Program
Thursday 10th September 2020
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Opening Remarks |
| 14:10 – 15:10 | Session 1: Keynote Address |
| Chair | Barbara CASU (Cass Business School) |
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Speaker |
Can Foreign Investment Facilitate Green Transition?
Beata JAVORCIK Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Professor of Economics, University of Oxford, and Director at CEPR. |
| 15:10 – 15:20 | Break |
| 15:20 – 16.50 | Session 2: Green Investments |
| Chair | Francesc RODRIGUEZ-TOUS (Cass Business School) |
| Banking on the Environment? Financial Frictions and Green Investments
Ralph DE HAAS (EBRD, CEPR and Tilburg University), Ralf MARTIN (Imperial College Business School and CEP), Mirabelle MUULS (Imperial College Business School and CEP) and Helena SCHWEIGER (EBRD) |
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| Discussant | Vasso IOANNIDOU (Lancaster University) |
| Carbon home bias of European investors
Martijn Adriaan BOERMANS (De Nederlandsche Bank), Rients GALEMA (Utrecht University School of Economic) |
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| Discussant | Zacharias SAUTNER (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management) |
| 16:50 – 17:00 | Break |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | Session 3: ESG and cultural norms |
| Chair | Angela GALLO (Cass Business School) |
| Do ESG strategies enhance bank stability during financial turmoil? Evidence from Europe
Laura CHIARAMONTE (University of Verona), Alberto DREASSI (University of Trieste), Claudia GIRARDONE (University of Essex) and Stefano PISERA’ (University of Udine and University of Essex) |
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| Discussant | Giovanni FERRI (Universita’ di Roma, LUMSA) |
| Thou shalt not bear false witness against your customers: Cultural norms and the Volkswagen Scandal
Iftekhar HASAN (Fordham University), Felix NOTH (Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)) and Lena TONZER (Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)) |
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| Discussant | John O.S WILSON (University of St Andrew) |
Friday 11th September 2020
| 14:00 – 16:10 | Session 4: Climate change and financial markets |
| Chair | Basma MAJERBI (Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria) |
| Climate Change Concerns and Mortgage Lending
Tinghua DUAN (IESEG School of Management and LEM-CNR), Frank WEIKAI LI (Lee Kiong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University) |
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| Discussant | Quyen NGUYEN (University of Otago) |
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Feeling the Heat: Climate Risks and the Cost of Sovereign Borrowing
John BEIRNE (Asian Development Bank Institute), Nuobu RENZHI (Asian Development Bank Institute), Ulrich VOLZ (SOAS, University of London) |
| Discussant | Benjamin GUIN (Bank of England) |
| Coordinated Engagements
Elroy DIMSON (Judge Business School, University of Cambridge), Oğuzhan KARAKAŞ (Judge Business School, University of Cambridge) and Xi LI (London School of Economics and Political Science) |
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| Discussant | Francisco URZUA (Cass Business School) |
| 16:10 – 16:20 | Break |
| 16:20 – 17:50 | Session 5: Shareholder Activism and Climate Risks |
| Chair | Mikael HOMANEN (PRI and Cass Business School) |
| Shareholder activism on climate change: Evolution, determinants and consequences
Ivan DIAZ-RAINEY (University of Otago), Paul A. GRIFFIN (University of California, Davis), David LONT (University of Otago), Antonio Jesús MATEO MÁRQUEZ (Universidad de Sevilla) and Constancio ZAMORA RAMÍREZ (Universidad de Sevilla) |
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| Discussant | Vikas MEHROTRA (University of Alberta School of Business) |
| Physical Climate Change Risks and the Creditworthiness of Emerging Economies’ Sovereign Debt
Hannes BOEHM (Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) TU Dresden) |
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| Discussant | Michael KING (Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria) |
| 17:50 – 18:00 | Break |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Session 6: Public Panel Discussion |
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Moderator |
“Fostering a greener Europe. The role of institutions.”
Rym AYADI (Cass Business School) |
| Panelists | Andrea BELTRAMELLO (European Commission)
Alyssa HEATH (Principles for Responsible Investment) Misa TANAKA (Bank of England) |
| Closing Remarks |