IEF Xuan Zhang
Organized by the Institute of Economics and Finance, co-organized by the society for the study of emerging market, the School of Finance, and the Research Department, the 2018 China Finance and Economic Development symposium was held on September 20th. Many well-known scholars from Ningbo University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Zhejiang University, Central University of Finance and Economics, University of Glasgow, and Southern Illinois University attended the symposium. Young talents and professors discuss new challenges in China's economic and financial development.
Professor Sun Yang, Vice Dean of the Institute of Economics and Finance, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.
Vice-President Pei Yu gave a speech at the symposium. He introduced the development of the university in recent years and the newly formed research institutes. He welcomes the scholars of finance and economics participate in the symposium, hopes that they would give advice on the discipline construction of the school.
On the morning section, Qian Jiang Scholar and Professor Zhang Yongmin from the Business School of Ningbo University made a keynote report on “The Liquidity Impact of Liquidity on the Price, Return Rate and Fluctuation of Commodity Futures Market”. Prof. Shi Yukun from the Adam Smith Business School of the University of Glasgow gave a keynote speech on “China's Inventory Investment and Financing Options: Does Financial Development at the Urban Level Play a Role?”. Ali M. Kutan, professor from Southern Illinois University and editor-in-chief of Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, introduced the society for the study of emerging market and gave a keynote report on how to publish a paper in a high-level journal.
In the afternoon, seven parallel sessions were held, focusing on corporate finance, banking, accounting and financial management, asset pricing, institutional and economic development, social welfare, volatility and foreign exchange. The research includes discussing the company's cash management, company acquisition, independent directors, the advantages and disadvantages of shadow banking, the role of asset securitization, the impact of political connections on corporate social responsibility, the impact of vertical tax competition on the company's location decision, short selling activities and assets. Return, structural changes in China's stock market liquidity risk and premium, financial shocks, real estate investment and macroeconomic volatility, the impact of Internet use on political trust, the persistence of volatility and volatility, the commonality of liquidity in emerging foreign exchange markets, etc. Scholars have unique and profound options about the problems in China's financial and economic development, attendees learn a lot.
Our university launched the first symposium on China's financial and economic development, which will help our teachers and students to communicate and connect with domestic and foreign scholars in economic and financial, and improve the reputation of our university.
