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CINSC/INFINITI 2025

Napier University , Edinburgh, 8-10 June 2025

Sunday, 8th June, 2025
14:00 - 15:00
PhD Workshop 1: Prof. Stuart Hyde on Academic Administration, Administrators and their management.
Sunday, 8th June, 2025 | CRL_1/07

15:00 - 16:00
PhD Workshop 2: Dr. Alan Whittle of Unburdened Solutions on Transferable skills between industry and academia.
Sunday, 8th June, 2025 | CRL_1/07

16:00 - 17:00
PhD Workshop 3: Prof. John Goodell on creating and sustaining an academic research pipeline
Sunday, 8th June, 2025 | CRL_1/07
Monday, 9th June, 2025
09:00 - 09:30
Welcome and overview
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | Riady Lecture Theatre

09:30 - 11:00
Monday Morning 1 H
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | Riady Lecture Theatre
09:30
MM1H-01
Tail Risk Spillovers Between Cryptocurrency and Traditional Financial Markets: A Quantile VAR Approach
Barbara Będowska-Sójka 1Joanna Górka 2
1 Pozna? University of Economics and Business
2 Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru?
10:00
MM1H-02
Decomposing and Forecasting the Yield Curves of Asian Countries
Takeshi Kobayashi
Graduate School of Management, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business
10:30
MM1H-03
Energy Vulnerability-Economic Transformation Nexus in Asia: Investment, Geopolitical Uncertainty and the Role of Democratic Governance
Constantin Gurdgiev 1Kazi Sohag 2
1 Monfort College of Business, University of Northern Colorado
2 Graduate School of Economics and Management Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg

09:30 - 11:00
Monday Morning 1 A
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_1/06
09:30
MM1A-01
ESG Ratings, Corporate Reputation, and Takeover Performance
Aneeb Nawaz 1Bushra Ghufran 2
1 RWTH Aachen University
2 ESSCA School Management
10:00
MM1A-02
The impact of government-guided funds on corporate ESG
Yi-Shuai Ren 1Yuxin Mao 1Tony Klein 2Yong Jiang 3
1 Hunan University
2 Technische Universität Chemnitz
3 Nanjing Audit University
10:30
MM1A-03
Supply Chain Network, ESG Scores and Financial Performance
Michail Filippidis 1Renatas Kizys 2Panagiotis Tzouvanas 3
1 University of Westminster, Westminster Business School, School of Organisations, Economy & Society (SOES), London, NW1 5LS, United Kingdom
2 University of Southampton, Southampton Business School, Department of Banking and Finance, Building 175, Boldrewood Innovation Campus, Burgess Road, Southampton SO16 7QF, United Kingdom
3 University of Portsmouth, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

09:30 - 11:00
Monday Morning 1 B
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_1/09
09:30
MM1B-01
Powering Resilience: The Role of Renewables in Mitigating Electricity Price Vulnerability in Times of Crisis
Ibtissem Khelifati 1, 2Stéphane Goutte 1Raphaël Homayoun Boroumand 3
1 UMI SOURCE (Paris Saclay University, UVSQ, IRD)
2 Climate Economics Chair (Paris Dauphine University)
3 Paris School of Business
10:00
MM1B-02
A comprehensive exploration of factors enabling renewable energy communities.
Silvia MicheliSimona BigernaPaolo Polinori
University of Perugia
10:30
MM1B-03
Climate events and public concern
Ghassen JENOUIZE 1Khaled GUESMI 2Drilona Muharremi 1
1 University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
2 University Paris School of Business Director of the CRECC

09:30 - 11:00
Monday Morning 1 C
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_2/05
09:30
MM1C-01
Does the Market Value CEO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Activism?
John Wingender 1Robbie Bishop-Monroe 2
1 Creighton University
2 Loyola University Maryland
10:00
MM1C-02
Do powerful CEOs enhance resource allocation efficiency? The role of lead independent board monitor and advisor
Wansu Hu 1Frank Kwabi 2
1 De Montfort University
2 De Montfort University
3 Leeds Beckett University
10:30
MM1C-03
Determinants of Hydrogen Bond Financing Costs: Gender Balanced Boards & Bond Maturity Type Risk
Geeta Duppati
Asst. Professor in Accounting and Finance, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia

09:30 - 11:00
Monday Morning 1 D
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_2/06
09:30
MM1D-01
Do Layer 2s act parasitically on Ethereum's Layer 1?
Lambis Dionysopoulos 1Miriam Marra 1Andrew Urquhart 2
1 ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Reading, UK
2 Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK
10:00
MM1D-02
Cyber risk, ChatGPT and firm value
Fearghal Kearney et al.
Queen's University Belfast
10:30
MM1D-03
USDC's Role in Future Finance Evolution
Darina Saxunova 1Peter Slivka 2
1 Comenius University, Faculty of Management darina.saxunova@fm.uniba.sk
2 Zota Payment Technologies AG, Switzerland peter@zota.com

