When APP Developers Move from Apple to Goolge: Platform Competition and Cross-Platform Mobility
We investigate the impact of platform-level competition surrounding the emergence of a dominant technological platform on complementors’ decisions to move across platforms

Qingyuan Yue, University of Southern California

Wednesday, Nov 21, 2018 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: APP developers, Apple, Goolge

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On the Range Anxiety for Electric Vehicles: An Empirical Investigation
Electric vehicles (EVs) are an important technology for curbing the carbon footprint of road transportation

Ying Rong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Thursday, Nov 15, 2018 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Electric vehicles, Empirical investigation

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Making Supply Chain Transparent for a Better World: Information and Analysis
Companies are gaining more supply chain visibility to reduce their supply chain risks, but few are disclosing what they know with the public

Christopher Tang, UCLA University

Friday, Nov 9, 2018 | 9:30am-11:00am |Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Supply chain transparency

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Pairwise Normalization: A Neuroeconomic Theory of Multi-Attribute Choice
We present a theory of multi-attribute choice based on a notion of pairwise, attribute-level comparisons through divisive normalization – a form of relative value encoding observed in neural processing across sensory modalities and in species ranging fr

Peter Landry, University of Toronto

Wednesday, Nov 7, 2018 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Pairwise normalization

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Investment Determinants and Firm Heterogeneity
This paper develops a dynamic tradeoff model with the cross-sectional heterogeneity of production technologies such as the return to scale and the operating cost of assets

Jaehoon Lee, University of New South Wales

Wednesday, Oct 24, 2018 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Investment determinants, Firm heterogeneity

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Pursuit- Evasion Games on Undirected and Directed Graphs
We consider the class of pursuit-evasion games played on undirected graphs, originally studied by Nowakowski and Winkler (1983)

Shravan Luckraz, University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Wednesday, Oct 17, 2018 | 10:30am-12:00am |Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Pursuit-evasion games, Undirected graphs, Directed graphs

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Capital Flows to Developing Countries: A View from Trade
Net capital inflows are negatively correlated with productivity growth in a cross-section of developing and emerging countries observed between 1980 and 2000 (Gourinchas and Jeanne, 2013)

Paolo Epifani, University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Friday, Oct 12, 2018 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Net capital inflows, Trade

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Peer Effects in Bank Loan Accounting
We show that peer banks play a significant role in determining a bank’s accounting for loan loss provisions

Yongfeng (Charles) Shi, National School of Singapore

Thursday, Sept 6, 2018 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 335, HSBC Business School Buildin

Keywords: Peer Effects in Bank Loan Accounting

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Cognitive Reference Points, the Left-Digit Effect, and Clustering in Housing Markets
Results highlight how behavioral biases can affect even high-value purchases such as housing

Vincent Yao, Georgia State University

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 335, HSBC Business School Buildin

Keywords: Left-digit effects, Real estate, Financial sophistication

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Inversion Copulas for GARCH Models and Tail Risk Forecasting
Inversion copulas show promise in modelling latent nonlinear state space models with Markov dependence structures

Richard Gerlach, University of Sydney

Friday, June 15, 2018 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Inversion Copulas for GARCH Models

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