Three Asian Countries Finance Conference Program

Program Overview

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TAFC – September 6 (Sat)

Morning Session (9:30–11:30)

Conference Room, 8th Floor

Session: AI, Climate and NFT

Chair: Kentaro Iwatsubo (Kobe University)

TAFC-Session1-Report1

No. 1 | 9:30–10:10

Title: Sentiment, Narrative Disclosures, and Stock Returns: Evidence from LLM Analysis of Japanese 10-Ks

Presenter: Katsuhiko Okada (Kwansei Gakuin University)

Co-authors: Moe Nakasuji, Yasutomo Tsukioka, and Takahiro Yamasaki

Discussant: Dongyoup Lee (Kookmin University)

TAFC-Session1-Report2

No. 2 | 10:10–10:50

Title: The Dual Roles of AI in Corporate Decarbonization

Presenter: Shu-Cing Peng (National Central University)

Co-authors: Yan-Shing Chen and Sheng-Syan Chen

Discussant: Yoko Shirasu (Aoyama Gakuin University)

TAFC-Session1-Report3

No. 3 | 10:50–11:30

Title: Is Love Blind? AI-Powered Trading with Emotional Dividends

Presenter: De-Rong Kong (Yuan Ze University)

Co-authors: Valeria Fedyk and Daniel Rabetti

Discussant: Katsuhiko Okada (Kwansei Gakuin University)

Early Afternoon Session (12:30–14:30)

Conference Room, 8th Floor

Session: Corporate Finance

Chair: Jaewon Choi (Seoul National University)

TAFC-Session2-Report1

No. 1 | 12:30–13:10

Title: Why Can't the Market Add and Subtract? Evidence from Central Firms in Business Groups

Presenter: Shu-Feng Wang (Ajou University)

Co-authors: Woojin Kim

Discussant: Konari Uchida (Waseda University)

TAFC-Session2-Report2

No. 2 | 13:10–13:50

Title: Do Dividend Changes Predict Future Profitability?

Presenter: Sunyoung Han (Korea SMEs & Startups Institute)

Co-authors: Raesoo Park

Discussant: Yao-Ming Chiang (National Taiwan University)

TAFC-Session2-Report3

No. 3 | 13:50–14:30

Title: What Drives Firms to Adopt Anti-hedging Policies? The Role of Managerial Hedging Costs

Presenter: Hung-Kun Chen (National Taipei University of Technology)

Co-authors: Tse-Chun Lin

Discussant: Junho Oh (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)

Late Afternoon Session (14:50–16:50)

Conference Room, 8th Floor

Session: Wall Street and Tokyo Stock Exchange

Chair: Yao-Ming Chiang (National Taiwan University)

TAFC-Session3-Report1

No. 1 | 14:50–15:30

Title: Intensity Bursts in WallStreetBets Discussion and Stock Markets Trading

Presenter: Yoichi Otsubo (Kobe University)

Co-authors: Siliang Wei and Ser-Huang Poon

Discussant: Bonha Koo (Chungnam National University)

TAFC-Session3-Report2

No. 2 | 15:30–16:10

Title: Data Scientists on Wall Street

Presenter: Chanik Jo (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Co-authors: Ling Cen, Yanru Han, and Bing Han

Discussant: Shu-Cing Peng (National Taiwan University)

TAFC-Session3-Report3

No. 3 | 16:10–16:50

Title: Effectiveness of Trading Pauses: Evidence from the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Presenter: Akitada Kasahara (The University of Osaka)

Co-authors: Masahiro Yamada

Discussant: De-Rong Kong (Yuan Ze University)

Special Programs (17:00–20:00)

Salon Agora, 9th Floor

17:00–18:00

Pre-reception Gathering For KFA & TFA Guests Only

Salon Agora, 9th Floor

18:00–20:00

Reception with JFA Annual meeting participants