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Session Overview
Location: Carmen Conference hall Meeting hall “Carmen”, which can accommodate up to 70 people
9:00am - 9:30am
Session 2.01: What Do Early Stage Investors Ask? An LLM Analysis of Expert Calls Location: Carmen Conference hall
What Do Early Stage Investors Ask? An LLM Analysis of Expert Calls
Prof. Victor Lyonnet 1 , Prof. Amin Shams2 , Prof. Shaojun Zhang2
1: University of Michigan, United States of America;
2: Ohio State University, United States of America
9:30am - 10:00am
Session 2.02: The Growth and Performance of Artificial Intelligence in Asset Management Location: Carmen Conference hall
The Growth and Performance of Artificial Intelligence in Asset Management
Shuang Chen1 , Clemens Sialm2 , David Xiaoyu Xu 3
1: University of Melbourne;
2: University of Texas at Austin;
3: Southern Methodist University
10:00am - 10:30am
Session 2.03: Is Generative AI an Existential Threat to Human Creatives? Insights from Financial Economics Location: Carmen Conference hall
Is Generative AI an Existential Threat to Human Creatives? Insights from Financial Economics
Prof. Jiasun Li
GMU
11:00am - 11:30am
Session 2.04: "Smart" Contracts and External Financing Location: Carmen Conference hall
"Smart" Contracts and External Financing
Prof. Katrin Tinn
McGill University, Canada
11:30am - 12:00pm
Session 2.05: Liquid staking Location: Carmen Conference hall
Liquid staking
Prof. Alfred Lehar 1 , Prof. Christine Parlour2 , Prof. Kathy Yuan3
1: University of Calgary, Canada;
2: UC Berkeley;
3: London School of Economics
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Session 2.06: On the Incentive Compatibility of Optimistic Blockchain Mechanisms Location: Carmen Conference hall
On the Incentive Compatibility of Optimistic Blockchain Mechanisms
Prof. Jiasun Li
GMU
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Session 2.07: Behavioural Foundations of Individual Cryptocurrency Adoption (Evidence from the Nordic countries and France) Location: Carmen Conference hall
Behavioural Foundations of Individual Cryptocurrency Adoption (Evidence from the Nordic countries and France)
Prof. Ylva Baeckstrom2 , Prof. Akanksha Jalan1 , Prof. Roman Matkovskyy1
1: Rennes School of Business, France;
2: King's College London, UK
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Session 2.08: Tracing the learning curve: On cryptocurrency prices, volatility, and eventual adoption Location: Carmen Conference hall
Tracing the learning curve: On cryptocurrency prices, volatility, and eventual adoption
Prof. Michael Wulfsohn
University of Oxford
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Session 2.09: Aggregate Confusion In Crypto Market Data Location: Carmen Conference hall
Aggregate Confusion In Crypto Market Data
Prof. Gustavo Schwenkler 1 , Prof. Aakash Shah2 , Prof. Darren Yang2
1: Santa Clara University, United States of America;
2: Indicia Labs, United States of America
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Session 2.10: Market Power and the Bitcoin Protocol Location: Carmen Conference hall
Market Power and the Bitcoin Protocol
Prof. Alfred Lehar 1 , Prof. Christine Parlour2
1: University of Calgary, Canada;
2: UC Berkeley
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Session 2.11: A Theory Model of Digital Currency with Asymmetric Privacy Location: Carmen Conference hall
A Theory Model of Digital Currency with Asymmetric Privacy
Prof. Katrin Tinn
McGill University, Canada
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Session 2.12: Behavior on Blockchains: Trading Activity in Tokenized Financial Assets Location: Carmen Conference hall
Behavior on Blockchains: Trading Activity in Tokenized Financial Assets
Prof. Stefan Scharnowski
University of Mannheim, Germany
9:00am - 9:30am
Session 2.13: Fighting Climate Change with FinTech Location: Carmen Conference hall
Fighting Climate Change with FinTech
Prof. Antonio Gargano 1 , Prof. Alberto Rossi2
1: University of Houston, United States of America;
2: Georgetown University, United States of America
9:30am - 10:00am
Session 2.14: Do Gamified Social Interactions on a Green Fintech App Nudge Users’ Green Investments? Location: Carmen Conference hall
Do Gamified Social Interactions on a Green Fintech App Nudge Users’ Green Investments?
