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Stochastic Dominance, Analyticity, and High-Order Expansions in Optimal Investment
Stochastic Dominance, Analyticity, and High-Order Expansions in Optimal Investment Oleksii Mostovyi
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 - 2:00 AM
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Reinforcement Learning for Mean Field Game and Control Problems
Reinforcement Learning for Mean Field Game and Control Problems Jean-Pierre Fouque
Friday, Oct. 2, 2026 - 2:00 PM
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Challenges in Using Machine Learning for Rough Volatility Models
Challenges in Using Machine Learning for Rough Volatility Models Dan Leonte
Friday, Sep. 25, 2026 - 11:00 AM
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Optimal Fund Menus
Optimal Fund Menus Jakša Cvitanić
Friday, Sep. 18, 2026 - 2:00 PM
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Learning Dynamic Uncertainty via Schrödinger–Bass Bridges: From Generative Modeling to Financial Time Series
Learning Dynamic Uncertainty via Schrödinger–Bass Bridges: From Generative Modeling to Financial Time Series Huyên Pham
Friday, Sep. 11, 2026 - 2:00 PM
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Propagation of carbon price shocks through the value chain: a mean-field game of defaults
Propagation of carbon price shocks through the value chain: a mean-field game of defaults Peter Tankov
Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 - 2:00 PM
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Differential Beliefs in Financial Markets Under Information Constraints: A Modeling Perspective
Differential Beliefs in Financial Markets Under Information Constraints: A Modeling Perspective Prof. Karen Grigorian
Friday, May. 1, 2026 - 2:00 PM
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Dynamic asymmetric tail dependence structure among multi-asset classes for portfolio management: Dynamic skew- copula approach
Dynamic asymmetric tail dependence structure among multi-asset classes for portfolio management: Dynamic skew- copula approach Dr. Kakeru Ito
Friday, Apr. 24, 2026 - 9:00 AM
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Corruption via Mean Field Games
Corruption via Mean Field Games Dr. Kirill Golubnichiy
Friday, Apr. 17, 2026 - 2:00 PM
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ABIDES-MARL: A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Environment for Endogenous Price Formation and Execution in a Limit Order Book
ABIDES-MARL: A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Environment for Endogenous Price Formation and Execution in a Limit Order Book Dr. Jean-Loup Dupret
Friday, Apr. 3, 2026 - 12:00 PM
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A time-stepping deep gradient flow method for option pricing in (rough) diffusion models
A time-stepping deep gradient flow method for option pricing in (rough) diffusion models Professor Antonis Papapantoleon
Friday, Mar. 27, 2026 - 12:00 PM
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Portfolio optimization in a market with hidden Gaussian drift and expert opinions
Portfolio optimization in a market with hidden Gaussian drift and expert opinions Prof. Ralf Wunderlich
Friday, Mar. 13, 2026 - 2:00 PM
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Mean-CVaR portfolio optimization under ESG disagreement
Mean-CVaR portfolio optimization under ESG disagreement Prof. Davide Lauria
Friday, Mar. 6, 2026 - 2:00 PM
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Coherent estimation of risk measures
Coherent estimation of risk measures Prof. Igor Cialenco
Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 - 2:00 PM
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Some general results on risk budgeting portfolios
Some general results on risk budgeting portfolios Prof. Pierpaolo Uberti
Friday, Feb. 20, 2026 - 12:00 PM
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Marketron Through the Looking Glass: From Equity Dynamics to Option Pricing in Incomplete Markets
Marketron Through the Looking Glass: From Equity Dynamics to Option Pricing in Incomplete Markets Prof. Andrey Itkin
Friday, Feb. 6, 2026 - 2:00 PM
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Lambda Value-at-Risk under ambiguity and risk sharing
Lambda Value-at-Risk under ambiguity and risk sharing Alexander Schied
Friday, Jan. 30, 2026 - 2:00 PM
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Multivariate affine GARCH in portfolio optimization. Analytical solutions and applications
Multivariate affine GARCH in portfolio optimization. Analytical solutions and applications Prof. Marcos Escobar-Anel
Friday, Nov. 21, 2025 - 2:00 PM
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Decomposition of the option pricing formula for infinite activity jump-diffusion stochastic volatility models
