12th Annual Conference: Tech, Digital Markets and AI (Joint with Google, SEA and SKBI)

12th Annual Conference
Tech, Digital Markets and AI
(Joint with Google, SEA and SKBI)

May
2025

Monday

Economics of Innovation and Tech Policy
Chair: Guy BEN-ISHAI (Google)

Venue: Tanglin I & II

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Venture Capital Response to Government-Funded Basic Science

Roham REZAEI* (University of New South Wales)
Yufeng YAO (University of New South Wales)

Discussant:
Yizhou XIAO (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Conference Paper

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Break

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

The Value of AI Innovations in Non-IT Firms

Wilbur Xinyuan CHEN* (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Terrence Tianshuo SHI (Harvard University)
Suraj SRINIVASAN (Harvard University)
Saleh ZAKERINIA (Harvard University)

Discussant:
Alminas ZALDOKAS (National University of Singapore)

Conference Paper

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

The Private Value of Open-Source Innovation

Logan P. EMERY* (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Chan LIM (University at Buffalo)
Shiwei YE (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Discussant:
Shan HUANG (University of Hong Kong)

Conference Paper

MAY
2025

Wednesday

Cryptocurrency Markets and Decentralized Organizations
Chair: Gavin FENG (City University of Hong Kong)

Venue: Tanglin I & II

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Are Arbitrageurs Less Affected by Behavioral Biases? Evidence from the Cryptocurrency Market

Pulak GHOSH (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and ABFER)
Ruxue GONG (Singapore Management University)
Hong ZHANG* (Singapore Management University and ABFER)

Discussant:
Byoung-Hyoun HWANG (Nanyang Technological University and ABFER)

Conference Paper

10:00 am – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am – 11:30 am

Is There Wisdom Among the DAO Crowd? Evidence from Vote Delegation

Chuxuan FAN (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
Tao SHU* (Chinese University of Hong Kong and ABFER)
Fei XIE (University of Delaware and ECGI)

Discussant:
Ben CHAROENWONG (INSEAD)

Conference Paper

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Centralized Governance in Decentralized Organizations

Lin William CONG (Cornell University and ABFER)
Daniel RABETTI* (National University of Singapore)
Charles C.Y. WANG (Harvard University and European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI))
Yu YAN (National University of Singapore)

Discussant:
Jan BENA (University of British Columbia)

Conference Paper

MAY
2025

Wednesday

LLMs, Firms, and Financial Intermediaries
Chair: Hong ZHANG (Singapore Management University – Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) and ABFER)

Venue: Tanglin I & II

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Firm-Level Input Price Changes and Their Effects: A Deep Learning Approach

Sudheer CHAVA (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Wendi DU (University of South Carolina)
Indrajit MITRA* (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Agam SHAH (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Linghang ZENG (Babson College)

Discussant:
Nitin KUMAR (Nanyang Technological University)

Conference Paper

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Break

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Disciplining Banks through Disclosure: Evidence from CFPB Consumer Complaints

Jeffrey JOU (University of Pennsylvania)
Anya KLEYMENOVA* (Federal Reserve Board)
Andrea PASSALACQUA (Georgetown University)
Laszlo SANDOR (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
Rajesh VIJAYARAGHAVAN (University of British Columbia)

Discussant:
Liyan YANG (University of Toronto and ABFER)

Conference Paper

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Generative AI and Asset Management

Jinfei SHENG (University of California, Irvine)
Zheng SUN* (University of California, Irvine)
Baozhong YANG (Georgia State University)
Alan ZHANG (Florida International University)

Discussant:
Amit GOYAL (University of Lausanne and ABFER)

Conference Paper

* Presenter. Program is subjected to change. Updated 19 Mar 2025.

Session Format

Three papers will be presented during each session. Each paper lasts for one hour, including 25 minutes for presentation, 25 minutes for discussion and 10 minutes for Q&A. There will be a 30 minutes break after the first paper.

Contact Information

Program Director	Conference Organizer
Lin William CONG (Cornell University and ABFER) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Pulak GHOSH (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and ABFER) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Guy BEN-ISHAI (Google) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Maryam FARBOODI (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Gavin FENG (City University of Hong Kong) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Hong ZHANG (Singapore Management University – Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) and ABFER) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Conference Organizer

Lin William CONG (Cornell University and ABFER)
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Pulak GHOSH (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and ABFER)
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Guy BEN-ISHAI (Google)
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Maryam FARBOODI (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Gavin FENG (City University of Hong Kong)
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Hong ZHANG (Singapore Management University – Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI) and ABFER)
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