Date(s)December 2, 2025 - December 3, 2025
May Hall, HKU
Language(s)English
Programme | Presenter | |
Day 1 | ||
Session 1. Chair: Chicheng Ma (HKU) | ||
10:00-10:30 | Reception and Welcome | |
10:30-11:20 | Does Price Information Amplify Market Anomalies? Evidence from London, 1900–1926 |
Fabio Braggion (Tilburg) |
11:20-12:10 | Branching for Confidence: Banks in England and Wales During the 1878 Financial Panic | Jinlin Wei (HKUST) |
12:30-14:00 | Lunch (By invitation only) | |
Session 2. Chair: Mark Hup (CUHK) | ||
14:00-14:50 | Debt and Displacement | Tim Kooijmans (NTU) |
14:50-15:40 | The Origins of Corporate Social Responsibility: How the Rugged Individualism Continues to Shape Modern Toxic Emissions | Jiafu An (HKU) |
15:40-16:00 | Tea Break | |
Session 3. Chair: Xiang Fang (HKU) | ||
16:00-16:50 | Hedging Trade, Fueling Speculation: The Development of the Shanghai Gold Futures Market under the Silver Standard | Zhihao Xu (Tsinghua)
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16:50-17:40
| Monetary Shock and Fiscal Reform: Evidence from Late Ming China | Jiongyi Janice Xue (HKU) |
18:30 | Dinner (By invitation only) | |
Day 2 | ||
8:30-9:00 | Reception | |
Session 4. Chair: Yuchen Xu (UNSW) | ||
9:00-9:50 | Unfinished Business: The Long Ascent of Women into Corporate Leadership | Carola Frydman (Northwestern)
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9:50-10:40 | Financial Crisis and Political Change: China in 1910 | Wanda Wang (HKU) |
10:40-11:00 | Tea Break | |
Session 5. Chair: Zhihao Xu (Tsinghua) | ||
11:00-11:50 | Life Annuities and Adverse Selection: The Case of Early Modern Holland | Mark Hup (CUHK) |
11:50-12:40 | Bonds of Love: Patriotism and the Rise of Modern Banks | Yuchen Xu (UNSW) |
12:40-14:00 | Lunch (By invitation only) | |
14:00-15:00 | Discussion | |
Adjourn | ||