Vietnam Symposium in Banking and Finance 2025

8:00 - 8:30 (30min)

Registration & Coffee (1st Floor)

8:30 - 9:00 (30min)

Welcome and Opening Remarks (Great Hall) - Huu Toan Bui; Thi Hoang Anh Pham; Sabri Boubaker; Duc Khuong Nguyen; Hung Do; Viet Dung Tran

9:00 - 10:00 (1h)

Keynote Speech: Cross-border knowledge sharing, international supply chains, and the innovation ecosystem: A cautionary reminder for aggressive trade policy.

Professor Sudipto Dasgupta, Professor at the Department of Finance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School

10:00 - 10:30 (30min)

Coffee break (1st Floor)

10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)

Finance and sustainability

Parallel Session A2.1. Chair: Nadia Doytch, CUNY Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center (United States)

› Green Credits and Risk-Taking in Chinese Commercial Banks: Heterogeneity between Systemically Important Banks and Non-Systemically Important Banks Running title: Green Credits and Risk-Taking in Commercial Banks - YUETONG WU, UKM-Graduate School of Business (UKM-GSB), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia - Yatim Puan, UKM-Graduate School of Business (UKM-GSB), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia 10:30-11:00 (30min)

› The Impact of FinTech Development on Corporate Greenwashing: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms - Nadia Doytch, Brooklyn College [CUNY], Ateneo de Manila University School of Government 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› Why Banks Issue Sustainability-Linked Loans: Evidence on Motives and Consequences - Jiawei LU, University of Lausanne 11:30-12:00 (30min)

10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)

Monetary and financial macroeconomics

Parallel Session A2.2. Chair: John Duca, Oberlin College (United States)

› A Tale of Two Tightenings - Simon Kwan, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 10:30-11:00 (30min)

› Does Money Help Forecast Nominal GDP in Deep Learning Models? - John Duca, Oberlin College, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› When Information is Disclosed, How Does the Large Deposit Market Work? - Quynh Trang Nguyen, BI Norwegian Business School [Trondheim] 11:30-12:00 (30min)

10:30 - 12:00 (1h30)

Financial markets, institutions, and money

Parallel Session A2.3. Chair: Paul Gerrans, University of Western Australia (Australia)

› Can we blame parents, gender-role attitudes, or both for the financial literacy gender-gap? Exploring evidence of gendered socialisation and transmission of financial skills - Paul Gerrans, University of Western Australia 10:30-11:00 (30min)

› Competition, Efficiency, and Financial Stability: Evidence from the Asia-Pacific Nonlife Insurance Markets - Liang-Wei Kuo, National Chung Cheng University 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› Robots, Jobs, and Wages: A Tale of Triumph and Cataclysm - Xuan Nguyen, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia 11:30-12:00 (30min)

12:00 - 13:30 (1h30)

Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:30 (1h)

Meet The Editor Session

Professor Sabri Boubaker, Professor Sudipto Dasgupta, Professor João A.C. Santos

14:30 - 15:00 (30min)

Coffee break

15:00 - 17:00 (2h)

Market behavior and efficiency

Parallel Session B2.1. Chair: Henry Leung, The University of Sydney (Australia)

› Do pensions have real teeth? Evidence from the state government borrowing costs - Qun Wu, University of Nevada, Reno 15:00-15:30 (30min)

› Scale Constrains on Value Creation in the Mutual fund industry - Nikolaos Kourogenis, Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus 15:30-16:00 (30min)

› Staying with your Rivals: Geographic Proximity Effects on Firm Performance - Henry Leung, The University of Sydney Business School 16:00-16:30 (30min)

› Does It Pay to Sit on Boards Other Than Your Own? - Qiaoqiao Zhu, Australian National University 16:30-17:00 (30min)

15:00 - 17:00 (2h)

Finance and sustainability

Parallel Session B2.2. Chair: Vesa Pursiainen, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland

› Climate Risk and Bank Efficiency: The Moderating Role of Financial Derivatives and Carbon Disclosure - Kieu Kieu, Department of International Business, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology,Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Statistics Office of Vinh Long (under the management of the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam) - Chen Sheng-Hung, Department of International Business, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology,Kaohsiung, Taiwan 15:00-15:30 (30min)

› Effect of Climate Change Exposure on Firm Financial Outcomes: Global Evidence from the Role of TCFD - Ca Van Pham, College of Economics and Law, Tra Vinh University 15:30-16:00 (30min)

› Within-Firm Pay Inequality and Payout Policies - Ali Akyol, University of Ottawa [Ottawa] 16:00-16:30 (30min)

› The Carbon Cost of Competitive Pressure - Vesa Pursiainen, University of St.Gallen and Swiss Finance Institute 16:30-17:00 (30min)

19:00 - 22:00 (3h)

GALA DINNER & BEST PAPER AWARDS