Program
Friday, April 22, 2022
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8:00- 8:25am | Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast Lobby - Sam Noble Museum |
8:25- 8:50am | Welcome and Conference Opening Corey Phelps, Dean, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma |
8:50-10:50pm | Session 1: Real Consequences of ESG (1) “The Real Effects of Environmental Activist Investing,” Lakshmi Naaraayanan (London Business School), Kunal Sachdeva (Rice University), Varun Sharma (London Business School) Discussant: Jawad Addoum (Cornell University) “Welfare Consequences of Sustainable Finance,” Harrison Hong (Columbia University), Neng Wang (Columbia University), Jinqiang Yang (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) Discussant: Chester Spatt (Carnegie Mellon University) “Firm Commitments,” Patrick Bolton (Columbia University and Imperial College), Marcin Kacperczyk (Imperial College) Discussant: Asaf Bernstein (University of Colorado, Boulder)
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10:50-11:10am | Coffee Break - Lobby, Robert S. Kerr Auditorium |
11:10-12:30pm | Session 2: Environmental and Climate Risk “Climate Stress Testing,” Hyeyoon Jung (Federal Reserve Bank of New York), Robert Engle (New York University), Richard Berner (New York University). Discussant: Kris Jacobs (University of Houston) “Does Private Equity Ownership Make Firms Cleaner? The Role of Environmental Liability Risks,” Aymeric Bellon (University of Pennsylvania). Discussant: Matt Gustafson (Pennsylvania State University)
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12:30-1:45pm | Lunch - SNM W.R. Howell Pleistocene Plaza |
1:45-3:45pm | Session 3 - Real Consequences of ESG (2) “On ESG Investing: Heterogeneous Preferences, Information, and Asset Prices,” Discussant: Patrick Bolton (Columbia University and Imperial College) “Cost of ESG Investing,” Laura Lindsey (Arizona State University), Seth Pruitt (Arizona State University), Christoph Shiller (Arizona State University) Discussant: Jeff Wurgler (New York University) “Skills and Sentiment in Sustainable Investing,” Andreas Brogger (Copenhagen Business School), Alexander Kronies (Copenhagen Business School) Discussant: Harrison Hong (Columbia University) |
3:45-4:05pm | Coffee Break - Lobby, Robert S. Kerr Auditorium |
4:05-5:15pm | Keynote Speech “Uncertainty in the Social Valuation of Climate Change,” Lars Peter Hansen, 2013 Nobel Laureate in Economics (University of Chicago) |
5:15-6:15pm | Optional Museum Tour Sam Noble Museum of Natural History |
6:00-6:30pm | Reception - SNM W.R. Howell Pleistocene Plaza |
6:30-9:00pm | Gala Dinner Speaker: Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, Vice President for Research and Partnerships, University of Oklahoma Coach returns guests to Embassy Suites Hotel |