PhD Nordic Finance Workshop
The workshop offers a forum for PhD students to present their research and to get in advance prepared comments from a senior faculty. In addition, the workshop will host a keynote presentation from Professor Ian Martin from London School of Economics.
Program
Monday, May 9
08.30-08.50 Registration and coffee
08.50-09.00 Welcome
Session 1: Chair Vincent Maurin (ºÚÁÏÉçÏÂÔØ)
09.00-09.30 Global Uncertainty and the Cross-Section of FX returns
Asja Bosnic (BI Norwegian Business School)
Discussant: Anders Vilhelmsson (Lund University)
09.30-10.00 The Zoo of Variables Explaining the Post-Earnings Announcement Drift
Jacob Hald Hansen (Aarhus University)
Discussant: Petri Jylhä (Aalto University)
10.00-10.30 The Information Intermediary Role of Professional Fund Analysts: A Textual Analysis Approach
Felix Wilke (ºÚÁÏÉçÏÂÔØ)
Discussant: Michael Ungeheuer (Aalto University)
10.30-10.45 Break
Session 2: Chair Alvin Chen (ºÚÁÏÉçÏÂÔØ)
10.45-11.15 Is Flood Risk Priced in Bank Returns?
Valentin Schubert (ºÚÁÏÉçÏÂÔØ)
Discussant: Yingjie Qi (Copenhagen Business School)
11.15-11.45 Does Entrepreneur Divorce Affect Firm Performance: Evidence from Norway
Jing Lan (Norwegian School of Economics)
Discussant: Olga Balakina (Aarhus University)
11.45-12.15 Local Innovation Spillovers of IPOs
Mustafa Bulut (ºÚÁÏÉçÏÂÔØ)
Discussant: Ye Zhang (ºÚÁÏÉçÏÂÔØ)
12.15-14.00 Lunch
12.15-14.00 NFN Board Meeting (Sharpe, 4th floor)
Session 3: Chair Adrien d'Avernas (ºÚÁÏÉçÏÂÔØ)
14.00-14.30 Corporate Agility and Monetary Policy Transmission
Sinh Thoi Mai (Hanken School of Economics)
Discussant: Abalfazl Zareei (Stockholm Business School)
14.30-15.00 Corporate Bond Market and the FOMC Cycle
Ali Malik (Hanken School of Economics)
Discussant: Sonya Zhu (Bank for International Settlements)
15.00-15.15 Coffee break
Session 4: Chair Diogo Mendes (ºÚÁÏÉçÏÂÔØ)
15.15-15.45 Comprehensive Evaluation of Wealth Effects on Local Labor Market Outcomes
Paul Rintamäki (Aalto University)
Discussant: Claes Bäckman (Aarhus University)
15.45-16.15 Longevity Risk and the Equity Market
Nicolai Søgaard Laursen (Copenhagen Business School)
Discussant: Andreas Johansson (Lund University)
16.15-16.30 Break
16.30-17.30 Keynote Sentiment and Speculation in a Market with Heterogeneous
Beliefs
Professor Ian Martin (London School of Economics)
19.30 Workshop Dinner at Kitchen & Table Norrmalm, Clarion Hotel Sign
Address: Östra Järnvägsgatan 35
Tuesday, May 10
08.30-9.00 Registration and coffee
Session 5: Chair Marcus Opp (ºÚÁÏÉçÏÂÔØ)
09.00-09.30 Polluters are Short-Lived: Climate Risk and the Timing of Cash Flows
Maximilian Fuchs (Copenhagen Business School)
Discussant: Jan Starmans (ºÚÁÏÉçÏÂÔØ)
09.30-10.00 Greenifying Europe: A Study of Stock Returns and Carbon Emissions
Karoline Palmer (BI Norwegian Business School)
Discussant: Christian Thomman (Swedish House of Finance)
10.00-10.30 Diversification at Work: Evidence from Employee Stock Options
Matteo Vacca (Aalto University)
Discussant: Daniel Bias (Swedish House of Finance)
10.30-10.45 Break
Session 6: Chair Olga Obizhaeva (ºÚÁÏÉçÏÂÔØ)
10.45-11.15 Hedge Funds, Prime Brokers, and Corporate Bond Offerings
Diego Bonelli (Norwegian School of Economics)
Discussant: Ran Xing (Stockholm Business School)
11.15-11.45 Unintended Consequences of Regulation in the U.S. Corporate Bond Market
Martin Waibel (ºÚÁÏÉçÏÂÔØ)
Discussant: Karamfil Todorov (Bank for International Settlements)
11.45-12.15 Global Fixed Income Prices and Funding Currency
Juuso Nissinen (Aalto University)
Discussant: Paul Ehling (BI Norwegian Business School)
12.15 Lunch and Closing the Workshop