09:30 - 11:00
Monday Morning 1 E
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_2/09
09:30
MM1E-01
Impact of Climate Policy Intensity on Chinese Oil and Gas Stocks at Multiple Scales: A Perspective Based on Nonlinear Moderating Effects
Siyuan Xuan 1Yizhi Wang 2Xin Xu 3
1 School of International Economics and Business, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, China.
2 Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Aberconway Building, Cardiff CF10 3EU, United Kingdom
3 School of Finance, Nanjing University of Finance & Economics, Nanjing, China.
10:00
MM1E-02
Feedback trading, risk aversion, and their relationship: New evidence from the crude oil markets
Yang (Greg) Hou 1Yang Hu 1Les Oxley 1Andrew Urquhart 2Danyang Xu 1
1 School of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Division of Management, University of Waikato, New Zealand
2 Department of Finance, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
10:30
MM1E-03
Role of Green Energy in Portfolio Diversification: A Global Perspective
Renata KarkowskaSzczepan Urjasz
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management

09:30 - 11:00
Monday Morning 1 F
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_3/07
09:30
MM1F-01
Can investors profit from measuring stock liquidity with ordered fuzzy numbers?
Szymon Stereńczak 1Adam Marszałek 2
1 Poznan University of Economics and Business
2 Cracow University of Technology
10:00
MM1F-02
Investors’ Behaviour, Portfolio Carbon Risk and Climate Media Attention
Laura Andreu 2Diego Víctor de Mingo-López 1Juan Carlos Matallín-Sáez 1José Luis Sarto 2
1 Universitat Jaume I
2 University of Zaragoza
10:30
MM1F-03
Framing Institutional Investors’ perceptions of Low Carbon Assets through Institutional Logics
Tom EganNorah StoreySheila O'Donohoe
South East Technological University

09:30 - 11:00
Monday Morning 1 G
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_3/03
09:30
MM1G-01
The impact of biodiversity firm-level performance on profitability: A study case on salmon aquaculture
Rodrigo Graca 1Jonas Lund 1Malvina Marchese 1, 2Morten Risstad 1Markus Vonheim 1
1 Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2 Bayes Business School
10:00
MM1G-02
A study on the connections between ESG ratings and traditional measures of credit risk
Barbara KurbusVasja Rant
University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business
11:30
MM1G-03
Evaluating ESG Fund Performance in Emerging Markets: Risk, Uncertainty, and Market Volatility
Marcelo KlotzleClara Casartelli
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

11:00 - 11:30
Coffee and Poster Presentations
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | Lobby
11:00
CPM-01
Spillover Effects and Market Dynamics in China’s Carbon Markets: An Empirical Analysis
Zhenzhuo ZhouJun GaoFergal O'ConnorHugh Farrell
University College Cork
11:05
CPM-02
The Impact of Investment Strategies on ESG Mutual Funds Performance: A Cross-Market Analysis
Dingyu YangFergal O'ConnorJun Gao
University College Cork
11:10
CPM-03
Market volatility and risk-return relations: Evidence from the Nasdaq Stock Market
Lesław Markowski
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
11:15
CPM-04
Sentiment, Surveillance, and the State. A (Non-Conspiracy) Theory for CBDCs and Trust in the Post-Covid Era.
Niamh Wylie
Trinity College Dublin
11:20
CPM-05
Supervised Learning Models, Statistical Models or Hybrid Models? A Prediction of Clean Energy Stock Based on Fear and Fundamental Factors
Yuqi ZhengBrain Lucey
Trinity College Dublin

11:30 - 13:00
Keynote: Richard Tol
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | Riady Lecture Theatre

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | Lobby

14:00 - 15:30
Monday Afternoon 1 H
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | Riady Lecture Theatre
14:00
MA1B-01
Exploring Tail Risk Spillovers: A Dynamic Analysis of AI Stocks, Tokens, and DeFi Assets in a Shifting Financial Landscape
Burcu Kapar 1Mabruk Billah 2Mohammad Talha 2
1 University of Wollongong in Dubai
2 Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University
14:30
MA1B-02
Determinants of commissions and fees income of EEA banks: Does macroprudential policy matter?
Małgorzata Olszak 1Christophe Godlewski 2Iwona Kowalska 1
1 University of Warsaw
2 University of Strasbourg
15:00
MA1B-03
Credit and climate sentiments: the decarbonization frontier of risk pricing
Régis Gourdel
WU Vienna

14:00 - 15:30
Monday Afternoon 1 A
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_1/06
14:00
MA1A-01
Gender Differences in Building Modifications in New York City
Sarah Borthwick Saddler 2Antonios Siganos 1
1 Professor in Finance, Edinburgh Napier University
2 Lecturer in Accounting, Edinburgh Napier University
14:30
MA1A-02
Great Expectations: Relative Performance and Managerial Turnover in Professional Football
Barry Quinn 1Ronan Gallagher 2
1 Ulster University Business School
2 Edinburgh Business School
15:00
MA1A-03
Risk as a launchpad: How geopolitical uncertainty fuels global FinTech growth
Charilaos Mertzanis
Abu Dhabi University

