23 July

8:15–8:25

Welcome Remarks by the Organizer

Shi Shaobin, Professor, Dean of School of Economics, Shandong University

8:25–8:30

Group Photo

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8:30–9:00

Keynote Speech: Paradigm Reconstruction and Systemic Financial Risk Governance: Quantum Observation Effect Based on Media Sentiment

Speaker: Liu Xiaoxing, Professor, School of Economics and Management, Southeast University

Session Chair: Zhang Qunzi, Professor, Vice Dean of School of Economics, Shandong University

9:00–9:30

Keynote Speech: Digital Footprints, Social Networks and Microcredit

Speaker: Zhang Xueyong, Professor, School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics

Session Chair: Zhang Qunzi, Professor, Vice Dean of School of Economics, Shandong University

9:30–10:00

Keynote Speech: Payment Methods and Market Feedback in Mergers and Acquisitions

Speaker: Yang Liyan, Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Session Chair: Zhang Qunzi, Professor, Vice Dean of School of Economics, Shandong University

10:00–10:20

Mid-session Break

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10:20–10:50

Keynote Speech: Generative AI for Finance

Speaker: Jiang Fuwei, Professor, School of Economics, Xiamen University

Session Chair: Chang Dongfeng, Professor, Assistant to the Dean & Director of Finance Department, School of Economics, Shandong University

10:50–11:20

Keynote Speech: International Yield Curves and Exchange Rates

Speaker: Zhu Xiaoneng, Professor, School of Finance, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Session Chair: Chang Dongfeng, Professor, Assistant to the Dean & Director of Finance Department, School of Economics, Shandong University

11:20–11:50

Keynote Speech: Do Asset Embeddings Need Complete Holdings? Lessons from China

Speaker: Huang Dashan, Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Session Chair: Chang Dongfeng, Professor, Assistant to the Dean & Director of Finance Department, School of Economics, Shandong University

12:00–13:30

Lunch Break

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23 July

13:30–13:50

Presentation: Can Digital Technology Innovation Promote High-quality Development of Supply Chains

Speaker: Geng Chunxiao, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Economics, Shandong University

Session Chair: Zhang Detao, Professor, Director of Shandong University Postdoctoral Association

13:50–14:10

Presentation: National Unified Wage Setting and the Spatial Structure of Urban Wage Inequality

Speaker: Liu Xinhao, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Economics, Shandong University

Session Chair: Zhang Detao, Professor, Director of Shandong University Postdoctoral Association

14:10–14:30

Presentation: International GHG Emission Exposure and Corporate Leverage

Speaker: Imran Ramzan, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Economics, Shandong University

Session Chair: Zhang Detao, Professor, Director of Shandong University Postdoctoral Association

14:30–14:50

Presentation: Beneath the Fold: The Effect of Local Newspaper Closure on Firm Tax Avoidance

Speaker: Shi Yawen, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Economics, Shandong University

Session Chair: Zhang Detao, Professor, Director of Shandong University Postdoctoral Association

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Discussants (sorted by Pinyin surname)

• He Xin, Professor, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China

• Huang Dashan, Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

• Jiang Fuwei, Professor, School of Economics, Xiamen University

• Liu Xiaoxing, Professor, School of Economics and Management, Southeast University

• Song Zhaogang, Professor, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University

• Wei Nie, Professor, Faculty of Business, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

• Yang Liyan, Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

• Zhang Xueyong, Professor, School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics

• Zhu Xiaoneng, Professor, School of Finance, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

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17:00–20:00

Dinner

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