31st Annual Global Finance Conference Program
Sessions
Tuesday 18th of June 2024
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Session A01:
Session Chair: Alphin T Kallany, Thenmozhi M
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Does Political Ownership Affect Related Party Transactions? Evidence from Indian State-Owned Enterprises
Alphin T Kallany, Thenmozhi M
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Bond Investors' Trading Horizon and the Cost of Debt
Liting Chiu
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Board of Directors' Cultural Proximity and Investment Efficiency of Multinational Corporations
Angie Wang
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Session A02: Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibilities, and Ethics
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Sustainable Banking Practices: A Bibliometric Analysis of Trends, Themes, and Influential Factors in Disclosures by Banks
Arshdeep Singh, Naveen Kumar
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Navigating backers’ motivation: Exploring the nuances between commercial and social crowdfunding initiatives
Joanna Adamska-Mieruszewska, Urszula MrzygÅ‚ód
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Session A03: Real Estate Finance /REITs, Crowdfunding, International RE & Alternative
Session Chair: Alain Coen, Aurélie Desfleurs
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Geopolitical Risk and the Dynamics of REITs Returns
Alain Coen, Aurélie Desfleurs
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Reverse Mortgages, Housing and Consumption: An Equilibrium Approach
Ariel Sun, Jialu Shen, Shize LI
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The Impact of Costco’s Relocation on Land Prices in an Urban Area
Andres Jauregui, Mohammadali Fallah, Jacquelin Curry
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Session A04: Global Energy & Environment Issues
Session Chair: Urvashi Khandelwal
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Internal Carbon Pricing and Firm Performance
Urvashi Khandelwal
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Harnessing the Wind: The Impact of Wind Turbine Proximity on Sustainable Investment Choices
Jan Winkelmann
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Banks and Fossil Fuel Financing. The Mitigation Role of Internal Policies and Strategic Alliances
Mauro Aliano, Giuliana Birindelli, Helen Chiappini
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Session A05:
Session Chair: Kenneth Tah, Soumik Kundu
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The Effect of Exchange Rate on P/E Ratio
Kenneth Tah, Soumik Kundu
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An Emission Factor in Corporate Bond Returns and the COP21
Mathis Leifhelm, Christian Klein, Peter Scholz
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Bank desertification and individual’s financial well-being
Paola Bongini, Donatella Baiardi, Doriana Cucinelli, Emanuela Rinaldi
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Session A06: Global Pandemic – Global Health Issues and Impacts
Session Chair: Lingbo Shen
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Team versus individual: Evidence from financial analysts during COVID-19 pandemic
Lingbo Shen
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Corporate dividend policy and special state aid in the time of COVID-19
Katarzyna Schmidt-Jessa, Marta Kluzek
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Subjective Well-Being of Chief Executive Officers and Its Impact on Stock Market Volatility During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Agent Based Model Perspective
Marcin Rzeszutek, Jorgen Vitting Andersen, Adam Szyszka, Szymon Talaga
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COVID Intensity, Resilience and Expected Returns
Elham Daadmehr
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Session A07: Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibilities, and Ethics
Session Chair: Arash Faizabad, Claudia Champagne, Mohammad Refakar
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Corruption, Institutional Quality, Covid-19 Pandemic and Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions (CBM&As) Activity: A Country-level Analysis
Arash Faizabad, Claudia Champagne, Mohammad Refakar
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Does Corruption-related Disclosure Trigger Market Discipline Mechanisms? An Empirical Analysis in the Banking Sector of the GIPSI Countries
Pablo de Andrés, Salvatore Polizzi, Enzo Scannella, Nuria Suárez
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Searching for possible Causal effects between cash payments and electronic payments on a country’s GDP
Andrea Birigozzi, Cristina De Silva, Prabesh Luitel
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Academic directors and corporate violations: evidence from China
Yue Cheng, Sunil Poshakwale, Wasim Ahmad
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Session A08: Global Financial Crises, Imbalances
Session Chair: Rebel Cole, Brian Silverstein
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Reaching for Yield by Commercial Banks
Rebel Cole, Brian Silverstein
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Systemic Risk from Overlapping Portfolios: A Multi-Objective Optimization Framework
Alessandro Sulas, Dietmar Maringer, Sandra Paterlini
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Rollover Risk and Systemic Risk Exposure of Shadow Banks
Rajdeep Sharma, V. Ravi Anshuman
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Session A09: Green Finance, ESG Investments, Climate risks and financial stability
Session Chair: Amelie Schischke, Andreas Rathgeber
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Spillover effects in energy markets
Amelie Schischke, Andreas Rathgeber
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Return connectedness between energy commodity and stock markets: New evidence from 31 energy sector companies in Europe
Małgorzata Just, Krzysztof Echaust, Agata Kliber
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Investigating the Effect of Green Finance Initiatives on Renewable Energy Penetration in Europe
Tibor Szendrei, Andrea Eross, Mustapha Wasseja, Erkal Ersoy
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Session A10: Moving Towards a More Digital/Interconnected World - Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
Session Chair: Arushi Verma, Madhumita Chakraborty
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Does perception about crypto influencers impact investment intention?
Arushi Verma, Madhumita Chakraborty
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Role of digital literacy in digital finance
Shumaila Fatima, Madhumita Chakraborty
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Hazy Returns: Does air pollution affect cryptocurrencies?
Anirudh Singh, Madhumita Chakraborty
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Session A11:
Session Chair: Riya Singla, Vivek Singh, Madhumita Chakraborty
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Security Analysts and Salience Effect: Empirical Evidence
Riya Singla, Vivek Singh, Madhumita Chakraborty
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Bank Runs and Media Freedom: What You Don’t Know Won’t Hurt You?
Maria Semenova
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Effects of Information Overload on Financial Markets: How Much Is Too Much?
Alejandro Bernales, Marcela Valenzuela, Ilknur Zer
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Inflation expectation and capital structure: The role of firm-specific risk
Rahul Kumar, D. Tripati Rao
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Session A12: Portfolio Flows, Portfolio Performance, Asset Allocation, and Foreign Direct Investment
Session Chair: Vladimir Sokolov
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Network Effects of Portfolio Rebalancing by Global Bond Funds
Vladimir Sokolov
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Mispricing Revealed Through the Information Ratio
Mehran Azimi
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Optimal Consumption and Dynamic Portfolio Selection under Market Liquidity
Hamza El Khalloufi, Constantin Mellios
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Do green assets enhance portfolio optimization? A multi-horizon investing perspective
Dongna Zhang
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Session A13:
Session Chair: Felix Miebs
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An averaging framework for minimum-variance portfolios: Optimal rules for combining portfolio weights
Felix Miebs
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Optimal Currency Portfolios: Do Characteristics Matter?
A.Hedieh Shahini
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An Axiomatization of the Pairwise Netting Proportional Rule in Financial Networks
Péter Csóka, P. Jean-Jacques Herings
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Systemic Analysis: A Method To Show How Funds Flow Through Financial Systems
Juliaan Bol
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Session A14:
Session Chair: Qiang Kang
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Does Climate-Related Information in Stock Price Affect Firm Investment?
Qiang Kang
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It only works if you believe in it: how climate change awareness affects the effectiveness of energy initiatives
Donatella Baiardi, Enrico Cristofoletti, Mario Menegatti
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Global Business Sentiment and Climate Change
Ali M. Parhizgari, M. Hashemi Joo, E. O. Acheampong