingyang Gao

(Area Head of Accounting and Law, HKU Business School)

 

9:15am-10:00amPaper 1:

Charles Kang, University of Hong Kong

Paper title: Divestitures, Classification Uncertainty, and Stock Market Mispricing

 

10:00am-10:45amPaper 2:

Arthur Morris, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Paper title: Individual Mortgage Lending, Public Corruption, Race, and Gender: Evidence from Local Corruption Crackdowns

 

10:45am-11:00amBreak
11:00am-11:45amPaper 3:

John Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Paper title: Do Corporate Income Tax Assessments Affect Pricing Strategy?

 

11:45pm-12:30pmPaper 4:

Mark Yan, Hong Kong Baptist University

Paper title: Debt Contracting and Changes to the Accounting for Leases: Implications of Accounting Standards Codification 842

 

12:30am-2:00pmLunch
2:00pm-2:45pmPaper 5:

Lawrence Lei, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Paper title: Inclusive Board Representation? Views on Diverse Directors from HK Listed Companies

 

2:45pm-3:30pmPaper 6:

Liwei Weng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Paper title: Mutual Fund Strategic Disclosure

 

3:30pm-3:45pmBreak
3:45pm-4:30pmPaper 7:

Kelvin Yeung, City University of Hong Kong

Paper title: Audit Partners’ Cultural Heritage, Audit Outcomes, and Client Financial Reporting Choices

 

4:30pm-5:15pmPaper 8:

Ray Wang, Lingnan University

Paper title: Contemptuous CEOs and Management Forecasts

 

5:15pm-5:30pmClosing speech

Pingyang Gao

(Area Head of Accounting and Law, HKU Business School)

 

This conference is co-organized by Hong Kong Academic Accounting Association Limited and HKU Business School.
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18 July

HKU Summer Workshop on Innovation and Information Management

HKU Summer Workshop on Innovation and Information Management
June 29 -30, 2022 | Information Systems (IS) Part
  
[Test] HKU Summer Workshop on Innovation and Information Management 

Keynote

Prof. Andrew Burton-Jones (University of Queensland)

“Views from MISQ: The world of the text”

 

[Test] HKU Summer Workshop on Innovation and Information Management

 

 

 

Keynote

Prof. Yong Tan (University of Washington)

“Learning to be Proficient?  A Structural Model of User Dynamic Engagement in E-Health Interventions”

 

[Test] HKU Summer Workshop on Innovation and Information Management 

Keynote

Prof. Han Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology)

“Bots with Feelings: Should AI Agents Express Positive Emotion in Customer Service?”

 

Lionel Zhepeng Li

 

 

Presentation 1

Dr. Lionel Li (HKU)

“Store Recommendations in Offline Shopping: An Unbiased Ranking Approach Using Spatial Movement”

 

 

Presentation 2

Ms. Yifan Jiao (HKU)

“Algorithms versus Friends in Content Recommendations: A Large-Scale Field Experiment”

 

 

 

 

Presentation 3

Dr. Yipu Deng (HKU)

“Let Artificial Intelligence Be Your Shelf Watchdog: The Impact of AI-powered Shelf Monitoring on Product Sales”

 

 

 

Presentation 4

Dr. Shengjun Mao (HKU)

“Offline Stores Boost the Credibility of Online Stores: Evidence from a Multichannel Retailer”

 

 

HKU Summer Workshop on Innovation and Information Management
July 6 -7, 2022 | Operations Management (OM) Part
  
 

Keynote

Prof. Jeannette Song (Duke University)

“The Blockchain Newsvendor: Value of Freshnesss Transparency and Smart Contracts”

 

 

 

 

Keynote

Prof. Wedad Elmaghraby (University of Maryland)

“Electronics and Fashion Waste”

 

 

 

Presentation 1

Dr. Feng Tian (HKU)

“Punish Underperformance with Suspension — Optimal Dynamic Contracts in the Presence of Switching Cost”

 

 

 

Presentation 2

Dr. Zhengli Wang (HKU)

“New Venture Creation: A Drift-Variance Diffusion Control Model”

 

 

 

Presentation 3

Dr. Eric Park (HKU)

“Patient Sensitivity to Emergency Department Waiting Time Announcements”

 

 

 

Presentation 4

Mr. Jin Yao (HKU)

“How Does Risk Hedging Impact Operations? Insights from a Price-Setting Newsvendor Model”

 

 

HKU Summer Workshop on Innovation and Information Management
July 15, 2022 | Business Analytics (BA) Part
  
 

Keynote

Prof. Jianqing Fan (Princeton University)

“Structural Deep Learning in Conditional Asset Pricing”

 

 

 

 

Keynote

Prof. Jane-Ling Wang (University of California)

“The Trouble with Sparse Functional Data”

 

 

Presentation 1

Dr. Dan Yang (HKU)

“Network Regression and Supervised Centrality Estimation”

 

 

 

 

Presentation 2

Dr. Weichen Wang (HKU)

“Volatility Prediction Comparison via Robust Volatility Proxies”

 

 

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