Prof. Chuwen Chen 1 , Prof. Tse-Chun Lin2 , Prof. Xingguo Luo1
1: Zhejiang University, China, People's Republic of;
2: The University of Hong Kong
10:00am - 10:30am
Session 2.15: Crowdfunded Microfinance Location: Carmen Conference hall
Crowdfunded Microfinance
Prof. Tse-Chun Lin, Prof. Runtong Lin
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)
11:00am - 11:30am
Session 2.16: Bitcoin Mining for Carbon Emission Reduction Location: Carmen Conference hall
Bitcoin Mining for Carbon Emission Reduction
Prof. Jiasun Li
GMU
11:30am - 12:00pm
Session 2.17: The regulation of cryptocurrency markets: an exchange-centric view of illicit activity on the Bitcoin blockchain Location: Carmen Conference hall
The regulation of cryptocurrency markets: an exchange-centric view of illicit activity on the Bitcoin blockchain
Prof. Hossein Jahanshahloo 1 , Prof. Paul Momtaz2 , Prof. Andrew Urquhart3 , Prof. Amin Shams4
1: Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom;
2: Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom;
3: School of Management, Technical University of Munich, Germany;
4: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, United States
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Session 2.18: Transmission Dynamics in Crypto Markets: Comparing Volatility and Liquidity Spillover Networks Location: Carmen Conference hall
Transmission Dynamics in Crypto Markets: Comparing Volatility and Liquidity Spillover Networks
Prof. Barbara Będowska-Sójka 1 , Prof. Aleksander Mercik2
1: Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland;
2: Wrocław University of Economics, Poland
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Session 2.19: Mapping the Perspectives of Central Bankers, Centralised Finance and Decentralised Finance Industries on CBDC Location: Carmen Conference hall
Mapping the Perspectives of Central Bankers, Centralised Finance and Decentralised Finance Industries on CBDC
Prof. Evelina Kvedaraviciute 1,2 , Prof. Alfreda Šapkauskienė1 , Prof. Mikhail Oet3
1: Vilnius University, Lithuania;
2: Bank of Lithuania;
3: Northeastern University, US, Boston
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Session 2.20: Unbundling everyday banking industry and its implications on critical infrastructure resilience Location: Carmen Conference hall
Unbundling everyday banking industry and its implications on critical infrastructure resilience
Prof. Andra Sonea
University of Warwick, United Kingdom
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Session 2.21: Generative AI and Business Model Innovation in Banking Location: Carmen Conference hall
Generative AI and Business Model Innovation in Banking
Prof. Deepak Ravichandran1 , Prof. Markus Bick2
1: ESCP Business School, United Kingdom;
2: ESCP Business School, Berlin, Germany
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Session 2.22: Can Event Study Methodology Keep Up with Cryptocurrencies? Location: Carmen Conference hall
Can Event Study Methodology Keep Up with Cryptocurrencies?
Prof. Juliane Proelss , Prof. Denis Schweizer, Prof. Weiyu Gao
Concordia University, Canada
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Session 2.23: Social Media Credibility and Financial Market Activity Location: Carmen Conference hall
Social Media Credibility and Financial Market Activity
Prof. Mahnaz Paydarzarnaghi1 , Prof. David Rakowski 2 , Prof. Mahmut Yasar2
1: Roger Williams University, United States of America;
2: University of Texas at Arlington
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Session 2.24: The Influence of Social Media Bots on Financial Markets Location: Carmen Conference hall
The Influence of Social Media Bots on Financial Markets
Prof. Mahnaz Paydarzarnaghi1 , Prof. David Rakowski 2
1: Roger Williams University, United States of America;
2: University of Texas at Arlington, United States of America