› Shareholder Conflicts of Values and Preferences, Policy Uncer-tainty, and Price Gaps between Dual-Listed A- and H-Shares in China - Zhang Haofei, Ningbo University of Technology
11:00-12:30 (1h30)
› Mending Fences: Do Target Firms Bolster Corporate Social Responsibility after Unsuccessful Takeovers? - Zhenyu Zhang, Hong Kong Baptist University
11:00-12:30 (1h30)
› Prior Lending Relationships and the Effectiveness of Commitments in Sustainability-Linked Loans - Amine Tarazi, Université de Limoges, France
11:00-12:30 (1h30)
› Human Capital Disclosure in Corporate Earnings Call - Lu Zhou, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
11:00-12:30 (1h30)
› Climate Risk Disclosure and Return Anomalies: A Textual Analysis of Chinese A-Shares - Xiao-Ming Li, Massey University
11:01-12:30 (1h29)
› Nothing environmental, its just business - Michael Chng, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
11:02-12:30 (1h28)
11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)
B3: Green Finance I
Room 03
Luca Lin (State University of New York at Buffalo, United States of America)
› The monitoring costs of green lending - Luca Lin, State University of New York at Buffalo
11:00-12:30 (1h30)
› The Dynamics of Assurances in the Global Green Bond Market - Jiahang Zhang, The University of Hong Kong
11:00-12:30 (1h30)
› Unlocking Financial Benefits: How Green Bond Issuance Lowers Bank Loan Costs Globally - Lanhao Gao, Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle
11:01-12:30 (1h29)
11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)
B4: Behavioral Finance & Sustainability I
Room 04
Ruobing Yan (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
› Trust and Lottery-Related Anomalies - Ya Gao, University of South Australia
11:00-12:30 (1h30)
› The Puzzle of Successful Repurchase: Market Inefficiencies, Managerial Skill, or Both? - Han Zhou, Monash university
11:00-12:30 (1h30)
› From Equity Greenium to Carbon Return: Discovering Social Signal of Climate Conscience - Ruobing Yan, Harbin Institute of Technology
11:00-12:30 (1h30)
11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)
B5: Artificial Intelligence & Sustainability
Room 05
Wang Yaqi (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
› Target Employee Reviews and Acquisition Outcomes: Does a Private Target Make a Difference? - Wang Yaqi, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
11:00-12:30 (1h30)
› How Artificial Intelligence Shapes the Breadth and Depth of Intercity Green Collaborative Innovation? A Network Centrality Perspective - Chengxinge Yang, Hunan University
11:00-12:30 (1h30)
› Machine Learning Forecasts of Tail Risk Spillovers in Carbon and Energy Markets - Lu Lu, Nanjing University of Finance & Economics
11:01-12:30 (1h29)
› Credible CSR and Credit Ratings: How State-Led CSR Enhances Firm Creditworthiness - Wei (Maggie) Hao, Massey University
15:30-17:00 (1h30)
› Public and Private Interventions in ESG: Evidence from Global Syndicated Lending Guideline Reform - Xiaoyu Zhu, Sun Yat-Sen University [Guangzhou]
15:30-17:00 (1h30)
› Do Female Directors Drive Corporate Social Responsibility Performance? Evidence from Korea's Board Gender Quota Mandate - BOXIAN WANG, Yonsei University
15:30-17:00 (1h30)
15:30 - 17:00 (1h30)
D2: Climate Finance I
Room 02
Isaac Otchere (Carleton University, Canada)
› The Fiscal Impact of Local Environmental Commitment: Evidence from China's Green Bond Market - Haojun Yuan, Massey University
15:30-17:00 (1h30)
› Are exclusions by large public investors effective in changing the behavior of the excluded firms? - Isaac Otchere, Carleton University
15:30-17:00 (1h30)
› Central banks sowing the seeds for a green financial sector? NGFS membership and market reactions - Marc Steffen Rapp, Philipps-Universität Marburg, School of Business and Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Accounting, Center for Corporate Governance
15:30-17:00 (1h30)
15:30 - 17:00 (1h30)
D3: Green Finance II
Room 03
Sasha Molchanov (Massey University, New Zealand)
› When Green Meets Digital: The Surprising Relationships Between Eco-Investments and Crypto Assets in Turbulent Times - Sasha Molchanov, Massey University
15:30-17:00 (1h30)
› Sustainable Debt, Sustainable Returns? The Impact of Green Bonds on Firm Performance in China - Olga Alekseeva, HSE University
15:31-17:00 (1h29)
› Go Green or Go Rich? - Future Investors' choice in an Experimental Asset Market - Ye Bai, Xian Jiaotong Liverpool University
15:32-17:00 (1h28)
15:30 - 17:00 (1h30)
D4: Environmental, Social and Governance II
Room 04
Amanjot Singh (University of New Brunswick, Canada)
› The Green Ripple: Does Foreign Environmental Norm Shape Corporate Green Sustainability through Global Supply Chains? - Jing Liao, Massey University
15:30-17:00 (1h30)
› Do Repurchases Facilitate Shareholder Exit? Evidence from CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure - Feng Yue, University of Science and Technology of China
15:30-17:00 (1h30)
› Corporate Misconduct and Labor Leverage - Amanjot Singh, University of New Brunswick
15:30-17:00 (1h30)
15:30 - 17:00 (1h30)
D5: Digital Transformation & Sustainability
Room 05
Mei Qiu (Massey University, New Zealand)
› Digital transformation and the advancement of new quality productivity: a supply chain perspective - Shengnan Liu, Nanjing University of Finance & Economics
15:30-17:00 (1h30)
› Household digital transformation and financial resilience: Evidence from China - Mei Qiu, Massey University
15:31-17:00 (1h29)
› How Does Data factor Marketization Boost Urban Green Productivity? Evidence from Chinese Quasi-Natural Experiments - Jing Li, School of Finance, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics
