12th Annual Conference
Sustainable and Green Finance
(Joint with SGFIN)

 
 
19
May
2025
Monday 
Environmental Policy and Financial Products
Chair: Yu QIN (National University of Singapore and ABFER)

Location: Cuscaden

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Coverage Neglect in Homeowners Insurance
J. Anthony COOKSON* (University of Colorado)
Emily A. GALLAGHER (University of Colorado)
Philip MULDER (University of Wisconsin Madison)

Discussant:
Emirhan ILHAN (National University of Singapore)
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Green Mortgages
Joao F. COCCO* (London Business School)
Bernardo MENDES (London Business School)
S. Lakshmi NAARAAYANAN (London Business School)

Discussant:
Mingzhu TAI (University of Hong Kong)
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
E vs. G: Environmental Policy and Earnings Manipulation in China
Darwin CHOI* (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Feifei LAI (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:
Runjing LU (University of Toronto)


 
20
May
2025
Tuesday 
Carbon Offsets, Innovation, and Biodiversity 
Chair: Po-Hsuan HSU (National Tsing Hua University and ABFER)

Location: Cuscaden

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Pricing the priceless: the financing cost of biodiversity conservation
Fukang CHEN (Renmin University of China)
Minhao CHEN (Renmin University of China)
Lin William CONG (Cornell University and ABFER)
Haoyu GAO* (Renmin University of China)
Jacopo PONTICELLI (Northwestern University)

Discussant:
Livia Hanyi YI (Boston College)
10:00 am – 10:30 am
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Do Investors Care about Carbon Offsets?
Yeow Hwee CHUA (Nanyang Technological University)
Liuyang SHE* (Nanyang Technological University)

Discussant:
Laura STARKS (University of Texas at Austin and ABFER)
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Financial Innovation via Sustainable Lending
Anya KLEYMENOVA* (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
Xi LI (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Yinan LI (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Discussant:
Stefan ZEUME (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)


  * Presenter. Program is subjected to change. Updated 14 Mar 2025.

Session Format

Three papers will be presented during each session. Each paper has 25 minutes for presentation, 20 minutes for discussant remarks, and 15 minutes for Q&A. There will be a 30 minutes break after the first paper.

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Program Directors Conference Organizers

Laura STARKS (University of Texas at Austin and ABFER)
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Johan SULAEMAN (National University of Singapore, SGFIN and ABFER)
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Guojun HE (University of Hong Kong and ABFER)
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Po-Hsuan HSU (National Tsing Hua University and ABFER)
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Yu QIN (National University of Singapore and ABFER)
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Qifei ZHU (National University of Singapore)
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