Conference / SymposiumCEPR (CEPR Rising Asia Workshop)
Wed, Mar 9, 2022 - Thu, Mar 10, 2022
The 1st CEPR Rising Asia Workshop
Date
Wednesday, March 9 – Thursday, March 10, 2022
Starting at 20:00 (Japan JST) / 12:00 (Europe CET) / 6:00 (US EST)
Cohost
The Center for Advanced Research in Finance
The Institute for Future Initiatives, the University of Tokyo
Organizers
Kees Koedijk (Utrecht University, CEPR) and Kenichi Ueda (University of Tokyo, CEPR)
Wednesday, March 9
Session 1: Capital Flows and Growth
Chair: Kenichi Ueda (University of Tokyo, CEPR)
Presenter and coauthor(s) | |
JST 20:00 CET 12:00 EST 6:00 | Elvira Sojli (University of New South Wales, UNSW), Leo Liu (UNSW) and Wing Wah Tham (UNSW) “Manufacturing and Process Innovation, Productivity, and Growth” Discussant: Koki Oikawa (Waseda University) |
JST 20:50 CET 12:50 EST 6:50 | Coffee Break |
JST 21:00 CET 13:00 EST 7:00 | Ruijie Cheng (World Bank) and Ramkishen Rajan (National University of Singapore, NUS) “House Price Decoupling in East Asia and the Pacific: Trilemma versus Dilemma Revisited” Discussant: Haoyuan Ding (Shanghai University for Finance and Economics) |
JST 21:50 CET 13:50 EST 7:50 | Chang Ma (Fudan University) and Shang-Jin Wei (Columbia) “International Equity and Debt Flows to Emerging Market Economies: Composition, Crises, and Controls” Discussant: Alexander Monge-Naranjo (European University Institute) |
JST 22:40 CET 14:40 EST 8:40 | Adjourn |
Thursday, March 10
Session 2: ESG Investments and Climate Change
Chair: Kees Koedijk (Utrecht University, CEPR)
Presenter and coauthor(s) | |
JST 20:00 CET 12:00 EST 6:00 | Tse-Chun Lin (University of Hong Kong, HKU), Fengfei Li (Deakin University) and Chen Lin (HKU) “A One-Two Punch to the Economy: Climate Vulnerability and Corporate Innovation” Discussant: Xiang Gao (Shanghai Business School) |
JST 20:50 CET 12:50 EST 6:50 | Coffee Break |
JST 21:00 CET 13:00 EST 7:00 | Darwin Choi (Chinese University of Hong Kong, CUHK), Zhenyu Gao (CUHK), Wenxi Jiang (CUHK), and Hulai Zhang (Tilberg) “Global Carbon Divestment and Firm’s Actions” Discussant: Takashi Onoda (Japan Bank for International Cooperation) |
JST 21:50 CET 13:50 EST 7:50 | Bhavya Gupta (National University of Singapore, NUS), Ruijie Cheng (World Bank) and Ramkishen S. Rajan (NUS) “Why are Some Countries Greening Financial Regulatory Policies Faster than Others?” Discussant: Jochen M. Schmittmann (International Monetary Fund) |
JST 22:40 CET 14:40 EST 8:40 | Conclude |
NOTE
Session format: Speaker 25 minutes, discussant 15 minutes, floor discussion 10 minutes