HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute
World-Class Hub for Sustainability
HKU 2nd Enterprise Sustainability Conference
15 November @ 8:30 am - 6:00 pm
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| Agenda | |
| 08:30-08:50 | Coffee and registration |
| 08:50-09:00 | Welcoming Remarks by Dean Cai |
| Session 1, Chair: Roni Michaely (HKU Finance) | |
| 09:00-09:10 | Introduction on HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute Introduction of Keynote speaker |
| 09:10-09:55 | Presentation by Keynote Zacharias Sautner (UZH Finance): Corporate Climate Lobbying |
| 09:55-10:35 | Bo Yang (HKU Management): Controversial Corporate Political Activities and Shareholder Activism: A Natural Experiment of the U.S. Capitol Riot |
| 10:35-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| Session 2, Chair: Pingyang Gao (HKU Accounting) | |
| 11:00-11:40 | Jeffrey Ng (HKU Accounting): Can Mandatory Climate Risk Disclosure Influence Environmentally Responsible Investing: Evidence from the U.S. Insurance Industry |
| 11:40-12:20 | TC Lin (HKU Finance): Does FinTech Improve Financial Inclusion? Evidence from Crowdfunded Microfinance Institutions |
| 12:20-13:45 | Lunch |
| Session 3: Early Papers Session, Chair: Sara Kim (HKU Marketing) | |
| 13:45-14:00 | Ren Chao (HKU Architecture): Towards 2060 Carbon Neutrality: Air Pollution and Health Co-benefits of Climate Change Mitigation of The GBA |
| 14:00-14:15 | Ally Xinyue Luo (HKU Marketing), Eric Schuldenfrei (HKU Architecture): Evidence of Sustainability Jeopardizing Health: Housing for the Next 2 Billion People |
| 14:15-14:30 | Haonan Zhou (HKU Finance): Sovereign green financing |
| 14:30-14:45 | Zhimin Chen (NTU Finance): Real Effects of Carbon Financialization (to be confirmed) |
| 14:45-15:15 | Coffee break |
| Session 4, Chair: Zhixi Wan (HKU IIM) | |
| 15:15-15:55 | Xing Hu (HKU IIM): The Profitability Puzzle of Ride-Sharing Carpooling: Pricing, Matching, and Network Effects |
| 15:55-16:35 | Anson Jiang (HKU Accounting): Mandatory Environmental Disclosure and Public Avoidance Behaviour |
| 16:35-17:00 | Coffee Break |
| Session 5: Early Papers Session, Chair: TC Lin (HKU Finance) | |
| 17:00-17:15 | Daokang Luo (HKU Management): The Unintended Consequence of Pay Transparency in Job Postings to Women’s Employment Opportunities |
| 17:15-17:30 | Ivy Dang (HKU Marketing): ESG Incidents and Firms’ Response on Social Media |
| 17:30-17:45 | Ze Zhang (HKU Management): Confucian Culture and Firms’ Misconducts |
| 17:45-18:00 | Pingyang Gao (HKU Accounting): Valuation and Corporate Governance |
| 18:00-18:15 | ESG Indices – Early Ideas Led by Guojun He (HKU Economics) and ESGRI team |
| 18:30- | Dinner |