CfP Deadline Date:
from July 1 to August 31, 2019
Conference Event:
16-17 December 2019
Event Location:
Institut Louis Bachelier, Paris, France
Organizer(s):
Journal of Corporate Finance
The financial implications of climatic change risks – in a context of evolving climate policies – are still understudied. Specific research areas to be covered include the use of capital markets to create market-based emissions trading systems, the efficiency of the market pricing of climatic risks, the role of venture capital and alternative finance to develop new low-emissions technologies, the climate risks assessment and disclosure for banks and non-financial companies, the contribution of project finance and private equity to building clean energy projects, the financial management decisions affected by climate risks and policies, the corporate governance conflicts and incentives in addressing climate risks, and the design of investment strategies to hedge climate risks and liabilities.
Suggestions for research topics (to name a few) include:
- Efficiency of the market pricing of climate risks
- Causal links between global warming and firm or industry cash flows
- Venture capital, crowdfunding, and alternative finance for clean-tech
- Green bonds and green financial institutions
- Valuation of stranded assets in energy and carbon intensive industries
- Private equity and project finance for renewable energy investments
- Agency conflict, board oversight, and corporate governance incentives in dealing with climate risks Institutional investors and climate change
- Green lending and green stress testing
- Hedging climate risks
- Corporate disclosure regarding carbon and climate risk exposures
Further Information:
Articles submitted to the conference that fall within the scope of the Journal of Corporate Finance may be considered for a special issue on the Finance of Climate Change in the Journal under its dual review process.
Link Conference: The Finance of Climate Change