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Associate Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore

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The 2026 HKUST Finance Research Symposium | HKUST Department of Finance Welcome to the 2026 HKUST Finance Symposium website. The Symposium will be held during May 11-12, 2026 at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Clearwater Bay Campus, Hong Kong. We welcome the participation of scholars for presentations and discussions.

A brief reminder re upcoming deadline for 2026 HKUST Finance Symposium, feat. JFE dual submission

⏰ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: Friday, Jan 16 (midnight U.S. PST)

Priority is given to junior scholars; submissions can be considered for the JFE option. More info:
fina.hkust.edu.hk/research/fin...

12.01.2026 06:03 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

We'd also like to invite prospective students to a "townhall Q&A" session: we will share more about NUS Business School, our Finance Department, and the PhD journey. Current PhD students will be present to share their experiences. Join on Dec 1, 4pm SG time at: nus-sg.zoom.us/j/8708681581...

20.11.2025 05:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

NUS Finance Department invites to apply for our fully-funded PhD in Finance program. Learn more about the program and application details here: www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en...

20.11.2025 05:50 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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More Ammunition for Anti-Corruption Efforts The extensive corruption investigation at Energoatom underscores the importance of detecting and punishing corruption as early as possible. While corruption...

Some reflections on Ukraine's corruption scandal from @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social , @tderyugina.bsky.social , Anastassiya Fedyk
voxukraine.org/en/more-ammu...

19.11.2025 12:54 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

For anyone tracking global academic recruitment trends: compared to recent years NUS Finance has received 50% more tenure-track applications this year

19.11.2025 03:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Two talks in Asia-Pacific Online Workshop tomorrow! For schedule and link: acfow.com

06.11.2025 10:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

DM for Zoom link if interested

09.10.2025 07:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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HEC-HKUST Workshop on Impact and Sustainable Finance, held simultaneously on two campuses with alternating presenters and discussants, is starting now! Check out the program and join online if interested!

sites.google.com/view/hec-hku...

09.10.2025 07:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Baltic Economic Conference 2025 starting with the introductions, Luigi Guiso's keynote address, and catching up over coffee!

26.06.2025 13:14 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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BEC - 26-27 June 2025 - Vilnius, Lithuania

Thank you to the authors for over 140 submissions and to the excellent program committee for helping to find the balance across topics, methodologies, and geographies!

See you in Vilnius on Jun 26-27!

conf2025.balticecon.org

22.05.2025 03:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
BalticEconomicConference2025Program.pdf

As the program chair, I am very excited about all the amazing research papers we will see at the Baltic Economic Conference this year:
drive.google.com/file/d/1SD4y...

22.05.2025 03:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Two interesting papers and two great discussions expected this Wed at ACFOW, a venue for Asia-Pacific corporate finance researchers: sites.google.com/view/acfow! Join if times suit you! @alekseevme.bsky.social

21.04.2025 10:40 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

In case you need a distraction from the daily news and want to learn more about the effects of bid-rigging in public procurement auctions on health outcomes, road accidents, and government contracts more broadly...

10.04.2025 05:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: [IEMS Webinar] Kamikazes in Public Procurements: Bid-Rigging and Real Non-Market Outcomes. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about jo... Speaker: Prof Alminas ZALDOKAS Abstract, the speaker's bio, other details and any further updates can be found on https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2025/alminas-zaldokas-kamikazes-in-public...

Join us this Thursday as we will present our research on "Kamikazes in Public Procurements" at the HKUST-IEMS Webinar!
🕓 Times:
4pm SGT/HKT
9am BST
4am EDT
1am PDT
Register here to participate: hkust.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Economics #CorporateGovernance #BidRigging #Procurement

08.04.2025 05:28 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
PatentsView

"Some unfortunate news from the USPTO - it looks like the agency will be forced to terminate the PatentsView contract, so all the datasets and disambiguation currently available at patentsview.org will likely go offline on March 28."

19.03.2025 09:09 👍 20 🔁 13 💬 6 📌 10

One day left until the submission deadline of Baltic Economic Conference to be held on Jun 26-27! See you in Vilnius in June!

conf2025.balticecon.org/call-for-pap...

14.03.2025 06:25 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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7th Baltic Economic Conference (BEC 2025) http://dlvr.it/THwth1 #Econsky

12.02.2025 09:55 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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SaM 2025 conference Welcome to Vilnius! The Search and Matching Network (SaM) is a European network of academic economists working on search and matching models, including models of labour market search, consumer search,...

📢 Call for Papers – SaM 2025 🇱🇹🏛️

The European Search and Matching Conference will take place in Vilnius, May 8–10, 2025!

🎤 Keynotes:
✨ Ayşegül Şahin (Princeton)
✨ Robert Shimer (Chicago)

🔹 Submit by: Feb 15, 2025
🔗 More info: sam2025.econ.lt

#SaM2025 #Economics #SearchAndMatching #Vilnius

04.02.2025 04:45 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

@balticecon.bsky.social , @lietuvosbankas.bsky.social and ISM University of Management and Economics are hosting the 7th Baltic Economic Conference in beautiful Vilnius in June! That’s a perfect time to visit Lithuania - please submit your best papers at: conf2025.balticecon.org/call-for-pap... !

02.02.2025 08:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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BEC - 26-27 June 2025 - Vilnius, Lithuania

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS
The 7th Baltic Economic Association Conference will be held in Vilnius on June 26-27, 2025, hosted by ISM University of Management and Economics & Lietuvos Bankas.

👨‍🏫 Keynote: Luigi Guiso (Einaudi)
📅 Deadline: March 15, 2025
➡️ Submit: conf2025.balticecon.org

#EconSky #BEC2025

31.01.2025 22:11 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 3
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BEC - 26-27 June 2025 - Vilnius, Lithuania

📢CALL FOR PAPERS

7th annual conference of the Baltic economic association
📅Deadline: 15 March 2025
👨‍🏫Keynote: Luigi Guiso
➡️Learn more and submit: conf2025.balticecon.org

#EconSky #EconConf

29.01.2025 08:53 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Very excited to join @JCorpFin star team of editors and AEs! Looking forward to contributing to the journal and the field!

08.01.2025 22:11 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The two-hub format worked too: papers and discussants alternated from each side, so each paper had a "representative" on both hubs, allowing for engaging in-person conversations while at the same time minimizing travel. Happy to share experiences with other conference organizers on this model!

23.12.2024 12:52 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Workshop 2024 The HEC-HKUST Workshop on Impact and Sustainable Finance brings together researchers from Europe and Asia to share their latest research and ideas in this emerging field. The workshop will take place ...

HEC Paris and HKUST just held the second two-hub conference on sustainable finance, bringing researchers from Europe and Asia to share their latest research and ideas. Great 10 papers and discussants: sites.google.com/view/hec-hku... !

23.12.2024 12:52 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Vilnius Winter Meeting 2024 13th Annual Lithuanian Conference on Economic Research The Annual Lithuanian Conference on Economic Research, hosted by Lietuvos bankas, will take place on 23 December 2024. This one-day conference ta...

Looking forward to the holiday meeting of the Lithuanian academic economics family on Monday!

meeting2024.econ.lt

20.12.2024 12:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I made a starter pack of academics doing finance research, including finance professors, financial economists, and other economists interested in finance go.bsky.app/944zQWd

25.09.2024 21:57 👍 101 🔁 40 💬 25 📌 6

Reposting hoping to reach a wider audience now that BlueSky is in fashion! #FinSky #finsky #econsky

NUS Finance PhD Program is acceping applications. Apply by Dec 15! www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en...

20.11.2024 04:28 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1