Annual Conference

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Sustainable and Green Finance

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May 2024

We study exposure to pollution information and investment portfolio allocations, exploiting the rollout of air quality monitoring stations in India. Using a triple-differences framework, we show that retail investors' investments in ``brown'' stocks are negatively related to local air pollution afte...
Keywords: ESG, Sustainable Investing, Pollution Information
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Webinar Series

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Innovation, Productivity and Challenges in the Digital Era: Asia and Beyond

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Oct 2021

Keywords: AI, machine learning, autonomy, service delivery
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Annual Conference

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Accounting, Senior Fellows/Fellows

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May 2022

This study examines the effect of firm digitalization on the demand for corporate accountants and their digital skills. Using 170,000 job posts for corporate accountants made by U.S. nontechnology firms during the 2011–2019 period, we find that firms that adopt digital technologies demand more dig...
Keywords: digitalization, accountants, digital skills, human capital, financial reporting quality
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Senior Fellows/Fellows

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Senior Fellows/Fellows

We study digital platforms’ transmission of financial knowledge and their effects on users’ investment in stocks and performance. Leveraging a proprietary dataset from one of China’s largest digital platforms, we measure users’ acquisition of financial knowledge through various platform info...
Keywords: Digital Technology Adoption, FinTech, Portfolio Choice, Individual Investors, Financial Literacy
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Webinar Series

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Capital Market Development: China and Asia

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Mar 2025

The introduction of online collateral auctions through legal reform has established a more efficient bankruptcy resolution mechanism. This technology-driven change has enhanced the ex-ante value of secured loans, influencing the supply, demand, and composition of bank lending. Using granular loan-le...
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