Decomposition of the option pricing formula for infinite activity jump-diffusion stochastic volatility models Prof. Josep Vives
Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Robust Bayesian Portfolio Optimization
Robust Bayesian Portfolio Optimization Dr. Carlos Andres Zapata Quimbayo
Friday, Nov. 7, 2025 - 2:00 PM
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A general framework for pricing and hedging under local viability
A general framework for pricing and hedging under local viability Prof. Huy Chau
Friday, Oct. 31, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Option Pricing with a Compound CARMA(p,q)-Hawkes
Option Pricing with a Compound CARMA(p,q)-Hawkes Prof. Lorenzo Mercuri
Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Multi-hypothesis prediction for portfolio optimization: A structured ensemble learning approach to risk diversification
Multi-hypothesis prediction for portfolio optimization: A structured ensemble learning approach to risk diversification Dr. Alejandro Rodriguez Dominguez
Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Beyond Traditional Models: Assessing the Role of LSTM Networks in Volatility Prediction
Beyond Traditional Models: Assessing the Role of LSTM Networks in Volatility Prediction Prof. Massimo Guidolin
Friday, Oct. 10, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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New runs-based approach to testing value at risk forecasts
New runs-based approach to testing value at risk forecasts Prof. Marta Malecka
Friday, Oct. 3, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Risk-aware Trading Portfolio Optimization
Risk-aware Trading Portfolio Optimization Dr. Marco Bianchetti & Dr. Fabio Vitale
Friday, Sep. 26, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Recent advances in stochastic volatility jump diffusions: Calibration and exotic option pricing
Recent advances in stochastic volatility jump diffusions: Calibration and exotic option pricing Dr. Jean-Phillipe Aguilar
Friday, Sep. 19, 2025 - 2:00 PM
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Rough Heston model as the scaling limit of bivariate cumulative heavy-tailed INAR( ∞) processes and applications
Rough Heston model as the scaling limit of bivariate cumulative heavy-tailed INAR( ∞) processes and applications Prof. Zhenyu Cui
Friday, Sep. 12, 2025 - 2:00 PM
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The Bachelier implied volatility: A Malliavin calculus approach.
The Bachelier implied volatility: A Malliavin calculus approach. Prof. Elisa Alos
Friday, Sep. 5, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Discrete-time hedging, basis risk, and covariance-dependent pricing kernels
Discrete-time hedging, basis risk, and covariance-dependent pricing kernels Prof. Maciej Augustyniak
Friday, Aug. 29, 2025 - 2:00 PM
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ESG Mania and Institutional Trading
ESG Mania and Institutional Trading Prof. Riza Demirer
Friday, May. 2, 2025 - 2:00 PM
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Drought parametric insurances by a Two-Step machine learning approach under climate change scenarios
Drought parametric insurances by a Two-Step machine learning approach under climate change scenarios Dr. Hirbod Assa
Friday, Apr. 25, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Option pricing in a stochastic delay volatility model
Option pricing in a stochastic delay volatility model Prof. Álvaro Guinea Julia
Friday, Apr. 18, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Custom ESG Indexing: How Direct ESG Indexing Can Solve Many Responsible Investing Problems
Custom ESG Indexing: How Direct ESG Indexing Can Solve Many Responsible Investing Problems Prof. Dr. Dirk Soehnholz
Friday, Apr. 11, 2025 - 2:00 PM
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Measures of stochastic non-dominance in portfolio optimization
Measures of stochastic non-dominance in portfolio optimization Prof. Miloš Kopa
Friday, Apr. 4, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Portfolio optimization in deformed time
Portfolio optimization in deformed time Assoc. Prof. Malick Fall
Friday, Mar. 28, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Dynamic tail risk forecasting: What do realized skewness and kurtosis add?
Dynamic tail risk forecasting: What do realized skewness and kurtosis add? Prof. Giuseppe Storti
Friday, Mar. 14, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Water as a commodity in hydropower generation
Water as a commodity in hydropower generation Prof. Eduardo Schwartz
Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 - 2:00 PM
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Multi-asset return risk measures
Multi-asset return risk measures Dr. Christian Laudagé
Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Do online attention and sentiment affect cryptocurrencies’ correlations?
