The Department of Finance at the University of Luxembourg organizes the 3rd Conference in Sustainable Finance on 4 July 2024, in Luxembourg (in-person). The academic conference is hosted by the Sustainable Finance Chair, which is supported by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Biodiversity of Luxembourg.
The conference will offer an engaging social program starting with a welcome dinner on the evening of 3 July 2024, and a conference reception on 4 July 2024. To conclude the conference on 4 July, there will be keynote presentations by Margarita Tsoutsoura (Washington University in St. Louis) and Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi (University of Mannheim), followed by a panel discussion with industry leaders.
Scientific committee:
Papers will be selected by the program committee consisting of members of the Department of Finance at the University of Luxembourg.
Programme
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08.45 – 09.00
Welcome & introduction
Christos Koulovatianos, University of Luxembourg
Session I – The Global Perspective
Chair: Ulf von Lilienfeld-Toal, University of Luxembourg
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09.00 – 09.30
Index Inclusion and Corporate Social Performance: Evidence from the MSCI Empowering Women Index
Presenter: Yupana Wiwattanakantang, National University of Singapore and ECGI
Discussant: Edith Ginglinger, Paris Dauphine
Co-authors: Vikas Mehrotra, Lukas Roth, Yusuke Tsujimoto
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09.30 – 10.00
The Global Effects of Socially Responsible Investing: A Remote Sensing Approach
Presenter: Melissa Porras Prado, Nova School of Business and Economics
Discussant: Hannes F Wagner, Bocconi University
Co-authors: Virginia Gianinazzi, Victoire Girard, Mehdi Lehlali
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10.00 – 10.30
Opening the Brown Box: Production Responses to Environmental Regulation
Presenter: S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan, London Business School
Discussant: Paul Voss, HEC Paris
Co-authors: Rebecca De Simone, Kunal Sachdeva
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10.30 – 11.00
Coffee break
Session II – Impact Through Capital Provision
Chair: Julien Penasse, University of Luxembourg
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11.00 – 11.30
How Effective are Portfolio Mandates?
Presenter: Raman Uppal, EDHEC Business School
Discussant: Alexandr Kopytov, Simon Business School, University of Rochester
Co-authors: Jack Favilukis, Lorenzo Garlappi
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11.30 – 12.00
Financially Constrained Carbon Management
Presenter: Maria Cecilia Bustamante, University of Maryland
Discussant: Sebastian Gryglewicz, Erasmus School of Economics
Co-author: Francesca Zucchi
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12.00 – 12.30
Green Intermediary Asset Pricing
Presenter: Maxime Sauzet, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
Discussant: Abraham Lioui, EDHEC Business School
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12.30 – 14.00
Lunch break
Session III – ESG Strategies of Mutual Funds
Chair: Laurent Barras, University of Luxembourg
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14.00 – 14.30
ESG Skill of Mutual Fund Managers
Presenter: Marco Ceccarelli, VU Amsterdam
Discussant: Silvina Rubio, University of Bristol
Co-authors: Richard B. Evans, Simon Glossner, Mikael Homanen, Ellie Luu
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14.30 – 15.00
Different Shades of ESG Funds
Presenter: Andrea M. Buffa, University of Colorado Boulder
Discussant: Daniel Schmidt, HEC Paris
Co-authors: Simona Abis, Meha Sadasivam
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15.00 – 15.15
Coffee break
Session IV – The Role of Disclosure
Chair: Denitsa Stefanova, University of Luxembourg
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15.15 – 15.45
Dynamic Green Disclosure Requirements
Presenter: Jan Starmans, Stockholm School of Economics
Discussant: Rosa Ferrer, Barcelona School of Economics
Co-author: Deeksha Gupta
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15.45 – 16.15
Environmental Disclosure Incentives and Externalities
Presenter: Elvira Sojli, UNSW Business School
Discussant: Catherine Casamatta, Toulouse School of Economics
Co-authors: Leo Liu, Wing Wah Tham, Cara Vansteenkiste
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16.30 – 17.00
Tram ride to the Banque de Luxembourg
Keynote Presentations and Panel Discussion: Gender Finance
Chair: François Koulischer & Michael Halling, University of Luxembourg
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17.15 – 17.20
Welcome
Pierre Even, Secretary General of Banque de Luxembourg
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17.20 – 17.50
Women in Finance
Keynote Presenter: Margarita Tsoutsoura, Washington University in St. Louis
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17.50 – 18.20
Fearless girls – (Perceived) challenges of women in the financial industry
Keynote presenter: Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi, University of Mannheim
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18.20 – 19.00
Panel Discussion on “Gender Finance”
Moderator:
Panelists:
- Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi, University of Mannheim
- Jenny de Nijs, Ministry of Finance
- Margarita Tsoutsoura, Washington University in St. Louis
- Emanuele VIGNOLI, HSBC
Contact:
The event is organized within the framework of the Chair in Sustainable Finance, which is supported by the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance and the Luxembourg Ministry of Environment, Climate and Biodiversity.
