HSUHK EAF Public Research Seminar 2018

December 31, 2018
Written by Benjamin Yau
Published in Economics and Finance News
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The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) encourages all academic staff to conduct research that meets the needs of the University as well as other stakeholders. In this context, the University has been organizing different research seminars and workshops for the academic staff in hope of providing research and learning opportunities. In 2018, the Department of Economics and Finance has organized a series of Public Research Seminar delivered by the University’s academic staff as well as distinguished external guests.

Seminar	Date	Topic	Speaker
1	27-Sep	1. Crypto-currency: Implication for Regulatory Governance	Dr. Andy CHENG
		2. The Effect of Asymmetric Information and Uncertainty in Capital Market	Dr. Joe MAN
		3. Two Birds, One Stone: Joint Timing of Returns and Capital Gains Taxes	Dr. Leah LI
		4. The Impacts of Financial Development, Urbanization, and Globalization on Income Inequality: A Regression-based Decomposition Approach 5. Revisiting Income Inequality in Rural China: A Decomposition by Regression Approach	Dr. James CHEONG
2	25-Oct	1. The Importance of Reward and Recognition System in the Leadership of Virtual Project Teams: A Qualitative Research for the Financial Services Sector	Dr. Brian TUNG
		2. A study in HK Stock Market Sentiment	Dr. David CHUI
		3. Are There Any Gender or Racial Differences in the U.S. Hysteresis Unemployment	Dr. Ben CHENG
		4. Convergence and income inequality amongst Asian countries: A combined approach using decomposition techniques and transitional dynamics analysis	Dr. James CHEONG
3	30-Oct	1. Political Connections and Firm Pollution Behaviour	Prof. WU Yanrui Distinguished guest from UWA Business School
4	14-Nov	1. Why are Warrant Markets Sustained in Taiwan but Not in China?	Prof. Alan WONG Distinguished guest from Asia University
5	30-Nov	1. Financial literacy and Fintech adoption of the China’s young generation in the Xi JinPing’s New Era	Dr. Brian TUNG
		2. Non-Electoral Political Uncertainty and Cash Management Policy: Evidence from East Asia	Dr. Alvin ANG
		3. Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall Estimation for Asia-Pacific Markets	Dr. SIU Yam Wing
6	20-Dec	1. Dynamic Connectedness and integration in cryptocurrency markets	Prof. LAU Chi Keung Distinguished guest from Huddersfield Business School
6	20-Dec	2. The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wages, Wage Spillovers and Employment in China: Evidence from Longitudinal Individual-Level Data	Prof. Tony FANG Distinguished guest from Memorial University of Newfoundland