6th Annual Conference on Alternative Finance (2021)
28 Jun 2021
13:00 -16:00
29 Jun 2021
13:00 -16:00
30 Jun 2021
13:00 -16:00
GMT +1
Open to: All
Via Zoom
(Online)
Overview
The conference is hosted by the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. Eight high-quality academic papers have been selected for presentation, covering a wide range of research topics including crowdfunding, fintech disruption, AI, labor economics and corporate finance, and financial intermediaries. The keynote speaker for the conference will be Stefan Nagel (University of Chicago).
Sessions will take place daily at:
- 08:00-11:00 EDT (New York)
- 13:00-16:00 GMT+1 (UK)
- 14:00-17:00 CEST (Paris)
- 20:00-23:00 CST (Beijing)
Programme
Day 1
Crowdfunding
28 June
Welcome
- Raghavendra Rau, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Professor of Finance, Co-founder and Academic Director, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
28 June
Opening remarks
- Colin Fitzgerald, Head of EMEA Distribution, Invesco
28 June
Presentations
Information Cascades and Threshold Implementation: An Application to Crowdfunding
- Lin William Cong, Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management, Yizhou Xiao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Do FinTech Lenders Fairly Allocate Loans Among Investors?
- Li Ting Chiu, Bentley University, Brian Wolfe, University of Texas at San Antonio, Woongsun Yoo, Central Michigan University
28 June
Keynote speech (runs 15:00-16:00 GMT+1)
- Stefan Nagel, University of Chicago
Professor Nagel’s research focuses on asset pricing, investor behavior, and risk-taking of financial intermediaries. His most recent work explores the role of personal experiences in shaping expectations about the macroeconomy and financial market returns, novel approaches for measurement of bank tail risk exposures, and the application of machine learning techniques to understand the risk and return of investment strategies in the stock market. Professor Nagel currently serves as the Executive Editor of the Journal of Finance, one of the leading academic finance journals in the world. Previously, he was an editor at the Review of Financial Studies from 2014-2015 and an associate editor at various top journals.
Professor Stefan Nagel (Keynote speaker)
Fama Family Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Day 2
Labour economics and corporate finance
29 June
Presentations
Surviving the Fintech Disruption
- Wei Jiang, Columbia Business School, NBER and ECGI
- Yuehua Tang, University of Florida, Warrington College of Business
- Rachel Xiao, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
- Vincent Yao, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
Artificial Intelligence and High-Skilled Work: Evidence from Analysts
- Jillian Grennan, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Roni Michaely, University of Geneva and SFI Geneva Finance Research Institute
How to Talk When a Machine is Listening: Corporate Disclosure in the Age of AI
- Sean Cao, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
- Wei Jiang, Columbia Business School, NBER, and ECGI
- Baozhong Yang, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
- Alan L. Zhang, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
Day 3
Financial Intermediaries
30 June
Presentations
Fintech Lending and Sales Manipulation
- Kumar Rishabh, University of Basel, Jorma Schäublin, University of Basel
Trust as an Entry Barrier: Evidence from FinTech Adoption
- Keer Yang, University of Minnesota
Open Banking: Credit Market Competition When Borrowers Own the Data
- Zhiguo He, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, and NBER
- Jing Huang, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Jidong Zhou, Yale University, School of Management