Program

Policy Conference

08:30 - 09:00 Registration and Coffee
   
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome remarks: Lars Strannegård, President, Stockholm School of Economics
   
09:10 - 09:50 Keynote Speeches and Policy Discussion
  Emanuele Tarantino, Chief Competition Economist, European Commission and Professor of Finance at LUISS
   
09:50 - 10:50 Panel discussion
  Emanuele Tarantino, Chief Competition Economist, European Commission and Professor of Finance at LUISS
  Catharina Belfrage Sahlstrand, Former Chief Sustainability and Climate Officer, Handelsbanken
  Ola Hansén, Public Affairs Director, Stegra
   
  Moderator: Mariassunta Giannetti, Katarina Martinson Professor of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics (SHoF)
   
10:50 - 11:00 Coffee Break
   

   

Academic Conference

Session 1:

Ownership and Externalities

  Chair: Bo Becker, Stockholm School of Economics (SHoF)
   
11:00– 11:45 Irresponsible Takeovers
  Philip Bond, Edward E. Carlson Distinguished Professor in Business Administration 
  Discussant: Alvin Chen, Assistant Professor of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics (SHoF)
   
11:45 - 12:30 Who should pay for ESG ratings? 
  Stefano Lovo, Professor of Finance HEC, Paris 
  Discussant: Magdalena Rola-Janicka, Assistant Professor of Finance, Imperial College
   
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
   

Session 2:

The Effects of ESG Policies and Regulations

  Chair: Mehran Ebrahimian, Stockholm School of Economics (SHoF)
   
13:30 - 14:15 Do consumers (have to) pay for ESG?
  Gaizka Ormazabal, Professor of Accounting and Control and Dean of Research, IESE
  Discussant: Yingjie Qi, Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School
   
14:15 - 15:00 Climate Policy and Firm Efficiency: Lessons From the Trucking Industry
  Per Strömberg, Centennial Professor of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics (SHoF)
  Discussant: Olivier Darmouni, Associate Professor, HEC Paris
   
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
   

Session 3:

Climate regulations and industrial structure

  Chair: Diogo Mendes, Stockholm School of Economics (SHoF)
   
15:30 - 16:15 Household Income Shocks and Sustainable Products
  Margarida Soares, Assistant Professor, Nova Business School
  Discussant: Pat Akey, Associate Professor, ESSEC/INSEAD
   
16:15 - 17:00 Opening the Brown Box: Production Responses to Environmental Regulation
  S.Lakshmi Naaraayanan, Assistant Professor, London Business School 
  Discussant: Ramin Baghai, Professor of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics (SHoF)
   
   
18:00 Dinner - By invitation only