14:00 - 15:30
Monday Afternoon 1 B
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_1/09
14:00
MA1B-01
Volatility and Connectedness of Hydrogen Economy, Green Assets, and Commodity Markets
Ramzi Benkraiem 1Anupam Dutta 2Alamgir Hossain 2Vanja Piljak 2
1 Audencia Business School
2 University of Vaasa
14:30
MA1B-02
The connectedness of cryptocurrencies: volatility and liquidity spillover networks
Barbara Będowska-Sójka 1Aleksander Mercik 2
1 Pozna? University of Economics and Business
2 Wroc?aw University of Economics
15:00
MA1B-03
Energy market connectedness: A tale of two crises
Ailie Charteris 3Lidia Obojska 4Jan Szczygielski 1, 2Janusz Brzeszczyński 5
1 Department of Finance, Kozminski University, ul. Jagiello?ska 57/59, 03-301 Warsaw, Poland,
2 Department of Financial Management, University of Pretoria, Private Bag x20, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
3 Department of Finance and Tax, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7700, Cape Town, South Africa.
4 Department of Quantitative Methods & Information Technology, Kozminski University, ul. Jagiello?ska 57/59, 03-301 Warsaw, Poland
5 Department of Accounting and Finance, Business School, Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), 219 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH14 1DJ, Scotland, United Kingdom

14:00 - 15:30
Monday Afternoon 1 C
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_3/03
14:00
MA1C-01
How Institutions Interact with Exchange Rates After the 2024 US Presidential Election: New High-Frequency Evidence
Joshua Aizenman 1Jamel Saadaoui 2
1 University of Southern California
2 University of Paris 8
14:30
MA1C-02
Bonds Trading at a Short Notice: Market Liquidity in E-markets
Mary Pieterse-Bloem 1, 2David Dekker 2Rik Lustermans 3Amir Amel-Zadeh 4Dimitris Christopoulos 2
1 Erasmus University Rotterdam
2 Heriot Watt University Edinburgh
3 VU University Amsterdam
4 Oxford Said Business School
15:00
MA1C-03
Islamic Banking: How Has It Fared Amid Geopolitical Risk?
Bayu Arie Fianto 1Mansor H Ibrahim 2Wahyu Jatmiko 3
1 Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
2 INCEIF University, Malaysia
3 Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK
15:30
MA1C-04
A well-crafted BEER: Identifying the fundamental drivers of real exchange rates
Mirjam Salish 1, 2Mathilde Dufouleur 3Milan Vyskrabka 2Stefan Zeugner 2
1 Oesterreichische Nationalbank
2 European Commission (ECFIN)
3 PhD, University of Paris-Saclay

14:00 - 15:30
Monday Afternoon 1 D
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_2/05
14:00
MA1D-01
Evaluating Economy-wide Energy Efficiency: A Spatial Stochastic Frontier Model Addressing Endogeneity and Multiple Spatial Correlations
Kerui Du 1Anna Min DU 2Boqiang Lin 1
1 Xiamen University
2 Edinburgh Napier University
14:30
MA1D-02
Forecasting Clean Energy Stock Indices under Multiple Uncertainties: A Hybrid Deep Learning Framework
Mohammad Abedin 1Brian Lucey 2
1 Swansea University
2 Trinity Business School
15:00
MA1D-03
Novel geopolitical shocks to energy markets: An overview
Tony Klein
Technische Universität Chemnitz

14:00 - 15:30
Monday Afternoon 1 E
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_2/06
14:00
MA1E-01
Climate Policy Uncertainty, Financial Regulation, and Systemic Risk Contagion in U.S. Banks
Alessia Palma 1Xiaohang Ren 2Benye Shi 1Cheng Huang 2
1 School of Economics, Jilin University
2 School of Business, Central South university, Changsha, China
14:30
MA1E-02
Lost in the Multiverse: Methodological Uncertainty in Studying Global Equity Returns
Nusret Cakici 2Christian Fieberg 5Gabor Neszveda 3Vanja Piljak 4Adam Zaremba 1
1 Poznan University of Economics and Business, MBS School of Business, Monash University
2 Fordham University
3 Central Bank of Hungary
4 University of Vaasa
5 HSB Hochschule Bremen
15:00
MA1E-03
Climate Change and Carbon Market Volatility: A GARCH-MIDAS Approach
Adriano Barasal Morales
University of Twente
15:30
MA1E-04
SMEs and climate finance: a hybrid review
Ashraf KhanAnastasia GIAKOUMELOUGiorgio Stefano BERTINETTI
Venice School of Management, Ca Foscari University of Venice, Italy

14:00 - 15:30
Monday Afternoon 1 F
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_2/09
14:00
MA1F-01
Do insurance-linked securities impact the issuer’s shareholder value? New evidence from the CAT bond market
Niklas Grimmelsmann 2Britta Hachenberg 1Dirk Schiereck 2
1 University of Applied Sciences, Cologne
2 TU Darmstadt
14:30
MA1F-02
Incorporating idiosyncratic risk factors into CAT bond pricing: A machine learning approach
Florian Horyky 1Brian Lucey 2Sovan Mitra 3Boru Ren 4
1 Zeppelin University
2 Trinity Business School
3 University of Westminister
4 Swansea University
15:00
MA1F-03
Sovereign ESG Bonds and Credit Risk: Cross-Border Transmission in Global Markets
Laura Ballester 1Alba García 2Ana González-Urteaga 3
1 University of Valencia
2 Quant AI Lab
3 Public University of Navarre

