Summer 2026 NYU Shanghai Workshop on Research in Finance

Topic
Climate Challenges and Capital Flows
Date & time
Friday, July 03, 2026 - 13:00 - 17:30
Location
S301, NYU Shanghai

This workshop brings together finance researchers and industry leaders to discuss global capital allocation under climate change. We invite local colleagues, and others interested in current finance research, to an afternoon of research presentations in finance.

Registration:
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Agenda :

13:00   Registration

13:20   Welcome remarks: Zhou Xin (Executive Director of Volatility Institute, NYU Shanghai)

Session Chair-Yiqing Lü (Assistant Professor of Finance, NYU Shanghai)      

13:30   Keynote: Biodiversity risk

           Theresa Kuchler (Professor of Finance, New York University Stern School of Business)

14:10   Paper Presentation I: Geopolitical Risk in Finance Markets: Evidence from Mutual Fund Flows

            Chao Zi (SAIF)

            Discussant: Nan Xu (DAFI-SUFE)

15:00  Paper Presentation II: Do Climate Laws “Chill” Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions?

          Tong Li (Xiamen University)

          Discussant: Tiancheng Yu (Wuhan University)

15:50 Refreshment Break

16:00 Paper Presentation III: Incentivizing Climate Adaptation

         Geoff Zheng (NYUSH)

         Discussant: Xinyu Fan (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business)

16:50 Panel Discussion: Climate Challenges and Capital Flows

Panelists:

           Johannes Stroebel(David S. Loeb Professor of Finance, New York University Stern School of Business)

           Dr. Tang Tao (CEO of XY Investments LLC)

          Chang Zheng (Director of the National Carbon Market Research and Development Center of Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange)

Moderator:  Christina Dan Wang (Assistant Professor of Finance, NYU Shanghai)

17:30 Reception