9:00-9:20

Opening remarks by Vice Dean Liuyong Yang

Morning Section: Chaired by Dean Christine Oughton

9:20-10:00

Speaker:Professor  Gerhard  Kling  (SOAS) 

Topic : Why do firms adopt stock options and who benefits? A natural experiment in China

10:00-10:40

Speaker: Associate professor Jianliang Ye (ZJU)

Topic: The spillover effects of zombies:  evidences from China

 10:40-11:20

Speaker: Professor Ulrich Volz (SOAS)

Topic: Effects of financial system size and structure on the real economy: What do we know and what do we not know

Afternoon Section: Chaired by Professor Yizhong Wang

 13:10- 13:50

Speaker: Assistant Professor Qi Xu (ZJU)

Topic: Global economic policy uncertainty and the cross-section of currency risk premia

 13:50- 14:30

 Speaker: Professor  Oughton  Christine ,Victor Murinde(SOAS)

Topic: Household Portfolio Behaviour: New Insights into Financial Inclusion?

 14: 30-15:10

Speaker: Yu Zhu (ZJU)

Topic: Investor Learning Through Social Trading Network.