Do online attention and sentiment affect cryptocurrencies’ correlations? Prof. Aurelio Bariviera
Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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Hedonic Models Incorporating Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors for Time Series of Average Annual Home Prices
Hedonic Models Incorporating Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors for Time Series of Average Annual Home Prices Jason Bailey
Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 - 2:00 PM
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Robust estimation of the range-based GARCH model: Forecasting volatility, value at risk and expected shortfall of cryptocurrencies
Robust estimation of the range-based GARCH model: Forecasting volatility, value at risk and expected shortfall of cryptocurrencies Prof. Piotr Fiszeder
Friday, Jan. 24, 2025 - 1:00 PM
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Deep learning-based portfolio optimization with transaction costs
Deep learning-based portfolio optimization with transaction costs Prof. Aihua (Eva) Zhang
Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 - 9:00 AM
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Inverse Problem for Forecasting Stock Options Prices
Inverse Problem for Forecasting Stock Options Prices Dr. Kirill Golubnichiy
Friday, Nov. 22, 2024 - 2:00 PM
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Stochastic dominance, stochastic volatility, and jump risk: new theory interprets old results
Stochastic dominance, stochastic volatility, and jump risk: new theory interprets old results Prof Stylianos Perrakis
Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 - 2:00 PM
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Pricing options with a new hybrid neural network model
Pricing options with a new hybrid neural network model Dr. Yossi Shvimer
Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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Estimation and backtesting of risk measures with emphasis on distortion risk measures
Estimation and backtesting of risk measures with emphasis on distortion risk measures Prof. Hideatsu Tsukahara
Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 - 10:00 AM
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Elicitability and identifiability of tail risk measures
Elicitability and identifiability of tail risk measures Dr. Tobias Fissler
Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 - 1:00 PM
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Option Pricing under a Generalized Black–Scholes Model with Stochastic Interest Rates, Stochastic Strings, and Lévy Jumps
Option Pricing under a Generalized Black–Scholes Model with Stochastic Interest Rates, Stochastic Strings, and Lévy Jumps Prof. Steven P. Clark
Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 - 2:00 PM
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ESG performance and investment efficiency: The impact of information asymmetry
ESG performance and investment efficiency: The impact of information asymmetry Prof. Seda Erdogan
Friday, Sep. 27, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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To hedge or not to hedge? Cryptocurrencies, gold and oil against stock market risk
To hedge or not to hedge? Cryptocurrencies, gold and oil against stock market risk Prof. Agata Kliber
Friday, Sep. 20, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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Optimal Portfolios with Sustainable Assets - Aspects for Life Insurers
Optimal Portfolios with Sustainable Assets - Aspects for Life Insurers Prof. Ralf Korn
Friday, Sep. 13, 2024 - 2:00 PM
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Gold-backed cryptocurrencies: A hedging tool against categorical and regional financial stress
Gold-backed cryptocurrencies: A hedging tool against categorical and regional financial stress Prof. Md. Rayfayet Alam
Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 - 2:00 PM
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Quanto Option Pricing on a Multivariate Lévy Process Model with Generative Artificial Intelligence
Quanto Option Pricing on a Multivariate Lévy Process Model with Generative Artificial Intelligence Prof. Aaron YS Kim
Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 - 2:00 PM
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Elementary function solutions to the Bachelier model generated by Lie point symmetries
Elementary function solutions to the Bachelier model generated by Lie point symmetries Dr. Evangelos Melas
Friday, May. 3, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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Gold-backed cryptocurrencies: A hedging tool against categorical and regional financial stress
Gold-backed cryptocurrencies: A hedging tool against categorical and regional financial stress Prof. Md. Rayfayet Alam
Wednesday, May. 1, 2024 - 8:00 AM
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Hedging with temporary price impact
Hedging with temporary price impact Prof. Peter Bank
Friday, Apr. 26, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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Portfolio selection under non-gaussianity and systemic risk: A machine learning based forecasting approach
Portfolio selection under non-gaussianity and systemic risk: A machine learning based forecasting approach Prof. Abderrahim Taamouti
Friday, Apr. 19, 2024 - 2:00 PM
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Semi-analytic pricing of American options in some time-dependent jump-diffusion models
Semi-analytic pricing of American options in some time-dependent jump-diffusion models Prof. Andrey Itkin
Friday, Apr. 19, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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Supermartingale Brenier's Theorem with full-marginals constraint
Supermartingale Brenier's Theorem with full-marginals constraint Prof. Dominykas Norgilas
Friday, Apr. 12, 2024 - 2:00 PM
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Bayesian Optimization of ESG Financial Investments
Bayesian Optimization of ESG Financial Investments Prof Eduardo César Garrido Merchán
Monday, Mar. 18, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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On the Bachelier implied volatility at extreme strikes
On the Bachelier implied volatility at extreme strikes Dr. Fabien Le Floc’h
Friday, Mar. 8, 2024 - 2:00 PM
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Unpacking the ESG ratings: Does one size fit all?
