T2.1 - T2.10

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T2.1-2.10  Concurrent Sessions

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T2.1 PhD Symposium 5

Feedback, flow-induced fire sales, and option returns
Han Xiao
Presenter: Han Xiao, Pennsylvania State University
Discussant: Vincent Xiang, Deakin University

Impacts of information frictions on local bias: Evidence from the EDGAR implementation
Cuong Quoc Phan
Presenter: Cuong Quoc Phan, Monash University
Discussant: Jerry Parwada, University of New South Wales

Nature as a defense from disasters: Natural capital and municipal bond yields
Claudio Rizzi
Presenter: Claudio Rizzi, University of Miami
Discussant: Ying Xia, Monash University

(Zoom Meeting ID: 872 6523 4768)

Ying Xia, Monash University

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T2.2 PhD Symposium 6

Diversification in real estate asset pricing: Evidence from listed A-REITs
Bingyang Ye
Presenter: Bingyang Ye, University of Technology Sydney
Discussant: Mardy Chiah, Swinburne University

Foreign debt, exchange rate exposure, and corporate distress
Yancheng Qiu
Presenter: Yancheng Qiu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Discussant: Zhe An, Monash University

Overreaction in daily top gainers and losers: An event study analysis
Prateek Jain
Presenter: Prateek Jain, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Discussant: Reza Bradrania, University of South Australia

(Zoom Meeting ID: 870 2239 0300)

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Mardy Chiah
, Swinburne University

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T2.3 Asset Pricing 7

Do common factors really explain the cross-section of stock returns?

Alejandro Lopez-Lira, Nikolai Roussanov
Presenter: Alejandro Lopez-Lira, University of Florida
Discussant: Jens Christensen, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Inflation expectations and risk premia in emerging bond markets: Evidence from Mexico
Remy Beauregard, Jens H. E. Christensen, Eric Fischer, Simon Zhu
Presenter: Jens Christensen, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Discussant: Weidong Tian, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The conditional expected return and autocorrelation from the derivatives
Yueliang (Jacques) Lu, Weidong Tian
Presenter: Weidong Tian, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Discussant: Alejandro Lopez-Lira, University of Florida

(Zoom Meeting ID: 858 4106 8939)

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Xinwei Zheng, Deakin University

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T2.4 Corporate Finance 14

A new variable in corporate disclosure analysis

Irene Aldridge, Bojun Li
Presenter: Irene Aldridge, Cornell University
Discussant: Greg Tindall, Palm Beach Atlantic University

New stories from old data? Evidence From a novel KLD measure of relative environmental responsibility
Gabriele Lattanzio, Lubomir P. Litov
Presenter: Lubomir Litov, University of Oklahoma
Discussant: Arifur Khan, Deakin University

Real effects of shareholder proposals: Innovation in the context of climate change
Greg Tindall, Rebel Cole, David Javakhadze
Presenter: Greg Tindall, Palm Beach Atlantic University
Discussant: Irene Aldridge, Cornell University

(Zoom Meeting ID: 880 4682 9342)

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Arifur Khan, Deakin University

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T2.5 Corporate Finance 15

Hedge fund activism and debt maturity structure
Amanjot Singh, Saikat Sovan Deb, Harminder Singh
Presenter: Amanjot Singh, University of Western Ontario
Discussant: Buvaneshwaran Venugopal, University of Central Florida

Mergers and acquisitions and debt recontracting: Evidence from bond covenants
Hadiye Aslan, Madhu Kalimipalli, Praveen Kumar, Buvaneshwaran Venugopal
Presenter: Buvaneshwaran Venugopal, University of Central Florida
Discussant: Jiawei (Brooke) Wang, University of Iowa

Natural disasters and firm leasing
Jiawei (Brooke) Wang
Presenter: Jiawei (Brooke) Wang, University of Iowa
Discussant: Amanjot Singh, University of Western Ontario

(Zoom Meeting ID: 850 6272 8915)

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Amanjot Singh
, University of Western Ontario

