30th Annual Global Finance Conference Program
Sessions
Wednesday 14th of June 2023
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Session C01: A subject of disagreements
Session Chair: Hugo Benedetti
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Performance evaluation disagreement: determinants and impact on fund flows
Stéphane Chrétien, Manel Kammoun
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An Inquiry into Hostile Activism The Case of Hedge Funds
Hugo Benedetti, Ehsan Nikbakht, Andrew Spieler
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Retirement and Politics: Identifying the best practices
Robinson Reyes Pena, Mustafa Caglayan, Edward Lawrence
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Externalities of Corporate Political Activism: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Abroad
Marcos Velazquez, Arun Upadhyay
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Session C02: Pollution
Session Chair: Riccardo Cosenza
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How do Climate Policy Events Shape the Pricing of Carbon in ETS Compliance and Voluntary Carbon Credit Markets?
Riccardo Cosenza, Papa Orgen
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Revisiting the Pollution Haven Hypothesis: the link between FDI and Air pollution in Sub-sahara African countries
Francis Ayensu, Sun Dongying
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The Role of Financing Mechanism in Sustainable Transformation to A Bluer Economy in Australia
Changfa Fu
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The Effect of CEO Compensation on Corporate Sustainability Behavior
Frederique Bouwman, Dennis Bams, Bart Frijns
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Session C03: Valuations
Session Chair: Max Berre
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Which Factors Matter Most? Can Startup Valuation be Micro-Targeted?
Max Berre
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Business Valuation with ODDS: Odds as a Financial Ratio in Business Valuation Theory
Mark Van Herk
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Inflation and the Relative Price Premium
Yun Joo An - Indiana University, Fotis Grigoris - Indiana University, Preetesh Kantak - Indiana University, Christian Heyerdahl-Larsen - Indiana University
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Session C04: Governments & Regulations
Session Chair: Dan Palmon
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Rethinking the Corporate Tax Base
Dan Palmon
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The influence of e-Government on corruption: a Latin American and Caribbean approach
Mohammad Refakar, Sofia García Gámez, Gilberto Cardenas Cardenas, Alvaro Salas Suárez
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Disappearing Audit Disclosure: Changes in the Reporting of Critical Audit Matters
Katsiaryna (Kate) Suslava
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The Social Geography of Misconduct
Matias Braun, Santiago Truffa
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Session C05: Everything to do with Real Estate
Session Chair: Andreas Christopoulos
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15 seconds to alpha: Higher frequency risk pricing for commercial real estate securities
Andreas Christopoulos, Joshua Barratt
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Mortgage Default: A Heterogeneous-Agent Model
Philip Kalikman, Joelle Scally
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Behavioral biases in real estate investment: Developments and the road ahead
Utkarsh Goel, Shailendra Kumar, Akshita Singh
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When Brokerages Restrict Retail Investors, Does the Game Stop?
Adam Reed, Charles Jones, Will Waller, Spencer Andrews
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Session C06: SMEs
Session Chair: Cristina Martina-Sola
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To apply, or not to apply: The role of societal trust in SME financing decisions in the context of economic uncertainty
Anastassia Vilderson, Rebel Cole, Svetlana Kalinnikova
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The effect of collateral on small business rationing of term loans and lines of credit
Rebel Cole, Marc Cowling, Weixi Liu
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Global market integration: industry level versus country level
Weiping Qin
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Line of credit financing and growth of SMEs: an empirical analysis across 28 European countries
Cristina Martina-Sola – Universidad de Alicante, Ana Mol-Gómez-Vázquez – Universidad de Alicante, Ginés Hernández-Cánovas – Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
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Session C07: CEO and Board Compensation
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It is good to be connected – Bank board network and stock returns in India
Shreya Biswas, Grahithaa Sarathy
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Is Bank CEO Pay Sensitive to Operational Risk Event Announcements?
Kevin Amess, Ahmed Barakat, Anna Chernobai, Hurvashee Gya
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Does Board Compensation Matter?
Ankur Paliwal, Rama Seth, Vishwanath SR
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Signaling or Tunneling: Dividend Policies of Chinese ADRs Listed in the US
Kevin Zhao - Middle Tennessee State University
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Value Relevance of corporate hedging practices in the Indian Manufacturing Sector
Shailendra Kumar, Jyoti Prakash Das, Utkarsh Goel
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Session C08: Investing
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A sceptical appraisal of Industry-Specific Return Predictability
Jochen Lawrenz, Mauricio Praxmarer, Nicolas Richtmann
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How quickly do investors react to analyst reports? Evidence from reports released outside trading hours
Kotaro Miwa
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The role of intellectual and social capital in funding businesses: a cross-country analysis
Samuel Mongrut, Luis Berggrun, Klender Cprtez, Martha del Pilar Rodríguez - García
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Price Bands and Their Effects on Equity Markets: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Vladimir Gatchev, Rama Seth, Ajai Singh, Vishwanatha SR
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Customers’ Non-GAAP Disclosures and Suppliers’ Investment Efficiency
Weixiao Wang, Lijuan Zhang, Lingwei Li
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Session C09: Family owned and small business
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CAN FAMILY FIRMS IN EMERGING MARKETS CREATE VALUE THROUGH DIVESTITURES?
