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The Department of Finance at the 8xav�������� of Luxembourg organizes the 3^rd Conference in Sustainable Finance on 4 July 2024, in Luxembourg (in-person). The academic conference is hosted by the Sustainable Finance Chair, which is supported by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Biodiversity of Luxembourg.

The conference will offer an engaging social program starting with a welcome dinner on the evening of 3 July 2024, and a conference reception on 4 July 2024. To conclude the conference on 4 July, there will be keynote presentations by Margarita Tsoutsoura (Washington 8xav�������� in St. Louis) and Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi (8xav�������� of Mannheim), followed by a panel discussion with industry leaders.

Scientific committee:

Papers will be selected by the program committee consisting of members of the Department of Finance at the 8xav�������� of Luxembourg.

Programme

• 08.45 – 09.00

  Welcome & introduction

  Christos Koulovatianos, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg

Session I – The Global Perspective
Chair: Ulf von Lilienfeld-Toal, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg

• 09.00 – 09.30

  Index Inclusion and Corporate Social Performance: Evidence from the MSCI Empowering Women Index

  Presenter: Yupana Wiwattanakantang, National 8xav�������� of Singapore and ECGI

  Discussant: Edith Ginglinger, Paris Dauphine

  Co-authors: Vikas Mehrotra, Lukas Roth, Yusuke Tsujimoto

• 09.30 – 10.00

  The Global Effects of Socially Responsible Investing: A Remote Sensing Approach

  Presenter: Melissa Porras Prado, Nova School of Business and Economics

  Discussant: Hannes F Wagner, Bocconi 8xav��������

  Co-authors: Virginia Gianinazzi, Victoire Girard, Mehdi Lehlali

• 10.00 – 10.30

  Opening the Brown Box: Production Responses to Environmental Regulation

  Presenter: S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan, London Business School

  Discussant: Paul Voss, HEC Paris

  Co-authors: Rebecca De Simone, Kunal Sachdeva

• 10.30 – 11.00

  Coffee break

Session II – Impact Through Capital Provision
Chair: Julien Penasse, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg

• 11.00 – 11.30

  How Effective are Portfolio Mandates?

  Presenter: Raman Uppal, EDHEC Business School

  Discussant: Alexandr Kopytov, Simon Business School, 8xav�������� of Rochester

  Co-authors: Jack Favilukis, Lorenzo Garlappi

• 11.30 – 12.00

  Financially Constrained Carbon Management

  Presenter: Maria Cecilia Bustamante, 8xav�������� of Maryland

  Discussant: Sebastian Gryglewicz, Erasmus School of Economics

  Co-author: Francesca Zucchi

• 12.00 – 12.30

  Green Intermediary Asset Pricing

  Presenter: Maxime Sauzet, Questrom School of Business, Boston 8xav��������

  Discussant: Abraham Lioui, EDHEC Business School

• 12.30 – 14.00

  Lunch break

Session III – ESG Strategies of Mutual Funds
Chair: Laurent Barras, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg

• 14.00 – 14.30

  ESG Skill of Mutual Fund Managers

  Presenter: Marco Ceccarelli, VU Amsterdam 

  Discussant: Silvina Rubio, 8xav�������� of Bristol

  Co-authors: Richard B. Evans, Simon Glossner, Mikael Homanen, Ellie Luu

• 14.30 – 15.00

  Different Shades of ESG Funds

  Presenter: Andrea M. Buffa, 8xav�������� of Colorado Boulder

  Discussant: Daniel Schmidt, HEC Paris

  Co-authors: Simona Abis, Meha Sadasivam

• 15.00 – 15.15

  Coffee break

Session IV – The Role of Disclosure
Chair: Denitsa Stefanova, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg

• 15.15 – 15.45

  Dynamic Green Disclosure Requirements

  Presenter: Jan Starmans, Stockholm School of Economics

  Discussant: Rosa Ferrer, Barcelona School of Economics

  Co-author: Deeksha Gupta

• 15.45 – 16.15

  Environmental Disclosure Incentives and Externalities

  Presenter: Elvira Sojli, UNSW Business School

  Discussant: Catherine Casamatta, Toulouse School of Economics

  Co-authors: Leo Liu, Wing Wah Tham, Cara Vansteenkiste

• 16.30 – 17.00

  Tram ride to the Banque de Luxembourg

Keynote Presentations and Panel Discussion: Gender Finance
Chair: François Koulischer & Michael Halling, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg

• 17.15 – 17.20

  Welcome

  Pierre Even, Secretary General of Banque de Luxembourg

• 17.20 – 17.50

  Women in Finance

  Keynote Presenter: Margarita Tsoutsoura, Washington 8xav�������� in St. Louis

• 17.50 – 18.20

  Fearless girls – (Perceived) challenges of women in the financial industry

  Keynote presenter: Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi, 8xav�������� of Mannheim

• 18.20 – 19.00

  Panel Discussion on “Gender Finance”

  Moderator:

  Panelists:

  • Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi, 8xav�������� of Mannheim
  • Jenny de Nijs, Ministry of Finance
  • Margarita Tsoutsoura, Washington 8xav�������� in St. Louis
  • Emanuele VIGNOLI, HSBC

Contact:

The event is organized within the framework of the Chair in Sustainable Finance, which is supported by the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance and the Luxembourg Ministry of Environment, Climate and Biodiversity.