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25
May
2021
Tuesday - Investment Finance
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Information and Asset Pricing
Chair: Roger Loh (Singapore Management University & ABFER)

8:30 am – 9:15 am (SGT)
Taking Sides on Return Predictability
R. David McLean (Georgetown University)
Jeffrey Pontiff (Boston College)
Christopher Reilly* (Boston College)

Discussant:
Tarun Chordia (Emory University & ABFER)
9:15 am – 10:00 am
Is Hard and Soft Information Substitutable? Evidence from the Lockdowns
Jennie Bai* (Georgetown University)
Massimo Massa (INSEAD & ABFER)

Discussant:
Johan Sulaeman (National University of Singapore & ABFER)
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Break
10:15 am – 11:00 am
Attention Spillover in Asset Pricing
Xin Chen* (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)
Li An (Tsinghua University)
Jianfeng Yu (Tsinghua University)

Discussant:
Zhenyu, Gao (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
11:00 am – 11:45 am
The China-U.S. Equity Valuation Gap
Geert Bekaert (Columbia University)
Shuojia Ke (Tsinghua University)
Xiaoyan Zhang* (Tsinghua University & ABFER)

Discussant:
Kalok Chan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

25
May
2021
Tuesday - Trade, Growth and Development
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Trade
Chair: Pao-Li Chang (Singapore Management University & ABFER)

8:30 am – 9:30 am (SGT)
Geographic Fragmentation in a Knowledge Economy: Theory and Evidence from the United States
Yang Jiao* (Fudan University)
Lin Tian (INSEAD)
9:30 am – 9:45 am
Break
9:45 am – 10:45 am
Trade Wars and Industrial Policy along the Global Value Chains
Jiandong Ju (Tsinghua University)
Hong Ma (Tsinghua University)
Zi wang (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
Xiaodong Zhu* (University of Toronto)
10:45 am – 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Capital-Reallocation Frictions and Trade Shocks
Andrea Lanteri (Duke University)
Pamela Medina (University of Toronto)
Eugene Tan* (University of Toronto)
25
May
2021
Tuesday - Accounting
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China Related Topics
Chair: Travis Chow (The University of Hong Kong)

8:30 am – 9:30 am (SGT)
Information in Mandatory and Voluntary Earnings Announcement Date Forecasts
Mary Barth* (Stanford University)
Greg Clinch (University of Melbourne)
Paul Ma (University of Minnesota)

Discussant:
Douglas Skinner (University of Chicago & ABFER)
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Break
9:45 am – 10:45 am
Firm News and Market Views: The Informational Role of Official Newspapers in China
Joseph D. Piotroski (Stanford University & ABFER)
T.J. Wong (University of Southern California)
Shubo Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Tianyu Zhang* (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:
Oliver Zhen Li (National University of Singapore)
10:45 am - 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Common Ownership and Analyst Forecasts
Qiang Cheng (Singapore Management University)
Shuqing Luo* (The University of Hong Kong)
Jinping Zhang (National University of Singapore)

Discussant:
Peter Joos (INSEAD)


25
MAY 
2021
Tuesday - Academic Keynote
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12:00 pm (SGT)
Admission of participants
12:10 pm – 12:50 pm
Academic Keynote by Professor Steven J. Davis
William H. Abbott Distinguished Service Professor of International Business and Economics, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Exco Member and Senior Fellow of ABFER

"Stock Market Reactions to the COVID-19 Pandemic"
12:50 pm – 1:10 pm
Q&A moderated by Professor Bernard Yeung
Stephen Riady Distinguished Professor in Finance and Strategic Management, National University of Singapore and President of ABFER
1:10 pm
Adjourn
25
MAY
2021
Tuesday - Investment Finance
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Sustainability and Financial Markets
Chair: Allaudeen Hameed (National University of Singapore & ABFER)

3:00 pm – 3:45 pm (SGT)
Sustainability or Performance? Ratings and Fund Managers’ Incentives
Nickolay Gantchev (University of Warwick)
Mariassunta Giannetti* (Stockholm School of Economics)
Rachel Li (University of Alabama)

Discussant:
Darwin Choi (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
3:45 pm – 4:30 pm
Rewriting History II: The (Un)predictable Past of ESG Ratings
Florian Berg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Kornelia Fabisik* (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)
Zacharias Sautner (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)

Discussant:
Hao Liang (Singapore Management University)
4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Break
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm
Stakes and mistakes
Steffen Andersen (Copenhagen Business School)
Abhiroop Mukherjee* (Hong Kong University Science and Technology)
Kasper Meisner Nielsen (Copenhagen Business School)

Discussant:
Tse-Chun Lin (The University of Hong Kong)
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm
Best Short
Pasquale Della Corte* (Imperial College London)
Robert Kosowski (Imperial College London)
Nikolaos P. Rapanos (Imperial College London)

Discussant:
Ekkehart Boehmer (Singapore Management University & ABFER)

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