14:00 - 15:30
Monday Afternoon 1 G
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_3/07
14:00
MA1F-01
The Corporate Sustainability and Carbon Risk of Equity Retirement Investment Funds
Bogna Janik 1Piotr Płuciennik 2Katarzyna Maruszewska 1
1 WSB Merito University in Poznan, Poland
2 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland
14:30
MA1F-02
The slow start of professional clients in foreign investment
Seth Armitage 1Jiaman Xu 2
1 University of Edinburgh
2 Cardiff University
15:00
MA1F-03
Environmental credit risk, climate change and bank performance.
Kenza MoutiErhan KilincarslanJiafan li
University of Huddersfield

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | Lobby

16:00 - 17:30
Monday Afternoon 2 A
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_1/06
16:00
MA2A-01
Pay Transparency Laws and Corporate Wrongdoing
Hafiz Hoque 1Eilnaz Kashefi pour 2Gonul Colak 3
1 School of Management, Swansea University
2 Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham
3 University of Sussex Business School
16:30
MA2A-02
Bank dividends and shareholders: payouts in adverse conditions
Oskar Kowalewski 3, 4, 5, 6Urszula Mrzygłód 2Joanna Rachuba 1Dorota Skala 1
1 Institute of Economics and Finance, University of Szczecin
2 Faculty of Economics, University of Gda?sk
3 Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
4 IESEG School of Management, UMR 9221 - LEM - Lille Économie Management, France
5 Univ. Lille, UMR 9221 - LEM - Lille Économie Management, France
6 CNRS, UMR 9221 - LEM - Lille Économie Management, France
17:00
MA2A-03
Sovereign Ceilings and Corporate Payouts: How Rating Constraints Shape Dividend Policy
Periklis Boumparis
Newcastle University Business School

16:00 - 17:30
Monday Afternoon 2 B
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_1/09
16:00
MA2B-01
Loan Guarantee and Portfolio Greening: Evidence from European Credit Registers
Salvatore Perdichizzi
University of PaduaEuropean Central BankState University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo
16:30
MA2B-02
Racial Disparities in the U.S. Mortgage Market: Evidence from Data Privacy Legislation
Xiangyu Lin 1S. Sarah Zhang 1, 2
1 University of Manchester
2 BCCaS (Centre for Business, Climate Change, and Sustainability) at University of Edinburgh Business School
17:00
MA2B-03
Cross-border VC and Innovation
Ali Altanlar 1Shima Amini 1William Megginson 2Zicen Zhao 1
1 Leeds University Business School
2 Michael F. Price College of Business, The University of Oklahoma

16:00 - 17:30
Monday Afternoon 2 C
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_2/09
16:00
MA2C-01
Managing portfolio risk during the BREXIT crisis: a cross-quantilogram analysis of stock markets and commodities across European countries, the US and the BRICS
Ahmed Ayadi 1, 2Marjène Gana 3Stéphane Goutte 4Khaled Guesmi 5
1 a Laboratoire d’Economie et de Finance Appliquées University of Carthage, IHEC Carthage Tunis Tunisia
2 Laboratoire d’Economie Dionysien (LED) University of Paris 8 Paris France
3 Ecole de Technologie Supérieure Montreal Canda
4 University Paris-Saclay CEMOTEV France
5 Center of Research for Energy and Climate Change (CRECC) Paris School of Business France
16:30
MA2C-02
Power-Law Distributions in Venture Capital Returns: Implications for Portfolio Management
Ronan Gallagher
University of Edinburgh
17:00
MA2C-03
Corporate Resilience and Carbon Footprint: The Automotive Industry in the face of the Red Sea Crisis
Isabel Abínzano 1, 3Javier F Navas 2Ana González-Urteaga 1, 3
1 Public University of Navarre
2 INARBE
3 Universidad Pablo de Olavide
17:30
MA2C-04
Semivariance and Portfolio Choice Using Financial Statements
Pawel Kliber 1Anna Rutkowska-Miczka 2Konrad Szydłowski 2
1 Poznan University of Economics and Business
2 University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

16:00 - 17:30
Monday Afternoon 2 D
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_3/03
16:00
MA2D-01
Is RWA Dispersion Still an Issue? New Evidence from the European Banking System
Valerio PesicRocco RaucoFederico Tsipas
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
16:30
MA2D-02
The relevance of the banking business model in ESG perfomance: a European analysis
Valerio PesicFederico TsipasRocco Rauco
University of Rome ''La Sapienza''
17:00
MA2D-03
Spatiotemporal Evolution and Policy Effects of Green Finance Agglomeration ——Evidence from 289 Cities in China
Jiaxiang LiAleksandar Sevic
Trinity Business School, TCD