Vikas Mehrotraitas , Rama Seth, Antik Singhal, Vishwanatha SR
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Finding the Right Mix: Impact of Technology on Small Business Lending After Bank Branch Closings
Shuang Wu
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The Zero-leverage policy and family firms
Sonal Kumar, Maher Kooli, Pedram Fardnia
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Reducing Racial Disparities in Consumer Credit: Evidence from Anonymous Loan Applications
Poorya Kabir, Tianyue Ruan
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Session C10: Panel Session: Sustainability, Green Fintech, and Green Real Estate: An Integrated Discussion
Manuchehr Shahrokhi, Nataliya Tkachenko, Ali Parhizgari, Hugo Benedetti, Ehsan Nikbakht, Andrew Spieler
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Session C11: Demographics playing a role in Finance
Session Chair: Katarzyna Schmidt-Jessa
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Firm Location and the Value-Growth Premium
Yifan Chen
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Demographic factors and costumers' bank choice criteria
Katarzyna Schmidt-Jessa
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Why Firms Reincorporate in Delaware
Shahriar Khaksari, Mufaddale Baxamusa, Abu Jalal, Hamid Mehran
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Firm Foreign Activity and the Geography of Exchange Rate Risk
Amir Akbari, Francesca Carrieri
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Session C12: COVID-19: what did it change?
Session Chair: Edgardo Cayon
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Beyond COVID-19 – The New Normal in International Investment and Finance Education
Monzurul Hoque, Nathaly Gal
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Personality and Risk-Perception Profiles with Regard to Subjective Wellbeing and Company Management: A Survey of Corporate Managers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Adam Szyszka, Marcin Rzeszutek, Szymon Okon
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Financial Literacy and Finance Behaviors in Latin America and its Relationship with the COVID-Pandemic Period
Edgardo Cayon, Julio Sarmiento, Maria Antonieta Collazos, Juan Sebastian Sandoval
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Supply Chain Configurations: Impacts on Risk Preparedness and Pandemic Resilience
Francois Constant, Max Berre
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Session C13: Investing Methods
Session Chair: Matteo Bagnara
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Clustering-based Sector Investing
Matteo Bagnara, Milad Goodarzi
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Thematic Investing in Mutual Funds
Hasan Zafer Yuksel
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Traditional Capital Investment and Corporate Lobbying
Ryan Whitby, Benjamin Blau, Todd Griffith
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Behavioral Perspective of Electronic Financial Trading: Development and Future Agenda
Utkarsh Goel, Shailendra Kumar, Sayed Mohammad Ali Hasan
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Session C14: Blockchain a new tool in Finance
Session Chair: Paolo Petacchi
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Using Blockchain to Share Demand Forecasts in a Supply Chain
Paolo Petacchi
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Using Blockchain to enhance Bank Cybersecurity
Krishnan Dandapani, Negar Sangtarash, Hemang Subramanian
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Session C15: New Technologies
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The Fundamental Value of Art NFTs
Gilbert Fridgen, Kräussl Roman, Papageorgiou Orestis, Tugnetti Alessandro
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Analyzing market reaction to AI narratives in corporate disclosure
Anup Basnet, Galla Salganik-Shoshan
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Portfolio Optimization Combined With Dynamic Covariance Matrix Estimation and Machine Learning
Chang Wang
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Factor endowment and high-quality development of trade: From the perspective of global value chain
Huifang Chen, Jiayu Yuan, Zi Jin
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Cybercrime News and Hedging in an ICAPM Framework
Jiatao Liu, Ian Marsh, Yajun Xiao
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Session C16: Social Finance
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Governance, environment, and corporate performance: new evidence for civil law countries
Maria Elisabete Neves
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Proposing a Funding Rate for US State Pension Plans
Robinson Reyes Pena
Informational Economic Transmission between Countries: Learning, Common Factors and Category Thinking
Alejandro Bernales - Universidad de Chile
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Finance and Intelligence: a survey
Nicolas Eber, Patrick Roger, Tristan Roger
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Financial Stability And Public Confidence In Banks: Evidence From Ghana
Francis Ayensu, Sun Dongying