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Session Overview
Date: Saturday, 20/Sept/2025
8:30am
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11:00am
Registration Saturday
Location: Building 2
9:00am
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10:30am
D1: Asset Pricing Theoretical 2
Location: Building 3, Room 2 EG
Chair: Julian Thimme
 
9:00am - 9:30am

Tracing the learning curve: On cryptocurrency prices, volatility, and eventual adoption

Michael Wulfsohn

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Discussant: Julian Thimme (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)



9:30am - 10:00am

Three reasons to price carbon under uncertainty: Accuracy of simple rules

Ton van den Bremer1, Christoph Hambel2, Frederick van der Ploeg3

1: Tilburg University, The Netherlands; 2: University of Oxford, United Kingdom; 3: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Discussant: Michael Wulfsohn (University of Oxford)



10:00am - 10:30am

Understanding asset pricing factors

Viktoria Klaus, Julian Thimme

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany

Discussant: Christoph Hambel (Tilburg University)

D2: Household Finance
Location: Building 3, Room 3 EG
Chair: Alexander Klos
 
9:00am - 9:30am

Divorce and Financial Well-Being

Marcel Fischer1,2, Natalia Khorunzhina2

1: University of Konstanz, Germany; 2: Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Discussant: Alexander Klos (Kiel University)



9:30am - 10:00am

If I were you: Advisor gender and client risk tolerance

Dominik Scheld, Oscar Stolper

University of Marburg, Germany

Discussant: Marcel Fischer (University of Konstanz)



10:00am - 10:30am

Gambling with Dividends

Alexander Klos1, Jan Müller-Dethard2, Niklas Reinhardt1, Martin Weber2

1: Kiel University; 2: University of Mannheim

Discussant: Dominik Scheld (University of Marburg)

D3: Sustainable Finance 2
Location: Building 3, Room D 005
Chair: Felix von Meyerinck
 
9:00am - 9:30am

The carbon cost of competitive pressure

Vesa Pursiainen1, Hanwen Sun2, Yue Xiang3

1: University of St.Gallen and Swiss Finance Institute; 2: University of Bath; 3: Durham University

Discussant: Felix von Meyerinck (Lake Lucerne Institute)



9:30am - 10:00am

Mutual funds’ appetite for sustainability in European Auto ABS

Carmelo Latino, Loriana Pelizzon, Max Riedel, Yue Wang

Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, Germany

Discussant: Yue Xiang (Durham University)



10:00am - 10:30am

Insurers' coal underwriting policies

Olimpia Carradori1,2, Felix von Meyerinck1, Zacharias Sautner1,2

1: Universität Zürich, Switzerland; 2: Swiss Finance Institute

Discussant: Max Riedel (Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE)

D4: Financial Intermediation 3
Location: Building 3, Room D 006
Chair: Valeriya Dinger
 
9:00am - 9:30am

Natural bank reliance

Hannah Lucy Winterberg

International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA

Discussant: Valeriya Dinger (Universität Osnabrück)



9:30am - 10:00am

Once a Trader, Always a Trader: The role of traders in fund management

Gjergji Cici1, Philipp Schuster2, Franziska Weishaupt2

1: University of Kansas, USA; 2: University of Stuttgart, Germany

Discussant: Hannah Lucy Winterberg (IMF)



10:00am - 10:30am

Covered but exposed: currency risk in collateralized bank funding

Valeriya Dinger1, Jin Cao2, Valentina Bruno3

1: Universität Osnabrück, Germany; 2: Norges Bank, Norway; 3: American University, US

Discussant: Franziska Weishaupt (Universität Stuttgart)

D5: Behavioral Finance 2
Location: Building 3, Room F 009
Chair: Lukas Grahl
 
9:00am - 9:30am

Inside the mind of retail short sellers

Nina Klocke, Matthias Pelster

Duisburg-Essen University, Germany

Discussant: Lukas Grahl (Aarhus University)



9:30am - 10:00am

Investment decision biases in HNWIs

Maria Maas1, Theo Petersen1, Philipp Schreiber2, Marcel Tyrell1

1: Universtiät Witten/Herdecke, Germany; 2: Esslingen University, Germany

Discussant: Nina Klocke (Duisburg-Essen University)



10:00am - 10:30am

Ambiguity and earnings announcements

Lukas Grahl, Steffen Meyer, Charline Uhr

Aarhus University, Denmark

Discussant: Maria Maas (Universtiät Witten/Herdecke)

D6: Derivatives 3
Location: Building 11, Room D 0002/3
Chair: Samia Badidi
 
9:00am - 9:30am

Arbitrage Opportunities

Tobias Lauter1,2, Marcel Prokopczuk1

1: Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany; 2: Macquarie University Sydney, Australia

Discussant: Samia Badidi (Tilburg University)



9:30am - 10:00am

Inferring the trade direction in option auctions

Leander Gayda

Universität Münster, Germany

Discussant: Tobias Lauter (Leibniz Universität Hannover)



10:00am - 10:30am

Forecast dispersion and the price impact of macroeconomic news

Samia Badidi

Tilburg University, Netherlands, The

Discussant: Leander Gayda (Universität Münster)

10:30am
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11:00am
Coffee Break 3
Location: Building 2
11:00am
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12:30pm
E1: International Finance
Location: Building 3, Room 2 EG
Chair: Ingomar Krohn
 
