13th Annual Conference
Corporate Finance
2026
Intangible Capital and Growth
Chair: Ayako YASUDA (University of California, Davis and ABFER)
Venue: Tanglin I & II
Lei ZHANG (University of Hong Kong)
Yiyuan ZHANG (The University of Texas at Austin)
Discussant:
Kai LI (Tsinghua University)
Evgeny LYANDRES (Tel Aviv University)
Honglin REN* (Renmin University of China)
Discussant:
Elvira SOJLI (University of New South Wales and ABFER)
Sudipto DASGUPTA (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Isil EREL (The Ohio State University)
Yanru HAN (Stevens Institute of Technology)
Discussant:
Prabhala NAGPURNANAND (Johns Hopkins University and ABFER)
2026
Geoeconomics and Politics
Chair: Caroline FLAMMER (Columbia University and ABFER)
Venue: Cuscaden
Yaojun KE (Nanyang Technological University)
Luc LAEVEN (European Central Bank)
Hong RU* (Nanyang Technological University)
Discussant:
Vidhan K. GOYAL (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and ABFER)
Jing WU (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Discussant:
Randall MORCK (University of Alberta and ABFER)
Nancy R. XU (Boston College)
Xiaoyun YU* (Shanghai Jiao Tong University and ABFER)
Discussant:
Bo BIAN (University of British Columbia)
* Presenter. Program is subjected to change. Updated 25 Mar 2026.
Session Format
Three papers will be presented during each session. Each paper lasts for one hour, including 25 minutes for presentation, 20 minutes for discussion and 15 minutes for Q&A. There will be a 30 minutes break after the first paper.
Contact Information
| Program Director | Conference Organizer |
|---|---|
|
Manju PURI (Duke University and ABFER) |
Abhiroop MUKHERJEE (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and ABFER) |