The conference in 2025 will include a keynote speech, presentations of research papers, and opportunities to network with other delegates.

Programme outline

Date Time Details
Thursday 12 June 13:00–13:30 Registration & coffee
13:30–15:30 Discussant Session 1

Session Chair: tbc

Arbitraging Labor Markets
Minrui Gong, University of Mannheim, Germany
Maug Ernst, University of Mannheim, Germany
Christoph Schneider (attending), University of Münster, Germany

Discussant: Spyros Lagaras, University of Illinois, USA

Newspaper Closures and Trading in Local Stocks
Cziraki Peter, Texas A&M University
Gider Jasmin (attending), Tilburg University

Discussant: Runjing Lu, University of Toronto, Canada

Roe v. Rates: Reproductive Healthcare and Public Financing Costs
Runjing Lu (attending), University of Toronto, Canada
Zihan Ye, University of Tennessee, USA

Discussant: Vahid Saadi, University of Liverpool, UK
15:30–16:00 Break
16:00–17:40 Short Presentations Session 1

Session Chair: tbc

The Politicization of Social Responsibility
Todd Gormley, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Manish Jha (attending), Georgia State University, USA
Meng Wang, University of South Florida, USA

AI in Corporate Governance: Can Machines Recover Corporate Purpose?
Boris Nikolov (attending), University of Lausanne, Swiss Finance Institute, Switzerland
Norman Schürhoff, University of Lausanne, Swiss Finance Institute, Switzerland
Sam Wagner, University of Lausanne, Swiss Finance Institute, Switzerland

Value versus Values: The Effect of Stock Liquidity Shocks on Corporate Environmental Policies
Zhenkai Ran (attending), University of Cambridge, UK
Mao Ye, Cornell University, USA

Financial Flexibility and Debt Maturity Concentration
Negar Ghanbari (attending), BI Norwegian Business School, Norway
Stefan Hirth, Aarhus University, Danish Finance Institute, Denmark
Anil Kumar, Aarhus University, Danish Finance Institute, Denmark
19:00-19:30 Wine reception – The Canopy Kitchen & Courtyard, EFI
19:30–22:30 Gala Dinner, with the support of Elsevier and the Journal of Financial Intermediation, at The Canopy
Friday 13 June 08:30–09:00 Coffee
09:00–11:00 Discussant Session 2

Session Chair: tbc

Fake Entry
Martin Schmalz, University of Oxford, UK
Jin Xie (attending), Peking University, China

Discussant: Sapnoti Eswar, University of St Andrews, UK

Uncertainty Creates Zombie Firms: Implications for Industry Dynamics and Creative Destruction
Kevin Aretz (attending), University of Manchester, UK
Campello Murillo, University of Florida, USA
Gaurav Kankanhalli, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Kevin Schneider, University of Cambridge, UK

Discussant: Bart Taub, University of Glasgow, UK

The Supply Chain Spillovers of Private Equity Buyouts
Cédric Huylebroek, KU Leuven, FWO, Belgium
Olivier De Jonghe (attending),National Bank of Belgium, European Central Bank, Belgium

Discussant: Fangming Xu, University of Bristol, UK
11:00–11:30 Break
11:30–13:00 Keynote speech:

Prof. Michelle Lowry, TD Bank Endowed Professor at Drexel University
13:00–14:00 Lunch served at EFI
14:00–15:40 Short Presentations Session 2

Session Chair: tbc

Trade Secrets, Labor Mobility, and Innovation
James Driver, University of South Dakota, USA
Adam Kolasinski (attending), Texas A&M University, USA
Jared Stanfield, University of Oklahoma, USA

Rating-Sensitive Bonds
Tim Adam, Humboldt University, Germany
Constantin Reigber (attending), Humboldt University, Germany

ESG Incentives in Executive Compensation
Matthias Efing (attending), HEC Paris, France
Stefanie Ehmann, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Patrick Kampkoetter, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Raphael Moritz, University of Tuebingen, Germany

Public Policy and Private-Sector Prosocial Motives: The Case of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Jiaqi Zheng, University of Oxford, UK

Disclosure Externalities Without Information Spillovers
Otto Clemens, Singapore Management University, Singapore
15:40–16:00 Break
16:00–18:00 Discussant Session 3

Session Chair: tbc

The Stick or the Carrot? The Role of Regulation and Liquidity in Activist Short-Termism
Adrian Aycan Corum, Cornell University, USA

Discussant: Moqi Xu, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Roy Sorting: Climate and Status Quo Strategies
Cauthorn Thomas Kolbe (attending), University of Kassel, Germany
Drempetic Samuel, Steyler Ethik Bank
Andreas G.F. Hoepner, University College Dublin, European Commission’s Platform for Sustainable Finance, Ireland
Christian Klein, University of Kassel, Germany
Adair Morse, University of California-Berkeley, NBER, USA

Discussant: Mengjie Shi, Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany

Breaking Network Barriers in the Era of Data-Driven Venture Capitalists
Melissa Crumling, Drexel University, USA

Discussant: Valeria Fedyk, Arizona State University, USA

Please note the programme is subject to change.