13th Annual Conference
Behavioural, Experimental Economics and Finance
(Joint with HKUST)

 
 
18
May
2026
Monday
Political Economy of Belief and Behavior
Chair: Denis SOSYURA (Arizona State University and ABFER)

Venue: Tanglin III & IV

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Political Persuasion in the Information Age: Results from a Field Experiment
Raymond FISMAN (Boston University)
Yiying LI* (Renmin University of China)
Meng MIAO (Renmin University of China)

Discussant:
Randall MORCK (University of Alberta and ABFER)
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Political Identity and Conjunction Fallacy: Experimental Evidence from the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
Bin MIAO (Renmin University of China)
Shuangyu YANG (Jinan University)
Ziyu ZHANG (Renmin University of China)
Songfa ZHONG* (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Discussant:
Cameron PENG (London School of Economics and Political Science)
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Forecasting in a Polarized World: The Role of Political Disagreement in Analyst Forecasts and Information Production
Ran DUCHIN (Boston College)
Dongryeol LEE* (Nanyang Technological University)

Discussant:
Wenxi JIANG (Chinese University of Hong Kong)


  
20
May
2026
Wednesday
AI, Memory, and Organizational Behavior
Chair: Siew Hong TEOH (University of California, Los Angeles and ABFER)

Venue: Cuscaden

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Writing Quality and Soft Information in the GenAI Age: Evidence from Online Credit Markets
Lin William CONG* (Nanyang Technological University and ABFER)
Yanhong GUO (Dalian University of Technology)
Xin ZHAO (Dalian University of Technology)
Wenjun ZHOU* (University of Tennessee)

Discussant:
Byoung-Hyoun HWANG (Nanyang Technological University and ABFER)
10:00 am – 10:30 am
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Memory and Generative AI
Xingjian ZHENG* (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Discussant:
Allen HUANG (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and ABFER)
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Set in Stone: The Persistence and Origins of Corporate Culture
Kai LI (The University of British Columbia and ABFER)
Yu-Jane LIU (Peking University)
Ruichang LU* (Peking University)
Kaihao QIAN (Peking University)
Xiaojun ZHANG (Peking University)

Discussant:
Tse-Chun LIN (University of Hong Kong and ABFER)

* Presenter. Program is subjected to change. Updated 16 March 2026.

Session Format

Three papers will be presented during each session. Each paper lasts for one hour, including 25 minutes for presentation, 20 minutes for discussion and 15 minutes for Q&A. There will be a 30 minutes break after the first paper.

Contact Information

Program Director Conference Organizer

Dong LOU (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and ABFER)
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Bernard YEUNG (National University of Singapore, Southern University of Science and Technology and ABFER)
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Yan CHEN (University of Michigan)
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Liyan YANG (University of Toronto and ABFER)
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