16:00 - 17:30
Monday Afternoon 2 E
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_2/05
16:00
MA2E-01
Climate Risk and Commodity Markets: An Analysis of ENSO’s Impact on Maize Price Transmission Between the US and South Africa
Mariette GeyserAnmar Pretorius
North-West University, South Africa
16:30
MA2E-02
Monetary Policy in a Warming World: Balancing Price Stability and the Green Transition
Yixiao Tan 3, 4Dimitrios Tsomocos 3, 4, 5Xuan Wang 1, 2
1 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2 Tinbergen Institute
3 University of Oxford
4 Said Business School
5 St Edmund Hall
17:00
MA2E-03
Mutual funds and climate risks: An empirical analysis of exposure and performance
Florinda SilvaMaria Ceu CortezNelson Areal
NIPE - School of Economics, Management, and Political Science, University of Minho

16:00 - 17:30
Monday Afternoon 2 F
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_2/06
16:00
MA2F-01
Risk asymmetry and accounting CAPM: downside and conditional approach
Anna Rutkowska-MiczkaLesław Markowski
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn ul. Oczapowskiego 2, 10-719 Olsztyn NIP 739-30-33-097
16:20
MA2F-02
Financial Market Responses to US-China Decoupling: Exploring Heterogeneous Effects
Sook Rei Tan 1Xiu Wei Yeap 1Jingting Liu 2Jacob Wood 1
1 Business Department, James Cook University Singapore, 149 Sims Dr, 387380, Singapore
2 Asia Competitiveness Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Address: 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772, Singapore
16:40
MA2F-03
 Are Green Bonds Special?
Rik Lustermans 2Amir Amel-Zadeh 1Mary Pieterse-Bloem 3, 4David Dekker 4Dimitris Christopoulos 4
1 Oxford Said Business School
2 VU University Amsterdam
3 Erasmus University Rotterdam
4 Heriot Watt University Edinburgh
17:00
MA2F-04
Mind the emission gap for firms in the EU ETS program
Lorenzo Prosperi 2Leonardo Bortolan 1Luca Taschini 1Luca Zanin 2
1 University of Edinburgh Business School
2 Prometeia

16:00 - 17:30
Monday Afternoon 2 G
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | CRL_2/09
16:00
MA2G-01
The Pricing of Biodiversity Risk in Biodiversity Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
Natalia Kostus
Poznan University of Economics and Business
16:30
MA2G-02
Do firms need to care about biodiversity? Insights from default risk
Valerio Poti 1Simona Cosma 2Daniela Pennetta 3Giuseppe Rimo 2
1 University College Dublin and University of Bari
2 University of Bologna
3 University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
17:00
MA2G-03
Bio-Value-at-Risk: A Concept to Assessing the Implications of Biodiversity Risks on Portfolio Management using Geospatial Analysis
Jan-Alexander PosthPeter SchwendnerPatrick LaubeTomasz Orpiszewski
Zurich University of Applied Sciences

18:30 - 20:30
Monday Networking
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | City Chambers
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025
09:30 - 11:00
Tuesday Morning 1 A
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_1/06
09:30
TM1A-01
Does memory influence crypto price expectations? Evidence from individual investors in France
Ylva Baeckström 2Akanksha Jalan 1Roman Matkovskyy 1
1 Rennes School of Business
2 King’s Business School, King’s College London
10:00
TM1A-02
The Impact of Legalization on Dark Web Marketplace Transactions: A Bitcoin Data Analysis
Maximilian H. E. E. Gerrath 1Hossein Jahanshahloo 2Andrew Urquhart 3Yakov Bart 4Anatoli Colicev 5
1 Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
2 Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester
3 Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham
4 D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, USA
5 University of Liverpool Management School, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
10:30
TM1A-03
On the Defense of Constructing Cryptocurrency Portfolios/Indices to Examine the Diversification Benefit of the Cryptocurrency Market
Fahad Ali 1Anna Du 2
1 Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics
2 Edinburgh Napier University

09:30 - 11:00
Tuesday Morning 1 B
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_1/09
09:30
TM1B-01
Extreme temperature heat spells and default risk: Evidence from Eurozone countries
Syed Maisam Raza RizviMuhammad Tahir SulemanDuminda Kuruppuarachchi
Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
10:00
TM1B-02
Market Shifts Under European Green Deal News: Green vs. Brown Stocks and Bonds
Michael Donadelli 1Ivan Gufler 2Renatas Kizys 3
1 University of Brescia, Italy
2 LUISS Guido Carli, Italy
3 University of Southampton, UK
10:30
TM1B-03
The Role of Global Uncertainty in Shaping Trade Flow Relations: A Cross-Country Analysis for Europe
António Afonso 1, 2José Alves 1, 2Menescal Lucas 1Sofia Monteiro 1
1 ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management; UECE - Research Unit on Complexity and Economics / REM - Research in Economics and Mathematics;
2 CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

