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Waseda University · Tokyo

2026 Summer Finance Workshop

July 25–26, 2026 · International Conference Center, Waseda University

Program

The program has been slightly revised due to a cancellation on July 18.

Friday, July 25

Junior Session — Pre-session to Workshop 10:00–12:15

PhD Student Session 10:00–11:00

Chair: Mitsuru Katagiri (Waseda University)

  • 10:00
    10:20
    Sentiment-Driven IPO Mispricing Even in Almost Perfect Markets: Experimental Evidence
    Wang Jingru (Waseda University)
  • 10:20
    10:40
    Trade Network Position and Home-Currency Invoicing
    Pham Thi Quynh Lien (Waseda University)
  • 10:40
    11:00
    The Cross-Section of Nonprofit Financing
    Abel Gonzales-Hishinuma (HEC Paris)
11:00
11:15
Break

Junior Faculty Session 11:15–12:15

Chair: Yoshio Nozawa (University of Toronto)

  • 11:15
    11:45
    Weighting for Performance
    Taisei Noda (NUCB)
  • 11:45
    12:15
    Transaction Costs and Endogenously Slow-Moving Arbitrage Capital
    Won-chang Choi (Yonsei University)
12:15
13:25
Lunch Break
13:25
13:30
Opening Remark — Hideaki Miyajima (Waseda University)

Session 1 13:30–14:50

Chair: Shinichi Hirota (Waseda University)

  • 13:30
    14:10
    Belief Distortions and Endogenous Risk Aversion
    Adem Atmaz (Purdue University)
  • 14:10
    14:50
    Shades of Attention and Stock Price Dynamics
    Diego Garcia (University of Colorado Boulder)
14:50
15:05
Break

Session 2 15:05–15:45

Chair: Konari Uchida (Waseda University)

  • 15:05
    15:45
    Climate Risk Pricing
    Nichole Garleanu (Washington University in St. Louis)
15:45
16:00
Break

Keynote 1 16:00–17:00

Chair: Alex Dickerson (University of New South Wales)

  • 16:00
    17:00
    Asset Embeddings
    Motohiro Yogo (Princeton University)
18:00 Conference DinnerPizzeria Takata Bokusya
Saturday, July 26

Keynote 2 10:00–11:00

Chair: Charles Martineau (University of Toronto)

  • 10:00
    11:00
    Renewable Asset Price Volatility and Its Implications for Decarbonization
    Harrison Hong (Columbia University)
11:00
11:10
Break

Session 3 11:10–12:30

Chair: Yasuhiro Arikawa (Waseda University)

  • 11:10
    11:50
    Misconduct by Insurance Agents
    Stephen Dimmock (National University of Singapore)
  • 11:50
    12:30
    Nonlinearities in Passive Demand Shocks: An Explainable AI Approach to the Bank of Japan's ETF Purchases
    Junnosuke Shino (Waseda University)
12:30
13:30
Lunch Break

Session 4 13:30–14:50

Chair: Katsumasa Nishide (Waseda University)

  • 13:30
    14:10
    Direct Indexing and the Limits of ETF Tax Efficiency
    Thomas Ernst (University of Maryland)
  • 14:10
    14:50
    Asset Pricing and Risk Sharing in Electricity Futures Markets
    Sophie Moinas (Toulouse School of Economics)
14:50 Closing Remark — Yasuhiko Tanigawa (Waseda University)