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T2.6 Banking 2

A century of municipal bond financing
Klenio Barbosa, Gustavo S. Cortes, Igor Cunha
Presenter: Gustavo Cortes, University of Florida
Discussant: Si Li, Wilfrid Laurier University

Effect of digital credit on small business performance: Migrants versus natives
Pan Jiang, Si Li
Presenter: Si Li, Wilfrid Laurier University
Discussant: Xuelin Li, University of South Carolina

Merchants of death: The effect of credit supply shocks on hospital outcomes
Cyrus Aghamolla, Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Xuelin Li, Richard T. Thakor
Presenter: Xuelin Li, University of South Carolina
Discussant: Gustavo Cortes, University of Florida

(Zoom Meeting ID: 831 0666 6311)

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Ishaq Bhatti, La Trobe University

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T2.7 Corporate Finance 16

Classified boards: Endangered species or hidden in plain sight?
Scott Guernsey, Feng Guo, Tingting Liu, Matthew Serfling
Presenter: Scott Guernsey, University of Tennessee
Discussant: Thomas To, University of Sydney

Global board reforms and corporate acquisition performance
Thomas To, Eliza Wu, Diya Zhao
Presenter: Thomas To, University of Sydney
Discussant: Tristan Fitzgerald, Texas A&M University

Til death do us part: The relative merits of founder CEOs
Tristan J. Fitzgerald
Presenter: Tristan Fitzgerald, Texas A&M University
Discussant: Xia (Summer) Liu, University of Oklahoma

(Zoom Meeting ID: 817 6382 6971)

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Eliza Wu, University of Sydney

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T2.8 Banking 3

Regulating financial networks: A flying blind problem
Carlos A. Ramirez
Presenter: Carlos Ramirez, Federal Reserve System
Discussant: Hassan Naqvi, Monash University

Bank political attitudes and transaction costs of collective action within loan syndicates
Sang Woo Sohn, Jianxin (Donny) Zhao
Presenter: Jianxin (Donny) Zhao, Emory University
Discussant: Marco Giometti, University of Pennsylvania

Bank specialization and the design of loan contracts
Marco Giometti, Stefano Pietrosanti
Presenter: Marco Giometti, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Carlos Ramirez, Federal Reserve System

(Zoom Meeting ID: 882 9205 5174)

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Farhan Shazia, Monash University

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T2.9 Corporate Finance 17

Driving value through corporate social responsibility: The role of foreign institutional investors
Yunhe Li, Yu Liu, Mihail Miletkov, Tina Yang
Presenter: Tina Yang, University of South Florida
Discussant: Jeong Ho (John) Kim, Emory University

Risk, return, and environmental and social ratings
Sudheer Chava, Jeong Ho (John) Kim, Jaemin Lee
Presenter: Jeong Ho (John) Kim, Emory University
Discussant: Weiwei Zhang, James Madison University

The mitigation of reputational risk via responsive CSR: Evidence from securities class action lawsuits
Daewoung Choi, Douglas O. Cook, M. Tony Via, Weiwei Zhang
Presenter: Weiwei Zhang, James Madison University
Discussant: Tina Yang, University of South Florida

(Zoom Meeting ID: 826 1825 4753)

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Eden Zhang, Monash University

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T2.10 Asset Pricing 8

The value of activism: A hedge fund investor's perspective
Felix Zhiyu Feng, Chengdong Yin, Caroline H. Zhu
Presenter: Caroline H. Zhu, Seattle Pacific University
Discussant: Ginka Borisova, Iowa State University

The different faces of sovereign wealth funds
Ginka Borisova
Presenter: Ginka Borisova, Iowa State University
Discussant: Matteo Binfare, University of Missouri

Doing Good and Doing It With (Investment) Style
Matteo Binfare, Kyle E. Zimmerschied
Presenter: Matteo Binfare, University of Missouri
Discussant: Caroline H. Zhu, Seattle Pacific University

(Zoom Meeting ID: 847 9222 7341)

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Matteo Binfare, University of Missouri