2nd Conference on Institutions and Governance: A Multidisciplinary Approach
第二届制度与治理学术会议：跨学科研讨
May 30-31, 2014
2014年5月30-31日
Hong Kong, China
中国 • 香港
Program
Asterisks denote presenters.
| May 30, 2014, Friday | |
| 08:45 am – 09:00 am | Registration |
| 09:00 am – 09:05 am | Opening Remarks |
| Welcoming remarks by T.J. Wong (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) | |
| 09:05 am – 10:05 am | Keynote Speech: Corporate Governance: Is Asia Different?Douglas Skinner (The University of Chicago) |
| 10:05 am – 10:25 am | Coffee Break |
| Morning Sessions | |
| Session Chair: Zhaoyang Gu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) | |
| 10:25 am – 11:25 pm | The Mortality Cost of Political ConnectionsRaymond Fisman (Columbia University) * Yongxiang Wang (University of Southern California) |
| 11:25 pm – 12:25 pm | Status and Bribery: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in South Korea* Yujin Jeong (American University) Jordan Siegel (Harvard University) |
| 12:25 am – 02:00 pm | Lunch Buffet |
| Afternoon Sessions | |
| Session Chair: Donghui Wu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) | |
| 02:00 pm – 3:00pm | The Political Economy of Corporate Finance: Evidence from ‘Re-Nationalization’ in ChinaZhangkai Huang (Tsinghua University) Lixing Li (Peking University) Guangrong Ma (Renmin University) * Jun Qian (Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance and Boston College) |
| 03:00 pm – 04:00pm | Professionalism, Commercialization and Politics: Biased Newspaper Coverage of China’s Listed Companies* Joseph Piotroski (Stanford University) T.J. Wong (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Tianyu Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
| 04:00 pm – 04:20 pm | Coffee Break |
| 04:20 pm – 05:20pm | Why Leaders Fight Eating and Drinking: Anticorruption Campaigns in China* Jiangnan Zhu (The University of Hong Kong) Qi Zhang (Fudan University) Zhikuo Liu (Fudan University) |
| 05:20 pm – 06:20 pm | Seeing is Believing: Do Analysts Benefit from Site Visits?* Qiang Cheng (Singapore Management University) Fei Du (The University of Hong Kong) Xin Wang (The University of Hong Kong) Yutao Wang (Central University of Finance and Economics) |
| 06:30 am – 08:30 pm | Banquet |
| May 31, 2014, Saturday | |
| 08:45 am – 09:45 am | Keynote Speech: State Capitalism and China’s Growth Yasheng Huang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
| Morning Sessions | |
| Session Chair: George Yong Yang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) | |
| 09:45 am – 10:45 am | Who Cooks the Books in China, and Does it Pay? Toby Stuart (University of California, Berkeley and Harvard University)* Yanbo Wang (Boston University) |
| 10:45 am – 11:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:05 am – 12:05 pm | Mixing Business with Politics: the Value of Business and Political Elites to Chinese FirmsIrwin King (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Joseph Piotroski (Stanford University) T.J. Wong (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) * Tianyu Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
| 12:05 pm – 12:10 pm | Closing Remarks |
| Closing remarks by T.J. Wong (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) | |
| 12:10 pm – 01:45 pm | Lunch Buffet |
| 01:45 pm – 02:00 pm | Registration |
| 02:00 pm – 3:45 pm | Corporate Governance Forum |
| Topic: What do you need to know about corporate governance when investing in Chinese firms? | |
| PANELISTS: | |
| Mr. Jie Lian | Partner of Primavera Capital Group and Former Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Hong Kong |
| Mr. Albert Ng | Chairman, China and Managing Partner, Greater China, Ernst & Young |
| Professor Joseph Piotroski | Associate Professor of Accounting and Center for Global Business and the Economy Research Fellow, Stanford University |
| Mr. Patrick Sun | Chairman of the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies |
| MODERATOR: | |
| Professor T.J. Wong | Choh-Ming Li Professor of Accountancy and Director of Center for Institutions and Governance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 03:45 pm – 04:15 pm | Refreshments |