Unpacking the ESG ratings: Does one size fit all? Prof. Monica Billio
Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 - 2:00 PM
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On the implied volatility of European and Asian call options under the stochastic volatility Bachelier model
On the implied volatility of European and Asian call options under the stochastic volatility Bachelier model Makar Pravosud
Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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Good for the Planet, Good for the Wallet: The ESG Impact on Financial Performance in India
Good for the Planet, Good for the Wallet: The ESG Impact on Financial Performance in India Prof. Tauhidul Islam Tanin
Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 - 2:00 PM
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, TTU
On subordinated generalizations of 3 classical models of option pricing
On subordinated generalizations of 3 classical models of option pricing Dr. Grzegorz Krzyżanowski
Friday, Jan. 26, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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Risk budgeting portfolios: Existence and computation
Risk budgeting portfolios: Existence and computation Prof. Olivier Guéant
Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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Convergence of the fixed-point iteration for the Bass Local Volatility model
Convergence of the fixed-point iteration for the Bass Local Volatility model Dr. Gudmund Pammer
Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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Optimal Portfolio with Sustainable Attitudes under Cumulative Prospect Theory
Optimal Portfolio with Sustainable Attitudes under Cumulative Prospect Theory Prof. Massimiliano Kaucic
Friday, Nov. 10, 2023 - 12:00 PM
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Modeling Bitcoin Volatility: A Dual Perspective Analysis
Modeling Bitcoin Volatility: A Dual Perspective Analysis Prof. Abootaleb Shirvani
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023 - 2:00 PM
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When ESG talks: ESG tone of 10-K reports and its significance to stock markets
When ESG talks: ESG tone of 10-K reports and its significance to stock markets Dr. Konstantin Ignatov
Friday, Nov. 3, 2023 - 2:00 PM
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Investigating Short-Term Dynamics in Green Bond Markets
Investigating Short-Term Dynamics in Green Bond Markets Prof. Lorenzo Mercuri
Friday, Oct. 27, 2023 - 12:00 PM
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Strong vs. Stable: The Impact of ESG Ratings Momentum and their Volatility on the Cost of Equity Capital
Strong vs. Stable: The Impact of ESG Ratings Momentum and their Volatility on the Cost of Equity Capital Massimo Guidolin
Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 - 12:00 PM
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Identification and Estimation of Parameter Instability in High Dimensional Approximate Factor Models
Identification and Estimation of Parameter Instability in High Dimensional Approximate Factor Models Prof. Ruiqi Liu
Friday, Oct. 6, 2023 - 2:00 PM
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Folly and Fantasy in Finance
Folly and Fantasy in Finance Prof. Dilip Madan
Friday, Sep. 29, 2023 - 2:00 PM
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ESG integration strategy for stocks portfolios based on a resampling methodology with a multivariate normal distribution
ESG integration strategy for stocks portfolios based on a resampling methodology with a multivariate normal distribution Prof. Antonio Francisco de Almeida da Silva Jr.
Friday, Sep. 22, 2023 - 2:00 PM
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Hedonic Models of Real Estate Prices with ESG Factors
Hedonic Models of Real Estate Prices with ESG Factors Jason Bailey
Friday, Apr. 28, 2023 - 3:00 PM
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Did ESG Save the Day? Evidence From India During the COVID 19 Crisis
Did ESG Save the Day? Evidence From India During the COVID 19 Crisis Prof. Ved Beloskar
Friday, Apr. 21, 2023 - 10:00 AM
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How Do Investors Value Sustainability? A Utility-Based Preference Optimization
How Do Investors Value Sustainability? A Utility-Based Preference Optimization Dr. Aydin Aslan
Friday, Apr. 14, 2023 - 12:00 AM
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ESG compliant optimal portfolios: The impact of ESG constraints on portfolio optimization in a sample of European stocks
ESG compliant optimal portfolios: The impact of ESG constraints on portfolio optimization in a sample of European stocks Beatrice Bertelli
Friday, Mar. 31, 2023 - 12:00 PM
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A Comparison of ESG and Credit Ratings
A Comparison of ESG and Credit Ratings Prof. Thierry Roncalli
Friday, Mar. 24, 2023 - 12:00 PM
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Risk-return performance of optimized ESG equity portfolios in the NYSE
Risk-return performance of optimized ESG equity portfolios in the NYSE Prof. Javier Lopez Prol
Friday, Mar. 10, 2023 - 9:00 AM
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Do lower ESG rated companies have higher systemic impact? Empirical Evidence from Europe and the United States
Do lower ESG rated companies have higher systemic impact? Empirical Evidence from Europe and the United States Prof. Sandra Paterlini
Friday, Mar. 3, 2023 - 12:00 PM
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Equity costs and risks in emerging markets: Are ESG and Sharia principles complementary?
