JFDS Conference Best Paper Award

The Macroeconomics of BigTech
by Dan Su, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

JFDS Conference Best Discussant Award

Zhongzhi Song, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Preliminary Program

Journal of Finance and Data Science Conference

August 8, 2023, Beijing, China

Monday, August 7, 2023

Registration: 2:00PM - 5:30PM (Location: Grand Salon III, Grand Hyatt)
Reception: 5:30PM - 7:30PM (Location: Grand Salon II&III&IV, Grand Hyatt)

Tuesday, August 8, 8:25AM – 18:00PM

Onsite: Room 9&10
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
20F, Tower E2 in Oriental Plaza, Beijing

Welcome and Opening Remarks   8:25AM – 8:30AM

Session1: 8:30AM-10:00AM
Session Chair: Hao Zhou, Tsinghua University; Southern University of Science & Technology

8:30AM-9:15AM
Behavioral Machine Learning? Computer Predictions of Corporate Earnings also Overreact
Murray Z. Frank, University of Minnesota
Jing Gao, University of Minnesota
Keer Yang, University of California, Davis
Presenter: Keer Yang, University of California, Davis
Discussant: Ke Tang, Tsinghua University

9:15AM-10:00AM
Breaking the Language Barriers? Machine Translation Technology and Analysts’ Forecasts for Multinational Firms
Bingxu Fang, Singapore Management University
Pengkai Lin, Singapore Management University
Presenter: Pengkai Lin, Singapore Management University
Discussant: Bohui Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Coffee Break (30 minutes) 10:00AM-10:30AM

Session2: 10:30AM-12:00PM
Session Chair: Erica X.N. Li, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

10:30AM-11:15AM
Trust in DeFi: An Empirical Study of the Decentralized Exchange
Jianlei Han, Macquarie Universit
Shiyang Huang, The University of Hong Kong
Zhuo Zhong, The University of Melbourne
Presenter: Jianlei Han, Macquarie University
Discussant: Yang You, The University of Hong Kong

11:15AM-12:00PM
Liquidity Misallocation on Decentralized Exchanges
Chuck Fang, University of Pennsylvania
Presenter: Chuck Fang, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Yan Xiong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Lunch: 12:00PM-1:00PM (Box meal)

Forum: 1:00PM-2:20PM

Forum Moderator: Bernard Yeung, Southern University of Science and Technology, ABFER, National University of Singapore Business School
Panel Discussions:

Session3: 2:30PM-4:00PM
Session Chair: Ke Tang, Tsinghua University

2:30PM-3:15PM
Cross-Sectional Analysis of Conditional Stock Returns: Quantile Regression with Machine Learning
Haitao Li, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Guoliang Ma, Iowa State University
Cindy Yu, Iowa State University
Presenter: Guoliang Ma, Iowa State University
Discussant: George Jiang, Washington State University

3:15PM-4:00PM
The Macroeconomics of BigTech
Dan Su, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Presenter: Dan Su, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Discussant: Zhongzhi Song, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Coffee Break (30 minutes) 4:00PM-4:30PM

Session4: 4:30PM-6:00PM
Session Chair: Huining Cao, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

4:30PM-5:15PM
FinTech Adoption and Household Risk-Taking: From Digital Payments to Platform Investments
Claire Yurong Hong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xiaomeng Lu, Fudan University
Jun Pan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Presenter: Xiaomeng Lu, Fudan University
Discussant: Dion Bongaerts, Erasmus University

5:15PM-6:00PM
The Rise of E-Wallets and Buy-Now-Pay-Later: Payment Competition, Credit Expansion, and Consumer Behavior
Wenlong Bian, Sungkyunkwan University and NSD/CCER
Lin William Cong, Cornell University and NBER
Yang Ji, Xiamen University
Presenter: Wenlong Bian, Sungkyunkwan University and NSD/CCER
Discussant: Sijie Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Voting Session
Best Papaer Award (1)
Best Discussant Award (1)

Dinner: 6:30PM-8:00PM (Location: Grand Salon II&III&IV, Grand Hyatt)