09:30 - 11:00
Tuesday Morning 1 C
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_2/05
09:30
TM1C-01
Real options analysis for end-of-life investment decision in wind farms.
Dorcas Mikindani 1, 2Peter Deeney 1John O'Brien 2Paul Leahy 1, 3
1 Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork
2 Cork University Business School, University College Cork
3 School of Architecture and Engineering, University College cork
10:00
TM1C-02
ESG Performance and Stock Price Risk: A Comparative Analysis of EU and US Firms
Sylwia Frydrych 1Jörg Prokop 2Michał Buszko 3
1 SGH Warsaw School of Economics
2 Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
3 Nicolaus Copernicus University of Torun
10:30
TM1C-03
The Financial Economics of Spaceflight
William Megginson
University of Oklahoma

09:30 - 11:00
Tuesday Morning 1 D
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_2/06
09:30
TM1D-01
Quantum Neural Networks (QNNs), Transformers, and Geopolitical Risk: Advancing Cryptocurrency and Commodity Price Forecasting
Ilias Kampouris 1Charilaos Mertzanis 1Stefanos Theofilis 2Aristeidis Samitas 3
1 College of Business, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2 Department of Business Administration, University of the Aegean, Greece
3 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
10:00
TM1D-02
Information Transmission and Volatility-Based Trading Strategies in Commodity Futures and Options Markets
Marie-Hélène Gagnonconstant AkaGabriel John Power
Université Laval
10:30
TM1D-03
Does Corporate Social Responsibility Influence the Acquisition Likelihood of Distressed Firms?
Vittorio Laus 1Enrico Battisti 1, 2Ahmed Hunjra 3Antonio Salvi 1
1 Department of Management, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
2 Faculty of Business, Sohar University, Sohar, Oman
3 IPAG Business School, Paris, France

09:30 - 11:00
Tuesday Morning 1 E
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_2/09
09:30
TM1E-01
ESG and equity portfolio performance – a global analysis
Javier López Prol 1Fernando De Llano Paz 2
1 Yonsei University - Mirae Campus
2 University of A Coruña
10:00
TM1E-02
Corporate Sustainability Index and the cost of capital for publicly listed Brazilian firms
Joana Inácio 1, 2Verônica Santana 1
1 FECAP
2 Santander
10:30
TM1E-03
Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) Indices Performance: International Evidence
Jerzy Gajdka 1Janusz Brzeszczyński 2Tomasz Schabek 1Piotr Pietraszewski 1
1 University of Lodz
2 Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

09:30 - 11:00
Tuesday Morning 1 F
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_3/03
09:30
TM1F-01
National Culture, Societal Values, and ESG Investment: A Synergistic Pathway Towards Sustainable Development
rakhshan rahim 1HEM SHWETA RATHORE 1mustafa raza rabbani 2Muhammad Waqar 3Shreya Gupta 1
1 Amity University Uttar Pradesh
2 UNIVERSITY OF KHORFAKKAN SHARJAH, UAE
3 School of Economics and Management Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing China
10:00
TM1F-02
Biodiversity risk assessment and efficiency of working capital management
John Goodell 1Omrane Guedhami 2Andrea Paltrinieri 3Stefano Piserà 4
1 University of Akron
2 University of South Carolina
3 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
4 University of Genova
10:30
TM1F-03
Lifeboat money: Securing human well-being
Shann Turnbull
International Institute of Self-governance

09:30 - 11:00
Tuesday Morning 1 G
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_3/07
09:30
TM1G-01
Law Firm Expertise and Loan Contract Design
Minh DoTram Vu
Monash University
10:00
TM1G-02
Cost of debt for private firms revisited: voluntary audits as a reflection of risk
Riste Ichev 1Jernej Koren 2Urska Kosi 3Katarina Sitar Sustar 1Aljosa Valentincic 1
1 School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana
2 Bank Assets Management Company (DUTB)
3 Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Paderborn University
10:30
TM1G-03
Seeing the Forest for the Trees?Research on the Knowledge Transfer Effect and Path of Analyst Industry Research Reports
John O'Brien 1Qingqing Liu 2Yurun He 2Wei Cong 2Steve O'Callaghan 1
1 University College Cork
2 Beijing Technology and Business University

11:00 - 11:30
Coffee
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | Lobby

11:30 - 13:00
Inclusivity and Global presence in Finance academia: Roundtable
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | Riady Lecture Theatre

11:30 - 13:00
Conferences and Associations
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_1/06

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | {session_room}

14:00 - 15:30
Tuesday Afternoon 1 A
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_1/06
14:00
TA1A-01
Corporate Finance-Related Drivers and Consequences of Stock Liquidity: A Comprehensive Analysis
Szymon Stereńczak 1Rim El Khoury 2Muneer Alshater 3
1 Poznan University of Economics and Business
2 Lebanese American University
3 University of Jordan
14:30
TA1A-02
Stock and sovereign returns linkages: time-varying causality and extreme-quantile determinants
Sofia MonteiroAntonio AfonsoJose Alves
Lisbon School of Economics and Management
15:00
TA1A-03
Exit threat and stock liquidity: Evidence from Open-Ended Pension Funds’ reform in Poland.
Agnieszka Stróżyńska-SzajekSzymon StereńczakAleksander Freitag
Poznan University of Economics and Business