15:32-17:00 (1h28)
› Arm's Length or Arm-in-arm? Multibusiness firms' Institutional Arbitrage in Medical Monitoring Claims - Mingmei Liu, Jinan University, China
10:30-12:00 (1h30)
› When Help Hurts: The Environmental Externalities of Industrial Subsidies - Wei Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
10:31-12:00 (1h29)
› Organisational medical welfare and firm productivity: The role of employee psychological security - Jing Chi, Massey University
10:32-12:00 (1h28)
10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)
F2: Climate Finance II
Room 02
Biao Yang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
› Fund Mergers, Cross Ownership and Environmental Spillovers in Supply Chains - Yujia Shao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
10:30-12:00 (1h30)
› International Climate News - Biao Yang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
10:31-12:00 (1h29)
› From Words to Wealth: The Role of Climate Change Disclosures in Global Stock Return - Dong Ding, Hefei University of Technology
10:32-12:00 (1h28)
10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)
F3: Environmental, Social and Governance III
Room 03
Kayshani Gibbon (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
› From Incidents to Actions: The Dynamics of ESG Engagement in Asset Management - Yongheng Sun, Singapore Management University
10:30-12:00 (1h30)
› Do green and sustainability-linked bank loans enable green innovation? - Kayshani Gibbon, Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University [Utrecht]
10:31-12:00 (1h29)
› Healthy Returns: The Impact of Paid Sick Leave on Hospital Healthcare Quality - Lei Lei, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
10:32-12:00 (1h28)
10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)
F4: Behavioral Finance & Sustainability II
Room 04
Limin Xu (University of Adelaide, Australia)
› The Salience of Climate Change and Green Patents Review: Evidence from Climatic Disasters - Yajing Wang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
10:30-12:00 (1h30)
› ESG Controversies and Inventor Job-hopping - Limin Xu, The University of Adelaide, Australia
10:31-12:00 (1h29)
› Uncertainties in cross-section returns of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - Yongyu Chen, Massey University
10:32-12:00 (1h28)
10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)
F5: Digital Finance, Fintech & Sustainability
Room 05
Tiantian Tang (Shandong University, China)
› When FinTech Meets Sustainability: The Dark Side of Fintech in Green Investment Decisions - Ruichen Ma, Macau University of Science and Technology
10:30-12:00 (1h30)
› ESG Rating Divergence: Cost of Digital Finance - Tiantian Tang, Shandong University
10:31-12:00 (1h29)
› When Algos Face the Tail: Intraday Risk in High-Frequency Trading - Devika Arumugam, Indian Institute of Management Indore
10:32-12:00 (1h28)
› ESG Engagement and Disclosure: Implications for Stock Misvaluation and Market Efficiency in China - Qifang Feng, Massey University
13:30-15:00 (1h30)
› When Social Media Bites: ESG Backlash and Institutional Insulation in Chinese Firms - Yuejiao Wang, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
13:31-15:00 (1h29)
› Corporate operational inflexibility and philanthropic giving: The moderating effect of managerial short-termism - Linshan Zeng, Massey University
13:32-15:00 (1h28)
13:30 - 15:00 (1h30)
G2: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Room 02
Seungjoon Oh (Peking University HSBC Business School, China)
› Mind the Gap: Gender Discrimination in Loan Pricing Around the World - Christoph Domnick, Finance Center Münster - University of Münster
13:30-15:00 (1h30)
› Can Board Gender Diversity Resolve ESG Rating Disagreement? - Yilan Cui, The University of Queensland
13:31-15:00 (1h29)
› Tradeoff between Entrepreneurship and Fertility: Evidence from China's Nationwide Two-Child Policy - Seungjoon Oh, Peking University HSBC Business School, China
13:32-15:00 (1h28)
13:30 - 15:00 (1h30)
G3: Environmental, Social and Governance IV
Room 03
Shaun McDowell (Wenzhou-Kean University, China)
› Performance persistence of ESG funds: Evidence from China - Shaun McDowell, Wenzhou-Kean University
13:30-15:00 (1h30)
› Do ESG investments curb firm competitiveness? The case of China's national drug procurement regime - Qian Zhuang, China Pharmaceutical University
13:31-15:00 (1h29)
› Good News and Bad News: Customer ESG News and Supplier Green Transformation - Xu Huang, Nankai University
13:32-15:00 (1h28)
13:30 - 15:00 (1h30)
G4: Behavioral Finance & Sustainability III
Room 04
Claire Matthews (Massey University, New Zealand)
› Transformation in Retail Banking – Do New Zealand's Retail Bank Customers Welcome Green Banking? - Claire Matthews, Massey University
13:30-15:00 (1h30)
› When Greed Meets Bias: Its Dual Impact on the Disposition Effect - Haoyang Yu, Auckland University of Technology
13:31-15:00 (1h29)
› Hot Under the Collar: Impacts of Extreme Heat on Financial Consumer Complaints - Rui Sun, University of Adelaide
13:32-15:00 (1h28)
13:30 - 15:00 (1h30)
G5: Biodiversity & Climate Change
Room 05
Linti Zhang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
› Attention to Biodiversity Risk: Evidence from the United Nations COP15 metting - Linti Zhang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
13:30-15:00 (1h30)
› Bridging the gap or deepening divide? The impact of climate belief and regulation intervention on corporate environmental disconnect - Fangyuan Kou, University of Exeter Business School
13:31-15:00 (1h29)
› The “Major Questions” of Carbon Emissions and Value Relevance of Climate Litigation - XIAOYI LYU, Sun Yat-Sen University [Guangzhou]
13:32-15:00 (1h28)