Activity Review

The 7th PHBS-CUHKSZ Economics and Finance Workshop Successfully Held

Release time:26 November 2025

Days ago, the 7th PHBS-CUHKSZ Economics and Finance Workshop was held. It was jointly hosted by the School of Management and Economics (SME), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen), Shenzhen Finance Institute (SFI), and Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS). Experts and scholars from Peking University, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and CUHK-Shenzhen (*listed alphabetically) gathered to share and exchange in-depth frontier academic research findings in economics and finance.

Wang Jian, Professor of SME, CUHK-Shenzhen and Associate Director of SFI, delivered an opening speech. Professor Wang warmly welcomed all the guests and stated that the workshop has always been committed to building an excellent academic platform with significant national influence to unite more forces to jointly promote in-depth cooperation and development of academic research in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.


Paper Presentations

Financially Constrained Intermediaries and the International Pass-Through of Monetary Policy

Presenter:

Professor Wang Xiaoliang

HKUST

Discussant:

Professor Li Zehao

SME, CUHK-Shenzhen


Tradeoff between Entrepreneurship and Fertility: Evidence from China’s Nationwide Two-Child Policy

Presenter:

Professor Sung Kwan Lee

SME, CUHK-Shenzhen

Discussant:

Professor Tai Mingzhu

The University of Hong Kong


Crowding

Presenter:

Professor Gu Yizhen

PHBS

Discussant:

Professor Cao Yue

SME, CUHK-Shenzhen


Technology Barriers without Legal Rights: Evidence from Post-Expiration Patent Licensing

Presenter:

Professor Zhao Yabo

SME, CUHK-Shenzhen


From Firms to Homes: Coworker Networks, Earnings Exposure, and Housing Purchases

Presenter:

Professor Lu Guangli

SME, CUHK-Shenzhen


Do Shared Analysts Shape Competitive Behavior? Evidence from Product Announcements

Presenter:

Professor Ma Fangyuan

PHBS

Discussant:

Professor Yang Shijie

SUSTech


Public Policy and Private-Sector Prosocial Motives: The Case of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Presenter:

Professor Zheng Jiaqi (Jacky)

PHBS


Predictable Currency Crashes

Presenter:

Professor Wang Jian

SME, CUHK-Shenzhen

Presenter:

Professor Sun Yulong

University of Science and Technology of China


Doctoral Paper Presentation

Expected Earnings Smoothness

Presenter:

Liu Zhile

SME, CUHK-Shenzhen


Religion and Mental Health: Evidence from Temple Establishment in China

Presenter:

Ye Wenxu

SME, CUHK-Shenzhen


Who Gets to Live in the Productive City? Family Transfers, Housing Costs, and Talent Sorting

Presenter:

Hu Weikang

SME, CUHK-Shenzhen