Journal of Corporate Finance China Conference
Finance at a Time of Change and Uncertainty
The Journal of Corporate Finance and Renmin University of China will host a research conference on Finance at a Time of Change and Uncertainty in Beijing, China, December 11–12, 2026.
Conference Topics
The conference will feature high-quality theoretical and empirical papers on the following broad topics:
Finance and AI: How will AI transform household finance, corporate finance, financial markets, and financial institutions? How might finance, in turn, shape the AI revolution?
Finance and politics: How are corporations, financial markets, and institutions navigating the current domestic and international political landscape?
Finance and climate change: What role can finance play in mitigating the risks of climate change and supporting a transition toward a more sustainable society?
Keynote Speaker
Gerard Hoberg is the Charles E. Cook Community Bank Professor of Finance at the USC Marshall School of Business, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2014. He was previously at the University of Maryland and received his PhD from Yale University in 2004. His research is primarily in the area of corporate finance with a focus on topics including initial public offerings, mergers, disclosure, informational environments, innovation, and the role of industrial organization and product market competition in corporate finance and related areas. He also has work in empirical asset pricing, and is known for methodological contributions that bring new technologies from computational linguistics into research in financial economics. Gerard also spent one year as a Visiting Scholar at the Securities and Exchange Commission. His work has been published in scholarly journals including: Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Political Economy, and Review of Financial Studies. He was also awarded three NSF grants. His teaching interests are in corporate finance, especially in the area of mergers, financial restructuring, and issuance.
Conference Organization
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Program Committee
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Call for Paper
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Paper Submissions
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Program Schedule
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Registration
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Traveling to China
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