2019-Peking University HSBC Business School(PHBS)

Subways and Road Congestion

We study whether subways alleviate road congestion by examining 45 subway line launches in China and using detailed data on road speed

Yizhen Gu, Jinan University

Monday, December 30, 2019 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 333, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Subway, Congestion, Public Transit

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Social Scientific Approaches to eHealth and mHealth

Purpose: Social scientific approach has become an important approach in eHealth studies over the past decade Howe

Li Crystal Jiang,City University of Hong Kong

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 335, HSBC Business School Buildi

Keywords: eHealth, Review, Social science, Internet, Technology

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How Important is Health Inequality for Lifetime Earnings Inequality?

We study the impact of poor health on lifetime earnings inequality First, using a dynamic panel data approach,

Kai Zhao, University of Connecticut

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 | 10:30am-12:00pm |Room 337, HSBC Business School Building

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The Role of Corporate Saving over the Business Cycle: Shock Absorber or Amplifier?

We empirically document that firms save hard during rainy" days with the degree of countercyclicality varying non

Xiaodan Gao，Renmin University

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 337, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Corporate saving, Financial frictions, Business cycles, Shock amplification

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With a Little Help from Friends: Strategic Fundraising and the Crowd

This paper studies the information role of strategic fundraising from family and friends

Tingting Fan,Chinese University of Hong Kong

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Information role

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Media Use and Multitasking: Implications for Advertising and Strategic Communication

The theoretical and practical implications are further discussed

Se-Hoon Jeong, Korea University

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 333, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Media use, user control

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Return Cross-Predictability in Firms with Similar Employee Satisfaction

Investors’ limited attention is the primary reason of firms’ underreaction to their SES firm returns

Jun Tu, SMU

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 | 2:00pm-3:30pm |Room 337, HSBC Business School Building

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The Political Cycle of Corporate Investment: New Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms

Using near plant-level investment data from Chinese industrial firms, we show that firms significantly increase their investments right before expected turnovers of in prefecture governors

Laura Xiaolei Liu, Peking University

Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | 10:30am-12:00pm |Room 337 ,HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Expected political turnover, Corporate investment, Career incentive, Political uncertainty, Privately owned enterprises

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Firm Growth and Promotion Opportunities

We develop a model in which a firm makes a sequence of production decisions and has to motivate each of its employees to exert effort

Jin Li, Hong Kong University

Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | 10:30am-12:00pm |Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: firm growth, promotions, internal labor markets, dynamic incentives

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Ordeal by Innocence: The Perils of Nudging Users into Engagement in Online Communities

Our research thus provides the first evidence for nudging being an operable approach to motivate users on UGC platforms

Dai Yao, National University of Singapore Business School

Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | 10:30am-12:00pm |Room 333, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: user-generated content, digital marketing, nudge, privacy concern, user engagement

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