Program | IFMA

12 August 2024

Opening remarks (09.00-9.10am) by Johan Sulaeman (Conference chair, NUS) (virtual)

Morning Session (09.10-10.20am) Discussants Session Chair (Viet Do)

Frank Weikai Li	Singapore Management University	The Effect of Carbon Pricing on Firm Performance: Worldwide Evidence	Wen Jing
Ofir Gefen	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Discrimination in Two-sided Matching Market: Experimental and Theoretical Evidence in Entrepreneurial Finance	Anirudh Dhawan

Coffee Break (10.20-10.40am)

Morning Session (10.40-11.50am) Discussants Session Chair (Frank Weikai Li)

Anirudh Dhawan	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	What you watch in markets matters: Attention to information versus attention to prices	Jenny Vu
Yajing Wang	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Opioid Crisis and Firm Downside Tail Risks: Evidence from the Options Market	Abdullah Yavas

Lunch (11.50am-1.30pm)

Keynote Speech (1.30-2.30pm)
Bo Becker (Stockholm School of Economics)	Corporate credit, fintech and bank branches

Afternoon Session (2.30-3.40pm) Discussants Session Chair (Yajing Wang)

Yufei Lu	Central University of Finance and Economics	The Digital Dilemma: Corporate Digital Transformation and Financial Distress	Bo Becker
Ryoonhee Kim	KAIST	Large customers and firm-specific information	Frank Weikai Li

Coffee Break (3.40-3.55pm)

Afternoon Session (3.55-5.05pm) Discussants Session Chair (Anirudh Dhawan)

Abdullah Yavas	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Price Impact of Climate Risk on Commercial Real Estate	Johan Sulaeman (virtual)
Viet Do	Monash University	Common Auditors Among Co-Lenders and Syndicated Loan Outcomes	Ryoonhee Kim

Dinner (6.30pm)

Morning Session (08.30-10.15am) Discussants Session Chair (Ben Charoenwong)

Xiang Yin (virtual)	Tsinghua University	Leveraging Technology Expertise in Venture Capital Screening: Evidence from Start-up Competitions	Yajing Wang
Yajing Wang	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	The Salience of Climate Change and Green Patents Review	Xiang Yin (virtual)
Jenny Vu	Esade Business School	The marriage of Fintech and ESG in investment banks. Did Covid matchmake them?	Ben Charoenwong

Coffee Break (10.15-10.35am)

Morning Session (10.35-12.20pm) Discussants Session Chair (Ofir Gefen)

Lichoo Tay	University of Western Australia	Charging Up on Lithium – the Metal or the Miner?	Yufei Lu
Ben Charoenwong	National University of Singapore	Reducing Small Entities’ Information Disadvantages and Patent Abandonment with Online Accessibility	Ofir Gefen
Wen Jing	University of Macau	Mutual fund portfolio disclosures and portfolio firms’ earnings management	Viet Do

Lunch (12.20pm-1.50pm)

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