1st Asian Finance Theory Group

Dec 20 - Dec 21, 2024

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong is hosting the 1st Asian Finance Theory Group (FTG) meeting on December 20-21, 2024. The conference will start on the morning of December 20th and end on the afternoon of December 21st. We will have: 

1.     Seminar-style presentations with ample time for discussion
2.     Shorter presentations for early-stage ideas
3.     A keynote speech by Zhiguo He
4.     (Tentative) Optional dinner gatherings on the 19th +A hiking expedition or a visit to the Tsz Shan Monastery near campus on the 21st
The conference dinner will be in a local restaurant on the evening of December 20th.

Looking forward to seeing you all in Hong Kong!
 

1st FTG Asian Meeting Schedule

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Dec 20th (Fri)

09:00-09:30

Reception

09:30-10:30

 

Parallel Sessions I: Corporate Finance

“Selling Bubbles”

by Leifu Zhang

Managerial Incentives, Financial

Innovation, and Risk-Management

Policies

by Son Ku Kim, Seung Joo Lee, and

Sheridan Titman

Parallel Sessions II: Market Microstructure

“Inventory Management in Networked

Over-the-Counter Markets”

by Zhengge Zhou

“The Welfare Implication of

Information Disclosure Frequency”

by Wen Chen and Yajun Wang

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:00

Parallel Sessions III: New Topics in Finance

“Inefficient Trading of Carbon Credits”

by Sun Jian and Bart Yueshen Zhou

“Corporate AI Adoption: A Potential

Pitfall and its Remedy”

by Joanne Chen and Brandon Yueyang Han

Parallel Sessions IV: Information Design

“Optimal Communication in Banking

Supervision”

by Jeong Ho (John) Kim, Kyungmin Kim,

Victoria Liu, and Noam Tanner

“Persuasion in Optimal Financing”

by Shiming Fu and Shuguang Zhu

12:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:00

Keynote Speech by Prof. Zhiguo He

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-16:30

“Encouraging Employee Engagement: The Role of Equity Pay”

​​​​​​​by Alvin Chen

16:30-17:00

Coffee Break

17:00-18:00

“Optimal Integration: Human, Machine, and Generative AI”

by Hongda Zhong

18:00-

Dinner​​​​​​​

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec 21st (Sat)

09:30-10:30

“Debt and Taxes: Revisited in Dynamics”

​​​​​​​by Jingxiong (Tony) Hu

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:00

“Rules versus Disclosure: Prudential Regulation and Market Discipline”

By William Fuchs, Satoshi Fukuda, and Daniel Neuhann

12:00-

Lunch

 




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