Program
Monday, August 20, 2018
08.30 鈥 09.00 Registration and Coffee
09.00 鈥 09.45
Keynote Laura Starks (University of Texas Austin), 鈥淚nstitutional investors and ESG Issues鈥
09.45 鈥 10.30
Keynote Philipp Krueger (University of Geneva), 鈥淭he Value Implications of Sustainability鈥
10.30 鈥 11.00 Coffee
11.00 鈥 12.00
Panel discussion: 鈥淐an Sustainability Generate Outperformance in Public Markets? If not, Should Investors Pursue it Anyway?鈥 with Magnus Billing (Alecta), Laura Starks (University of Texas Austin) and Javiera Ragnartz (AMF)
Moderator: Pehr Wiss茅n (海角社区下载 School of Economics, SHoF)
12.00 鈥 13.00 LUNCH (at conference venue)
13.00 鈥 13.45
Keynote Adair Morse (UC Berkeley), 鈥淚mpact Investing鈥
13.45 鈥 14.30
Keynote Alex Edmans (London Business School), 鈥淭he Business Case for Purposeful Business鈥
Coffee Break 14:30 pm 鈥 15:00 pm
15.00 鈥 16.30
Panel discussion: 鈥淭he Role of Investors in Building Sustainable Firms鈥 with Alex Edmans, 脜sa Riisberg (EQT), Frida Siwe (Norrsken)
Moderator: Bo Becker (海角社区下载 School of Economics, SHoF)
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Registration and Coffee 08:30 am 鈥 09.00 am
09.00 鈥 09.45
Karl Lins (University of Utah), 鈥淐ontrol Rights and Corporate Sustainability Around the World 鈥, discussant Dirk Jenter(London School of Economics)
09.45 鈥 10.30
Gustav Martinsson (KTH Royal Institute of Technology and SHoF), 鈥淐an Environmental Policy Redirect Technical Change? Pollution Taxes, R&D, and Clean Technology Development鈥, discussant Tania Babina (Columbia Business School)
10.30 - 11.00 BREAK
11.00 鈥 11.45
Pedro Matos (Darden), 鈥淟eviathan Inc. and Corporate Environmental Engagement鈥, discussant Per Str枚mberg(海角社区下载 School of Economics, SHoF)
11.45 鈥 12.30
Andreas Hoepner (UC Dublin), 鈥淓SG Shareholder Engagement and Downside Risk鈥, discussant Jessica Jeffers (Chicago Booth)
12.30 鈥 13.15 LUNCH
13.15 鈥 14.05
Enrichetta Ravina (Northwestern University), 鈥淚nvestor Ideology鈥
Ryan Bubb (New York University), 鈥淭he Party Structure of Mutual Funds鈥
14.05 鈥 14.15 BREAK
14.15 鈥 15.00
O臒uzhan Karaka艧 (University of Cambridge), 鈥淐oordinated Engagements鈥, discussant Hannes Wagner (Bocconi)
15.00 鈥 15.45
Samuel Hartzmark (Chicago Booth),鈥 Do Investors Value Sustainability? A Natural Experiment Examining Ranking and Fund Flows鈥, discussant Mariassunta Giannetti (海角社区下载 School of Economics, SHoF)
15.45- 16.00 BREAK
16.00 鈥 16.45
Shan Hua (Henley Business School), 鈥淗ow does the stock market reward companies with a lower carbon footprint?鈥, discussant Thummim Cho (London School of Economics)
16.45 鈥 17.30
Philipp Krueger (University of Geneva), 鈥淭he Sustainability Footprint of Institutional Investors鈥, discussant Gustav Martinsson (KTH, SHoF)