11:00am - 11:30am

FX dealer constraints and external imbalances

Jantke de Boer1, Stefan Eichler2

1: Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; 2: TU Dresden, Germany

Discussant: Ingomar Krohn (Bank of Canada)



11:30am - 12:00pm

Swap line dollar supply

Peteris Kloks

University of St.Gallen, Switzerland

Discussant: Jantke de Boer (Ruhr University Bochum)



12:00pm - 12:30pm

Uncovered interest parity in high frequency

Ingomar Krohn1, Philippe Mueller2, Paul Whelan3

1: Bank of Canada, Canada; 2: Warwick Business School; 3: Chinese University of Hong Kong

Discussant: Peteris Kloks (University of St.Gallen)

E2: Corporate Finance Empirical 2
Location: Building 3, Room 3 EG
Chair: Alexander Schandlbauer
 
11:00am - 11:30am

Exporting carbon emissions? Evidence from space

Santanu Kundu1, Stefan Ruenzi2

1: Aarhus University, Denmark; 2: University of Mannheim, Germany

Discussant: Alexander Schandlbauer (University of Southern Denmark)



11:30am - 12:00pm

Venture capital and scientists' selection into entrepreneurship

Xuelai Li

Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Discussant: Santanu Kundu (Aarhus University)



12:00pm - 12:30pm

Who worries about the stock market: Evidence from hospitalizations

Alexander Schandlbauer1, Daniel Rettl2, Mircea Trandafir3

1: University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; 2: Terry College of Business, University of Georgia; 3: Rockwool Foundation Research Unit and IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Discussant: Xuelai Li (Imperial College London)

E3: Information and Market Efficiency 2
Location: Building 3, Room D 005
Chair: Thomas Hartmann-Wendels
 
11:00am - 11:30am

Proximity-powered attention: Exploring spatial spillover in investor attention

Kevin Rene Lehmann, Peter N. Posch

Technische Universität Dortmunnd, Germany

Discussant: Thomas Hartmann-Wendels (Forschungsinstitut für Leasing an der Universität zu Köln)



11:30am - 12:00pm

Revisiting political event portfolios

Lukas Müller1, Moritz Heiß1, Sebastian Winkler1, Sebastian Stöckl2, Dirk Schiereck1

1: Technical University of Darmstadt; 2: University of Liechtenstein

Discussant: Kevin Rene Lehmann (Technische Universität Dortmund)



12:00pm - 12:30pm

Leasing vs. Debt: The Impact of IFRS 16 on Firm Financing Decisions and Managerial Incentives

Thomas Hartmann-Wendels, Mario Hendriock, Hendrik Kussmaul

Forschungsinstitut für Leasing an der Universität zu Köln, Germany

Discussant: Lukas Mueller (TU Darmstadt)

E4: Empirical Finance 2
Location: Building 3, Room D 006
Chair: Mathis Moerke
 
11:00am - 11:30am

What could have been - counterfactual thinking among retail investors

Lukas Mertes1, Marcel Quint2

1: University of Mannheim, Germany; 2: LMU Munich, Germany

Discussant: Mathis Moerke (University of St.Gallen)



11:30am - 12:00pm

Evaluating the Effectiveness of EU Securitization Regulation on the Performance of the SME Securitization Market

Aida Cehajic, Wangzhen Xia

Technical University of Munich, Germany

Discussant: Lukas Mertes (University of Mannheim)



12:00pm - 12:30pm

Do ESG ratings provide novel information? Evidence from Machine Learning

Mathis Moerke, Jonas Romer, Markus Schmid

University of St.Gallen, Switzerland

Discussant: Wangzhen Xia (Technical University of Munich)

E5: Risk Management
Location: Building 3, Room F 009
Chair: Elissa Ana Maria Iorgulescu
 
11:00am - 11:30am

From Silicon Valleys to Risky Peaks: the Impact of Tech Mergers on the Risk Commonality in US Capital Markets

Valeriya Dinger, Peter Grundke, Kai Rohde, Gerrit Wittke

Osnabrueck University, Germany

Discussant: Elissa Ana Maria Iorgulescu (University of Münster)



11:30am - 12:00pm

Does options trading matter for risk management? Insights from the 1936 options ban on US futures markets

Elissa Ana Maria Iorgulescu, Fiona F. Hoellmann

University of Münster, Germany

Discussant: Gerrit Wittke (Osnabrueck University)

E6: Experimental Finance
Location: Building 11, Room D 0002/3
Chair: David Jia-Hui Streich
 
11:00am - 11:30am

Ranking concerns or reference points: The impact of communicating expected payoffs in experimental studies

Sebastian Krull, Matthias Pelster

Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Discussant: David Jia-Hui Streich (Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt)



11:30am - 12:00pm

Will AI replace or enhance human intelligence in investment management?

Vikram Nanda1, Sanghyun Hugh Kim2

1: University of Texas at Dallas, United States of America; 2: Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Discussant: Sebastian Krull (Universität Duisburg-Essen)



12:00pm - 12:30pm

Making GenAI smarter: Evidence from a portfolio allocation experiment

Lars Hornuf1, David Streich2, Niklas Töllich2

1: Dresden University of Technology; 2: Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt

Discussant: Vikram Nanda (University of Texas at Dallas)

12:30pm Takeaway lunch
Location: Building 2