Conference Theme: “New Developments in Sustainable Finance”

June21– June22, 2024, Onsite at Shanghai Business School (SBS), Shanghai, China

Hosted by the Research Center of Finance,Shanghai Business School

The 2024SBSICF provides an international forum for scholars and practitioners to present cutting-edge research and exchange ideas on issues in sustainable finance. Sustainable finance is a key cornerstone to financing activities that contribute to sustainable development, including environmental finance, green finance, and ESG (environment,social, and corporate governance) issues. Our conference is supported byEmerging Markets Finance and TradeandPacific-Basin Finance Journal.

TOPICS:

The theme of the 2024SBSICF is “New and Important Issues in Sustainable Finance.” The topics may include but are not limited to:

• Evaluate the effectiveness of taxes, subsidies, regulations, or other government policies and interventions on corporate ESG/CSR performance in a long-term and systematic manner;
• Examine how corporate ESG/CSR disclosure impacts the extent of government taxes, subsidies, regulations, or other government policies and interventions;
• Advances in new government policy to promote corporate ESG/CSR engagement;
• Advances in governmental response to corporate green washing activities;
• The impact of government budget on taxes, subsidies, regulations, or other government policies and interventions in corporate ESG/CSR engagement;
• The moderating effect of corporate digital transformation for the impact of government on corporate ESG/CSR engagement;
• Government regulatory improvement, such as ESG/CSR enforcement, on corporate ESG/CSR engagement;
• Corporate finance,Corporate governance,andSustainable finance;

PAPER SUBMISSIONS:

The deadline for paper submission isJune4, 2024(early submission is highly encouraged).Please submit two PDF files: one with title page including author information (including emails) and one without title page tosbsicf@sbs.edu.cn. Please use “Submission to 2024SBSICF” as the title of your email. There is no submission fee. We only consider papers in English. Submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by the program committee.The authors will be notified of the review committee’s decision byJune10, 2024.

PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION:

We welcome participants from both academia and industry. There will be no registration fees. For all presenters and discussants who chose to attend the conference onsite, you are responsible for your own travel and accommodation expenses. We shall provide more information in mid-June, 2024.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Paresh Narayan,Professor

Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Editor in Chief,Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Johnny Chan,Distinguished Professor

Shanghai Business School

Associate Editor,Finance Research Letters

Associate Editor,International Review of Economics & Finance

CONFERENCE CHAIRS (alphabetically ordered):

Johnny Chan, Shanghai Business School

CONFERENCE CO-VICE-CHAIRS (alphabetically ordered):

Xiang Gao, Shanghai Business School

Yuan-Teng Hsu, Shanghai Business School

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (alphabetically ordered):

Hui Bu, Beihang University

Hsuan Ethan Chiang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Fengsheng Chien, Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade

Hung-Gay Fung, University of Missouri at St. Louis

Xuechen Gao, Penn State Behrend

Chen Gu, Shanghai Business School

Shengho Gao, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Jie He, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Yanqiong Li, Shanxi University

Wen Li, Shanghai Business School

Baohua Liu, Sichuan University

Xiangqiang Liu, Southwest University

Jing Lu, Chongqing University

Xuan Peng, Huazhong Agricultural University

PenghuaQiao,Kunming University of Science and Technology

Guoping Shi, Shanghai Business School

Li Sun, Shanghai Business School

Shuairu Tian, Liaoning University

Jamie Tong, Shanghai University

Chi-Yang Tsou, University of Manchester

Xiongyuan Wang, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Xuewu Wang, University of Delaware

Zhan Wang, Shanghai Business School

Di Wu, Capital University of Economics and Business

Changyuan Xia, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Lin Yu, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics

Chunqiang Zhang, Anhui University of Finance and Economics

Frank Zhang, China Europe International Business School

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES

A subset of papers will be invited to submit to the special issues of theEmerging Markets Finance and Trade. Special Issue Editors (Johnny Chan, and Yuan-Teng Hsu) will expedite the review processof invited papers by using the regular paper submission standards at these journals. We expect the special issues will appear in early 2025. While presenting a paper at the conference is not a prerequisite to be included in a special issue, we give preference to those presented papers.

CONFERENCE CONTACT:For additional information, please feel free to contact us via email

Yuan-Teng Hsu

Research Center of Finance,Shanghai Business School

No.2271 WestZhongshanRoad, Shanghai, China

ythsu@sbs.edu.cn

2024 The SBS International Conference for Finance (SBSICF)