First Annual Volatility Institute at NYU Shanghai (VINS) Conference
“Liberalizations in Emerging Markets”
Nov. 20th, 2015, NYU Shanghai
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Robert Engle
Professor of Finance at NYU Stern School of Business and 2003 Nobel Laureate in Economics
CONFERENCE THEME
Hosted by the Volatility Institute at NYU Shanghai (VINS), Economics School at Fudan University, and Pudong Institute of Finance, the VINS First Annual Conference at New York University at Shanghai was held on November 20th, 2015.
Emerging markets, especially China, recently have speeded up the liberalization process in many financial areas. Measuring, modeling and predicting the impact of these liberalization practices are of very importance. For instance, All the topics related to “Liberalizations in Emerging Markets” will be discussed on the conference, including asset pricing, corporate finance, market microstructure, behavioral finance, capital markets, macro-financial linkages, and international finance.
Through academic and panel discussions, we intend to invite the financial experts from international organizations, universities, research institutes, and financial industries to take part in the discussions. In addition, Robert Engle, Professor of Finance at NYU Stern School of Business and 2003 Nobel Laureate in Economics, will deliver the keynote speech at the conference. We hope through various formats of conversations, this conference will be a good opportunity for sharing ideas, discussing financial issues and promoting communications between financial practitioners and researchers.
CONFERENCE PORGRAM
CONFERENCE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Professor Viral Acharya, NYU Stern School of Business, New York City, United States
Professor Menachem Brenner, NYU Stern School of Business, New York City, United States
Professor Jennifer Carpenter, NYU Stern School of Business, New York City, United States
Professor Robert Engle, NYU Stern School of Business, New York City, United States
Professor Stephen Figlewiski, NYU Stern School of Business, New York City, United States
Professor Jun Liu, University of California, San Diego, United States
Professor Alexander Ljungqvist, NYU Stern School of Business, New York City, United States
Professor Matt Richardson, NYU Stern School of Business, New York City, United States
Professor Zhengfu Shi, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Professor Qian Sun, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Professor Jianye Wang, Volatility Institute, NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Professor Tan Wang, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Professor Robert Whitelaw, NYU Stern School of Business, New York City, United States
Professor Yexiao Xu, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, United States
Professor Hong Yan, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Professor Chu Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
Professor Harold Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, United States
Professor Jun Zhang, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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