08:30 - 09:00 | REGISTRATION & WELCOME | WG Level 8 |
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Dr. Gaiyan Zhang is a Finance Board Scholar and Professor of Finance at University of Missouri – St. Louis. She is currently the Chair of Department of Finance and Legal Studies. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, an M.S. degree from Fudan University, China, and a Bachelor
degree from Nankai University, China. Her areas of research and teaching include empirical corporate finance, credit risk and credit derivatives, financial institutions, financial distress, and international finance. She has over 30 publications including leading finance and International Business
journals such as Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of International Business Studies, Review of Finance, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial
Management, among others. Her papers were presented at high-profile conferences in the US and abroad including NBER, FDIC, American Finance Association, Western Finance Association, New York Fed, OCC, European Central Bank, Bank of Canada, CDIC, and Bank of Finland. She served as a referee for
over 40 journals and grants. Dr. Zhang has won many research and teaching awards, including the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research and Creativity, the Anheuser-Bush Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Douglas E. Durand Award for Research Excellence at UMSL.
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10:00 - 10:30 | COFFEE/TEA BREAK | WG Level 8 |
10:30 - 12:45 | SESSION 1A | WG808 |
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CHAIR:
| Professor Gaiyan Zhang, University of Missouri - St. Louis
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Paper:
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Managerial foreign experience and corporate risk-taking: Evidence from China
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Presenter:
| Zixiong (Dexter) Sun, Massey University
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Discussant:
| Xiang Dai, Australian National University
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Paper:
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CEO Power and Labour-friendly Policy
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Presenter:
| Humyra Bristy, Macquarie University
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Discussant:
| Zixiong (Dexter) Sun, Massey University
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Paper:
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Corporate social responsibility and the local dividend clientele effect
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Presenter:
| Xiang Dai, Australian National University
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Discussant:
| Humyra Bristy, Macquarie University
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10:30 - 12:45 | SESSION 1B | WG809 |
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CHAIR:
| Dr Ting Yang, Auckland University of Technology
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Paper:
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Lottery or asymmetric response to news: Why is skewness priced?
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Presenter:
| Hang Wang, University of New South Wales
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Discussant:
| Gelly Fu, Erasmus University
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Paper:
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Coordinated Betting by Multi-Fund Managers
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Presenter:
| Gelly Fu, Erasmus University
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Discussant:
| Bochuan Dai, Massey University
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Paper:
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Risk Reduction Using Trailing Stop-Loss Rules
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Presenter:
| Bochuan Dai, Massey University
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Discussant:
| Hang Wang, University of New South Wales
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12:45 - 13:30 | LUNCH BREAK | WG308 |
13:30 - 13:45 | | WG809 |
| | How to Network and Build Connections | |
13:45 - 14:45 | | WG809 |
| | Nick is a Professor of Finance who joined AUT in February, 2019.
Prior to this, he was an Associate Professor of Finance at Massey University,
and a Senior Lecturer and Director of BCom (Hons), PGDipCom & MCom
programmes at the University of Auckland. His teaching includes Financial
Management, Applied Financial Modelling, Corporate Finance, Investment
Analysis, and Risk Management at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels.
His research interests cover corporate governance, market microstructure,
market liquidity, and behavioural finance. Nick's research has been published
in many internationally respected journals including Review of Financial
Studies, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Markets,
European Accounting Review, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Journal of
International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Accounting and
Finance, and Quantitative Finance. | |
14:45 - 15:15 | COFFEE/TEA BREAK | WG Level 8 |
15:15 - 16:45 | SESSION 2A | WG808 |
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CHAIR:
| Dr Jun Chen, Auckland University of Technology
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Paper:
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Do Banks Help Corporate Tax Avoidance? Evidence from Simultaneous Debt-Equity Holding
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Presenter:
| Shuyi Cheng, City University of Hong Kong
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Discussant:
| Neharika Sobti, University of Delhi
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Paper:
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the clock international price discovery of gold | |
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Presenter:
| Neharika Sobti, University of Delhi
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Discussant:
| Shuyi Cheng, City University of Hong Kong
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15:15 - 16:45 | SESSION 2B | WG809 |
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CHAIR:
| Professor Nhut (Nick) Nguyen, Auckland University of Technology | |
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Paper:
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Does product market competition affect a firm’s investment horizon?
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Presenter:
| Viet Duc Nguyen, Australian National University
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Discussant:
| Yanling Wu, Macquarie University
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Paper:
| Does the Media Play a Governance Role in Shaping Earnings Management? Evidence from Prospectuses of Initial Public Offerings in China |
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Presenter:
| Yanling Wu, Macquarie University
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Discussant:
| Viet Duc Nguyen, Australian National University
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17:00 - 18:30 | NEW ZEALAND FINANCE MEETING WELCOME RECEPTION | WG308 |