14:00 - 15:30
Tuesday Afternoon 1 B
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_1/09
14:00
TA1B-01
Is the institutional investment environment in Europe hindering the shared goal of the low carbon transition?
Norah StoreyTom EganSheila O'Donohoe
South East Technological University (SETU)
14:30
TA1B-02
Environmental Innovation and Market Valuation: Implications for Managerial Incentive Design
Ellen Pei-yi Yu 1Bac Van Luu 2Dominic H. Chai 3
1 Affiliation: Birkbeck Business School, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 7HX, UK.
2 Russell Investments, Rex House, 10 Regent Street, London, SW1Y 4PE, UK.
3 Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1AG, UK.
15:00
TA1B-03
ESG Funds versus Market Performance: The Traditional and Stochastic Dominance Approaches
Ya Li 1Nikolai Sheung-Chi Chow 2Bo Guan 3Arman Eshraghi 3
1 Hong Kong Metropolitan University
2 City University of Macau
3 Cardiff University

14:00 - 15:30
Tuesday Afternoon 1 C
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_2/05
14:00
TA1C-01
The Impact of Natural Disasters on Venture Capital Activity and Success
Alexander Groh 1Giang Nguyen 2Hannah Nguyen 3
1 IAE Aix - Graduate School of Management - Aix-Marseille University - France
2 Department of Applied Finance - Macquarie University - Australia
3 Department of Banking and Finance - Monash Business School - Monash University - Australia
14:30
TA1C-02
Emissions or Omissions? Investigating how firms’ equity returns vary with their prospects under climate transition
Zining YuanJoseph Noss
King's College London
15:00
TA1C-03
Green in the grey: can energy uncertainty boost corporate green revenues?
Abhishek HalderKannadhasan M.
Indian Institute of Management Raipur

14:00 - 15:30
Tuesday Afternoon 1 D
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_2/06
14:00
TA1D-01
Energy Transition and Economic Growth in Lower and Middle Income Countries: The Role of Climate Finance
Amin KassabThomas Gries
Paderborn University
14:30
TA1D-02
Carbon Management Practices and Corporate Financial Performance: Do Financial Markets Reward Firms?
Jeanne Amar 1Samira Demaria 2Sandra Rigot 3
1 EDHEC Business School
2 University Côte d'Azur, Gredeg, CNRS
3 University Paris 13, CEPN UMR 7234
15:00
TA1D-03
Research on the Effectiveness of ESG Screening Strategies in China's A-share Market—From the Perspective of Industry Heterogeneity
SINIAN ZHENGAlessia PaccagniniValerio Poti
University College Dublin

14:00 - 15:30
Tuesday Afternoon 1 E
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_2/09
14:00
TA1E-01
Sustainable and climate finance: a bibliometric analysis using Bibliometrix R-tool
Katerina Fotova Čiković
University North, Croatia
14:30
TA1E-02
Exploring the relationship between blockchain and sustainability
Jorge Soria 1Carlos Estevez-Mendoza 2, 3Francisco J. Lara 4
1 University of Navarra
2 Complutense University of Madrid
3 CUNEF University
4 The Busch School of Business, Catholic University of America
15:00
TA1E-03
The economics of natural gas
Andrea Paltrinieri 1Alessia Palma 2Marco Oriani 1
1 Catholic University of Sacred Heart
2 Sapienza University

14:00 - 15:30
Tuesday Afternoon 1 F
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_3/03
14:00
TA1F-01
The Impact of ESG Scores for S&P 500 Companies on Their Market Risk During Financial Market Turbulences
Bogna Janik 1Piotr Płuciennik 2
1 WSB Merito University in Poznan, Poland
2 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland
14:30
TA1F-02
Climate Risk and Corporate Risk Taking: An International Evidence
Shashank SrivastavM Kannadhasan
Indian Institute of Management Raipur
15:00
TA1F-03
Green Bond Research Topics and their Impact on Academic Paper Performance Metrics
Sheila O DonohoeParaic Mc GeeTom Egan
South East Technological University

14:00 - 15:30
Tuesday Afternoon 1 G
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_3/07
14:00
TA1G-01
Application of Meta-Analysis in Corporate Finance Research.
Jacek MizerkaBartosz KabacińskiAgnieszka Stróżyńska-Szajek
Pozna? University of Economics and Business
14:30
TA1G-02
Influential Observations in Finance Regressions
Arnold Cowan
Iowa State University
15:00
TA1G-03
A circular model for credit risk contagion
Oskar Kowalewski 1Prabesh Luitel 1Mike Mariathasan 2Rosanne Vanpée 2
1 IESEG School of Management
2 KU Leuven

