First Summer Workshop in Sustainable Finance

9 AM -  Welcome and Coffee

9.30 AM - Start of the workshop.

Session 1: Sustainable investors

9.30 - 10.25 AM - Loriana PELIZZON (Goethe University Frankfurt)
The Salience of ESG Ratings for Stock Pricing: Evidence from (Potentially) Confused Investors (joint with Aleksandra Rzeznik and Kathleen Weiss Hanley)

10.25 - 11.20 AM - Augustin LANDIER (HEC)
The Moral Preferences of Investors: Experimental Evidence (joint with Jean-François Bonnefon, Parinitha Sastry, David Thesmar)

11.20 AM - Coffee break

Session 2: Impact investing

11.40 AM - 12.35 PM - Caroline FLAMMER (Columbia U.)
Impact Investing and the Fostering of Business Ventures’ Financial Performance and Social Impact in Disadvantaged Urban Areas (joint with Romain Boulongne and Rodolphe Durand)

12.35 - 1.50 PM - Buffet Lunch

Session 3: Instruments and pricing

1.50 - 2.45 PM - Jean-Paul RENNE (Lausanne U.)
Climate Linkers: Rationale and Pricing (joint with Pauline Chikhani)

2.45 - 3.40 PM - Julian KÖLBEL (MIT, Zurich U.)
Who Pays for Sustainability? An Analysis of Sustainability-Linked Bonds (joint with Adrien-Paul Lambillon)

3.40 PM - Coffee break

7.30 PM - Dinner (on invitation)

9 AM - Welcome and Coffee

9.30 AM - Start of the workshop.

Session 4: Sentiment, disclosure, and stock prices

9.30 - 10.25 AM - Markus LEIPPOLD (Zurich U.)
Cheap Talk in Corporate Climate Commitments: The Role of Active Institutional Ownership, Signaling, Materiality, and Sentiment (joint with Julia Anna Bingler, Mathias Kraus, and Nicolas Webersinke)

10.25 - 11.20 AM - Marie BESSEC (Paris Dauphine U.)
A Green Wave in Media, a Change of Tack in Stock Markets (joint with Julien Fouquau)

11.20 AM - Coffee break

Session 5: Sustainable consumption and the social rate of time preference

11.40 AM - 12.35 PM - Ian MARTIN (LSE)
Sustainability in a Risky World (joint with John Campbell)

12.35 - 1.50 PM - Buffet Lunch and adjourn