GNY Finance Women Inaugural Symposium

The symposium intends to support the research and networking of women in GNY finance academia. We will hold the inaugural symposium on December 1, 2023 at Pace University in New York City.

Attendance is FREE. We acknowledge financial support from the Academic Female Finance Committee of the American Finance Association (AFFECT).

Event agenda:

• 2:00 pm - 2:05 pm Program overview, Padma Kadiyala
• 2:05 pm - 2:10 pm Welcome remarks, Lawrence Singleton, Dean of Lubin School of Business, Pace University
• 2:15 pm - 3:25 pm Main session papers
• 3:25 pm - 3:30 pm Community building, Danling Jiang
• 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Break and networking
• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Breakout sessions

Main session:

• "The Opioid Epidemic and Consumer Credit Supply: Evidence from Credit Cards." Nonna Sorokina, Assistant Professor, Penn State University
• "News-based Investor Disagreement and Cross Section of Stock Returns." Sophia Zhengzi Li, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University

Breakout sessions:

A. Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance
Chair: Simi Kedia, Professor and Albert R. Gamper Chair, Rutgers Business School
Logistics: Padma Kadiyala, Professor of Finance, Pace University

• "Perception Shapes Reality: Firms’ Proactive Pay Adjustments.'' Lingling Wang, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut
• "The Effect of Syndication on Performance Manipulation in the Venture Capital Industry." Srijatha Chattopadhyaya, Assistant Professor, Binghamton University
• "Gender Difference in CFO Communication: Evidence from Earnings Calls." Kate Suslava, Assistant Professor, Bucknell University
• "A Tale of Two Banking Regulations." Kathy Wood, Assistant Professor, Bentley University

B. Climate, Sustainable, and Behavioral Finance
Chair: Lin Peng, Krell Chair Professor of Finance, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College
Logistics: Brad Cannon, Assistant Professor of Finance, Binghamton University

• "Keeping up with the Forbeses: Does Peer Recognition Promote Opportunistic Trading?" Natalya Bikmetova, Assistant Professor, Hofstra University
• 'Is Cash Better With Color' - Do CEOs of Color Generate Higher Value of Cash." Arati Kale, Assistant Professor, Providence College
• "Measuring the Climate Risk Exposure of Insurers." Hyeyoon Jung, Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• "Does Sustainable Investing Make Stocks Less Sensitive to Information about Cash Flows?" An Qin, Ph.D. student, Rutgers Business School
• "The Big Three and Climate Change Innovation." Zenu Sharma, Assistant Professor, St.John’s University

C. Markets and Investments
Chair: Danling Jiang, Professor of Finance & Associate Dean for Programs, Stony Brook University
Logistics: Ying Wu, Associate Professor of Finance, Stevens Institute of Technology

• "What Should Investors Care About? Mutual Fund Ratings by Analysts vs. Machine Learning Technique." Si Cheng, Associate Professor, Syracuse University
• "Do Corporate Bond Mutual Funds Possess Skills? Evidence from Trading Around Earnings Announcements." Ying Wang, Associate Professor, University at Albany - SUNY
• "Anomalies Never Disappeared: The Long Horizon Risk of Stubborn Retail Investors." Yuqing Yang, PhD Student, Baruch College
• "What Happens When the Disruptive Asset Meets the Conventional Asset? An Analysis of Cryptocurrency and REIT." Carolyn Wang, Assistant Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology"
• “Exchange Traded Funds vs. Nonredeemable Investment Trusts: A Natural Experiment from Cryptocurrency Funds." Xiaoqing Eleanor Xu, Professor, Seton Hall University