Equity costs and risks in emerging markets: Are ESG and Sharia principles complementary? Stefan Pisera
Friday, Feb. 24, 2023 - 12:00 PM
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The dilemma between ‘comply or explain’ and SRI, ESG methodology; transitional terminology
The dilemma between ‘comply or explain’ and SRI, ESG methodology; transitional terminology Prof. Kazuyuki Shimizu
Friday, Feb. 17, 2023 - 4:00 PM
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International market exposure to sovereign ESG
International market exposure to sovereign ESG Christian Morgenstern
Friday, Feb. 10, 2023 - 2:00 PM
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Cross-dispersion bias-adjusted ESG rankings
Cross-dispersion bias-adjusted ESG rankings Prof. Jean-Charles Garibal
Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 - 12:00 PM
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Sustainable Finance and E, S, and G Issues – Values versus value
Sustainable Finance and E, S, and G Issues – Values versus value Prof. Laura T Starks
Friday, Jan. 27, 2023 - 2:00 PM
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Does sustainability generate better financial performance? Review, meta-analysis, and propositions
Does sustainability generate better financial performance? Review, meta-analysis, and propositions Ulrich Atz
Friday, Jan. 20, 2023 - 2:00 PM
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On ESG Investing: Heterogeneous Preferences, Information, and Asset Prices
On ESG Investing: Heterogeneous Preferences, Information, and Asset Prices Prof. Lin Shen
Friday, Jan. 13, 2023 - 2:00 PM
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A simulation of the insurance industry: The problem of risk model homogeneity
A simulation of the insurance industry: The problem of risk model homogeneity Dr. Juan Sabuco
Friday, Dec. 2, 2022 - 2:00 PM
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Statistical analysis and stochastic interest rate modelling for valuing the future with implications in climate change mitigation
Statistical analysis and stochastic interest rate modelling for valuing the future with implications in climate change mitigation Prof. John Geanakoplos
Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 - 2:00 PM
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The economic impact of ESG ratings
The economic impact of ESG ratings Prof. Julian Koelbel
Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 - 2:00 PM
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A unified Bayesian framework for pricing catastrophe bond derivatives
A unified Bayesian framework for pricing catastrophe bond derivatives Prof. Matthew Dixon
Friday, Nov. 4, 2022 - 2:00 PM
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ESG investments: Filtering versus machine learning approaches
ESG investments: Filtering versus machine learning approaches Dr. Carmine de Franco
Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 - 12:00 PM
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Quantile diffusions for risk analysis
Quantile diffusions for risk analysis Prof. Andrea Macrina
Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 - 2:00 PM
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Mathematical psychology of behavioural dynamics
Mathematical psychology of behavioural dynamics Prof. Dorje C. Brody
Friday, Oct. 14, 2022 - 12:00 PM
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Cross-sectional explanatory power of ESG features
Cross-sectional explanatory power of ESG features Prof. Damien Challet
Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 - 12:00 PM
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The China trade shock and the ESG performances of US firms
The China trade shock and the ESG performances of US firms Prof. Hui Xu
Friday, Sep. 23, 2022 - 1:00 PM
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ESGBERT: Language model to help with classification tasks related to companies ESG practice
ESGBERT: Language model to help with classification tasks related to companies ESG practice Srishti Mehra
Friday, Sep. 16, 2022 - 2:00 PM
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Environmental, Social, Governance scores and the missing pillar: Why does missing information matter?
Environmental, Social, Governance scores and the missing pillar: Why does missing information matter? Dr. Oezge Sahin
Friday, Sep. 9, 2022 - 12:00 PM
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Artificial intelligence with uncertainty quantification can plug gaps in climate science and inform multi-sector resilience
Artificial intelligence with uncertainty quantification can plug gaps in climate science and inform multi-sector resilience Prof. Auroop Ganguly
Friday, Sep. 2, 2022 - 2:00 PM
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