Conference Agenda

Climate-triggered institutional price pressure: Does it affect firms’ cost of equity?

George Skiadopoulos^1,2, Cheng Xue¹

1: Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom; 2: University of Piraeus, Greece

Discussant: Lorenzo Bretscher (University of Lausanne)

The Impact of Climate Engagement: A Field Experiment

Florian Heeb^2,3, Julian Kölbel^1,3

1: University of St. Gallen, Switzerland; 2: Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany; 3: MIT Sloan, USA

Discussant: Gazi Kabas (Tilburg University)

Rewiring Supply Chains Through Uncoordinated Climate Policy

Emanuela Benincasa¹, Olimpia Carradori¹, Miguel Ferreira², Emilia Garcia-Appendini³

1: University of Zurich and Swiss Finance Institute, Switzerland; 2: Nova School of Business and Economics, CEPR, ECGI; 3: Norges Bank, University of St. Gallen, and Swiss Finance Institute

Discussant: Florian Peters (University of Amsterdam)

Financial constraints and household green technology adoption

Tobias Berg¹, Ulf Nielsson², Daniel Streitz³

1: Goethe University Frankfurt; 2: Copenhagen Business School; 3: IWH Halle

Discussant: Zhiyao (nicholas) Chen (City Univeristy of Hong Kong)

Greenness Demand For US Corporate Bonds

Rainer Jankowitsch^1,2, Alexander Pasler¹, Patrick Weiss³, Josef Zechner^1,2

1: Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria; 2: VGSF; 3: Reykjavik University

Discussant: James O\'Donovan (City University of Hong Kong)

Public Seeds, Private Blooms: A Q-theoretical Exploration of Public and Private Investment

Zhiyao Chen¹, Ran Duchin², Daniel Kim³

1: City University of Hong Kong; 2: Boston College; 3: University of Waterloo

Discussant: Zexi Wang (Lancaster University)

Kamikazes in Public Procurements: Bid-Rigging and Real Non-Market Outcomes

Dimas Fazio, Alminas Zaldokas

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Discussant: Ettore Croci (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

Data Breaches, Debt Costs, and Public Service Provision: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities

Sean Cao¹, Anya Nakhmurina², Tianchen {Hugo} Zhao¹

1: University of Maryland, United States of America; 2: Yale University, United States of America

Discussant: Roxana Mihet (University of Lausanne)

Do advisors respond to investors’ sustainability preferences?

Thomas Kolbe Cauthorn¹, Julia Eckert³, Anne Kellers², Christian Klein¹, Bernhard Zwergel¹

1: Universitaet Kassel, Germany; 2: University of Groningen, Netherlands; 3: NA

Discussant: Arna Olafsson (Copenhagen Business School)

“Glossy Green” Banks: The Disconnect Between Environmental Disclosures and Lending Activities

Mariassunta Giannetti¹, Martina Jasova², Maria Loumioti³, Caterina Mendicino⁴

1: Stockholm School of Economics; 2: Barnard College, Columbia University; 3: The University of Texas at Dallas; 4: European Central Bank

Discussant: Emilia Garcia-Appendini (Norges Bank and University of St Gallen)