Poster Sessions 2026


The Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research will be holding its 13th Annual Conference on 18-21 May 2026 at Conrad Singapore Orchard. We invited submission of high quality papers from PhD students for the poster sessions which will be held on 19 and 20 May 2026, from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm.

Selected Papers

From the 93 poster submissions received, 16 posters were selected for presentation. Poster files will be available in early May.

  1. Supply Chain Industrial Policy, Local Entry, and Stock Returns
    Laura Xiaolei LIU (Peking University)
    Chloe Yue LIU (Peking University)
    Sheridan TITMAN (The University of Texas at Austin and ABFER)
    Rundong WANG* (Peking University)
  2. From Gray Income to Health Gains: The Impact of Anti-Corruption Inspections in Chinese Hospitals
    Ruiqi DING* (Singapore Management University)
    Aljoscha JANSSEN (Singapore Management University)
    Jessica Ya SUN (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
    Xuan ZHANG (Singapore Management University)
  3. Electoral Pressure and Strategic Disclosure of Congressional Trades
    Amy HUTTON (Boston College)
    Susan SHU (Boston College)
    Danling SONG* (Boston College)
  4. Distorted by Design: Size-Dependent Guarantees and Capital Misallocation
    Dongcheng YANG* (Columbia University)
  5. The Rise of Government Venture Capital in China
    Ruilin CHENG* (Peking University)
    Yiran XU (University of Oxford)
    Dilan YANG (University of Oxford)
  6. Social Movement and Gender Disparities in Promotions: Evidence from the #MeToo Movement
    Chinhui HSIEH* (Nanyang Technological University)
    Angie LOW (Nanyang Technological University and ABFER)
    Wenrui ZHANG (Colorado State University)
  7. Partisan Expectations and Behavior in the U.S. Housing Market
    Xinyu CAO* (The University of British Columbia)
    Tianping WU (The University of British Columbia)
  8. From Nickel Mining to Battery Superpower How Green Demand Intensifies Indonesia Environmental and Distributional Costs
    Qiuxia GAO* (National University of Singapore)
  9. Friends and Firearms: Social Ties and Gun Demand After Mass Shootings
    Qilin HUANG* (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
    Liuming YANG (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
  10. Going Overseas: FDI Decisions and Supply-Chain Integration
    Zhengrui CHENG* (Georgetown University)
  11. Asset Heterogeneity and Uncommon Factors
    Lin William CONG (Nanyang Technological University and ABFER)
    Guanhao FENG (City University of Hong Kong and ABFER)
    Jingyu HE (City University of Hong Kong)
    Junye LI (Fudan University)
    Qianshu ZHANG* (City University of Hong Kong)
  12. Financial Disclosure by Contractors and Government Funding Allocation: Evidence from U.S. Research Universities
    Zhenghai CHI* (National University of Singapore)
  13. Real Effects of Corporate Debt Collateral Eligibility
    Bo JING* (Tsinghua University)
  14. The Costs of Financial Crises in the United States
    Joseph HOON* (National University of Singapore)
    Chang LIU (National University of Singapore)
    Karsten MUELLER (National University of Singapore)
    Jonathan PAYNE (Princeton University)
    Zhongxi ZHENG (National University of Singapore)
  15. Salient Cues of Economic Transitions in Analyst Forecasting: Evidence from the Electric Vehicle Era
    Xueqing GENG* (Singapore Management University)
    Jarrad HARFORD (University of Washington)
    Frank Weikai LI (City University of Hong Kong)
    Yonghao Archaelake ZHAI (Singapore Management University)
  16. Alleviating Government Frictions Through Loan Policy: VAT Rebate Loans and Trade Adjustment
    Yichen WANG* (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

* Presenter

Organising and Selection Committee

Chair: Jun PAN (Shanghai Jiao Tong University and ABFER)
Allen HUANG (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and ABFER)
Kwan Ok LEE (National University of Singapore and ABFER)
Elvira SOJLI (University of New South Wales and ABFER)




Timeline

Open Submission 15 November 2025
Submission Deadline 15 January 2026
Selection by 15 February 2026
Inform Authors by 28 February 2026

Things to Note

  • We highly encourage submissions from PhD students and those who are not affiliated with ABFER.
  • Submissions can be joint work with other scholars, researchers and PhD students. PhD students are also welcomed to submit their working papers to the conference Call for Papers.
  • Presenter must be a current PhD student.
  • The presenter must bring the roll-up poster, set up and attend the poster sessions in-person on 19 and 20 May at 5:00 pm.
  • The selection committee will select 15 to 18 papers. Only selected authors will be notified and decision by the selection committee is final.
  • Authors have to prepare the poster if their papers are selected. Guidelines on poster preparation will be provided.
  • The selection committee will award three prizes after the poster sessions.
    • Best poster: S$500
    • 1st Runner-up: S$300
    • 2nd Runner-up: S$200
  • Travel and accommodation costs must be self-funded. Sponsorship will not be provided for presenters.

Interest to Attend

  • If you are interested to attend the conference, please visit this page.