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | Lobby

16:00 - 17:30
Tuesday Afternoon 2 A
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_1/06
16:00
TA2A-01
Motivated institutional investors and analyst following
Michał KałdońskiTomasz Jewartowski
Pozna? University of Economics and Business
16:30
TA2A-02
Delegated monitoring - institutional investors and trade credit financing
Tomasz JewartowskiMichał Kałdoński
Poznan University of Economics and Business
17:00
TA2A-03
Feminisation and the Greening of Africa’s Industrialisation
Christian Urom 1Gideon Ndubuisi 2Solomon Owusu 3
1 Paris School of Business, France
2 Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
3 Boston University, United States

16:00 - 17:30
Tuesday Afternoon 2 B
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_1/09
16:00
TA2B-01
Integration of emerging bond markets during the previous decade
Anna Maria PretoriusPhillip Blaauw
School of Economic Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, SOUTH AFRICA
16:30
TA2B-02
Local, Global, and Hybrid Asset-Pricing Models in Heterogeneously Integrated Regions: Evidence from Local Industries
Pelin Bengitoz 1Mehmet Umutlu 2Adam Zaremba 3
1 Independent Researcher
2 Edinburgh Napier University, The Business School, Accounting and Finance Subject Group
3 Montpellier Business School
17:00
TA2B-03
The impact of ENSO events on maize price volatility transmission: The case of US and South African markets
Anna Maria PretoriusMariette Geyser
School of Economic Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, SOUTH AFRICA

16:00 - 17:30
Tuesday Afternoon 2 C
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_2/05
16:00
TA2C-01
The Value Relevance of Corporate Risk Management Disclosures in European M&A Transactions
Jörg ProkopChristopher WilksenJan-Philipp Wallis
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Area Finance & Banking
16:30
TA2C-02
ESG Mania and Institutional Trading
Riza Demirer 2Lavinia Rognone 1Huacheng Zhang 1
1 University of Edinburgh Business School
2 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
17:00
TA2C-03
Unraveling the Relationship Between De-Risking and De-Branching in the Banking Industry
Valerio PesicSabrina LeoIda PanettaPaola Paiardini
Department of Management, University La Sapienza of Rome

16:00 - 17:30
Tuesday Afternoon 2 D
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_2/06
16:00
TA2D-01
Equitable Financing: The Contribution of Non-Western Finance to Climate Action
Karishma Ansaram
University of Edinburgh, Business School
16:30
TA2D-02
Networks, Attributes and Director Elections
Yerzhan TokbolatPhilip FliersMoldir MukanAlisher Sansyzbayev
Queen's University Belfast
17:00
TA2D-03
The Effects of the UK Modern Slavery Act on Firms and their Stakeholders
Mujie Gao 1Miriam Marra 1Andrew Urquhart 2
1 ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading
2 Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham
17:30
TA2D-04
Determinants of Corporate Risk Disclosure in Annual Reports and Social Media
Mohammad Alahmad 1Awad Elsayed Awad Ibrahim 2Fahad Ali Ali 3
1 University of Greenwich
2 Portsmouth University
3 Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics

16:00 - 17:30
Tuesday Afternoon 2 E
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_2/09
16:00
TA2E-01
Firms’ financial behaviours in the era of climate policy uncertainty: A systematic and bibliometric review
Greta Petrini
University of Genoa
16:30
TA2E-02
It better be good, it better be green
Andrea Zaghini 2Daniele Pianeselli 2Fabio Fornari 1
1 ECB
2 Banca d'Italia
17:00
TA2E-03
Limited Attention to Climate News Risks
Lavinia Rognone 1Sarah Zhang 2Stuart Hyde 2
1 University of Edinburgh
2 Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester

16:00 - 17:30
Tuesday Afternoon 2 F
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_3/03
16:00
TA2F-01
Information Asymmetries and OTC Bid-ask Spreads
Geir Bjonnes Hoidal
BI Norwegian Business School
16:30
TA2F-02
Sponsor Reputation and the Structure of SPAC Units
Wolfgang Bessler
University of Hamburg
17:00
TA2F-03
When the economy sets the tone: Macroeconomic dominance in predicting merger waves
Stine Alexandra Boente 1Wolfgang Drobetz 1, 2Marwin Moenkemeyer 2
1 University of Hamburg
2 Cambridge Judge Business School, the University of Cambridge

16:00 - 17:30
Tuesday Afternoon 2 G
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | CRL_3/07
16:00
TA2G-01
The Two Fixings for the Chinese Yuan: Central Bank vs. Market
Michael FrömmelQisi Zhang
Ghent University
16:30
TA2G-02
The More, the Better? Local versus Global Data in Stock Return Prediction
Nusret Cakici 2Adam Zaremba 1
1 Poznan University of Economics and Business, MBS School of Business, Monash University
2 Fordham University
17:00
TA2G-03
Pension Funds, Noisy Trading and Price Discovery in a Foreign Exchange Market
Jose Ruiz 1Catalina Estefó 1
1 Business Department, Universidad de Chile
2 Central Bank of Chile

18:30 - 22:00
Gala Dinner, prize giving and valedictory speech by Prof Lance Nail.
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | Murrayfield Stadium Event Center