Conference Agenda

The Value of Information from Sell-side Analysts

PhD Student Linying Lyu

Washington University in St. Louis, United States of America

Discussant: Romain Boulland (ESSEC)

Mental Models and Financial Forecasts

Prof. Francesca Bastianello¹, Prof. Paul Decaire², Prof. Marius Guenzel³

1: University of Chicago; 2: W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, United States of America; 3: University of Pennsylvania

Discussant: Diego Garcia (University of Colorado Boulder)

Inside Out: Who Trade Before the Start of Cyber Attacks?

Prof. Xi Dong¹, Prof. Edward Xuejun Li², Prof. Xintian Lin³, Prof. Xin Yuan⁴

1: Baruch College, City University of New York; 2: Baruch College and Columbia University; 3: Central University of Finance and Economics; 4: Dongbei University of Finance and Economics

Discussant: Andriy Shkilko (Wilfrid Laurier University)

The Impact of Finfluencers on Retail Investment

Dr. Isaiah Hull¹, Dr. Yingjie Qi²

1: BI Norweigian Business School; 2: Copenhagen Business School

Discussant: Prof. Marina Niessner (Indiana University -- Kelley School of Business)

Socially responsible investing and multinationals' pollution: Evidence from global remote sensing data

Virginia Gianinazzi, Victoire Girard, Mehdi Lehlali, Melissa Prado

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova SBE, Portugal

Discussant: Matilde Faralli (Imperial College London)

The Economics of Greenwashing Funds

Prof. Sean Cao¹, Prof. Yong Chen², Prof. Han Xiao³, Prof. Alan Zhang⁴

1: University of Maryland; 2: Texas A&M University; 3: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; 4: Florida International University

Discussant: Elise Gourier (ESSEC Business School)

Technology, Cybersecurity, and Cryptocurrency Returns

Da Huang¹, Jeffrey Yang²

1: Northeastern University, United States of America; 2: University of Utah, United States of America

Discussant: Dr. Roxana Mihet (University of Lausanne & Swiss Finance Institute)

Demand for Safety in the Crypto Ecosystem

Murillo Campello¹, Angela Gallo², Tammaro Terracciano³

1: Cornell University & University of Florida; 2: Bayes Business School (formerly Cass); 3: IESE Business School

Discussant: Martina Fraschini (University of Luxembourg)

Information about climate transition risk and bank lending

PhD Student Bhavyaa Sharma

UCSC, United States of America

Discussant: Thorsten Martin (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management gGmbH)

“If You Don't Know Me by Now ...” Banks’ Private Information and Relationship Length

Stijn Claessens¹, Teng Wang², Steven Ongena³

1: Yale University; 2: Federal Reserve Board; 3: University of Zurich

Discussant: Prof. Mitchell Petersen (Northwestern University)

Watching the Watchdogs: Tracking SEC Inquiries using Geolocation Data

William Gerken¹, Steven Irlbeck², Marcus Painter³, Guangli Zhang³

1: University of Kentucky; 2: University of New Hampshire; 3: Saint Louis University

Discussant: Ryan Israelsen (Michigan State University)

Corporate Lobbying of Bureaucrats

Michelle Lowry¹, Ekaterina Volkova²

1: Drexel University, USA; 2: University of Melbourne, Australia

Discussant: Nandini Gupta (Indiana University)