Programme

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Presentations: Presenters are allocated a 30-minute slot with a 20-25-minute presentation that will be followed by a 5–10-minute general discussion. Speakers and session chairs should meet in the lecture theatre at least 5 minutes prior to their session starting. PhD Students will be there to upload your presentation to the screen.

Thursday, 10  September 2026

Time

Details

Room
09:15-09:45

Conference Registration and Refreshments

 LUMS Breakout
09:45-11:15

Session 1A – Misconduct

 LUMS LT2
Chair: Mark Buxton Support: Shanth Vidya Babu
Paul Sibille, HEC Liège – University of Liège & CMK – Hasselt University
A Star is Born: When Financial Conflicts of Interest Give Rise to Publication Bias in Economics (with Julien Hambuckers, University of Liège & Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen & Stephan Bruns, CMK – Hasselt University & METRICS, Stanford University & INCHER, Universitat Kassel
Günter Strobl, University of Vienna
The Economics of Scientific Misconduct (with Andrew Winton, University of Minnesota)
Mark Buxton. University of Illinois at Springfield
Mirror, Mirror on the Server: ChatGPT Reveals Who’s Most Likely to Commit Financial Crimes (with Serkan Karadas & Minh Tam Tammy Schlosky, University of Illinois at Springfield)
09:45-11:15

Session 1B – Political Contributions, Firm Valuations

 LUMS LT3
Chair: Yurtsev Uymaz Support: Weiqi Zhang
Dieter Hess, Universität zu Köln
The EPS Growth Illusion: How Analysts’ Share Count Forecasts Shape Valuation Perceptions (with Nathalie Zährl, Universität zu Köln
Yanyu Liu, University of Bristol
Return on Campaign Contributions in the Mutual Fund Industry (with Xinyu Cu, University of Bristol & Olga Kolokolova, Lancaster University)
Yurtsev Uymaz, University of East Anglia
Political Donations and Environmental Violations (with Yener Altunbas, Bangor University, John Thornton, US Department of the Treasury & Patrycja Klusak, Harriot-Watt University
11:15-11:45

Refreshment Break

 LUMS Breakout
11:45-12:45

Session 2A – Cyber Risk

 LUMS LT2
Chair: Hao Ma Support: Reka Lantos
Chenwei Wang, University of Manchester
Capturing Cyber Risk in the UK Equity Market (with Ser-Huang Poon, University of Manchester, Siliang Wei, University of London & Yakubu Tsado, Manchester Metropolitan University
Hao Ma, Queen Mary University of London
Missing Not at Random: Cyber Risk and Asset Prices (with Tri Minh Phan, University of Basel
11:45-12:45

Session 2B – Incentives and Misconduct

 LUMS LT3
Chair: Murat Tiniç Support: Shanth Vidya Babu
Yang Zhao, University of Liverpool
The Dark Side of Credit Default Swaps: Empty Creditors and Corporate Misconduct (with Hafiz Hoque, Swansea University)
Murat Tiniç, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Market Transparency and Investor Activism (with Aslı Togan, Kadir Has University)
12:45-14:15

LUNCH
14:15-15:45 Session 3A – Prediction Markets LUMS LT2
Chair: Hunter Ng Support: Weiqi Zhang
Roberto Rozzi, University of London
How Manipulable are Prediction Markets? (with Itzhak Rasooly, University of London)
Roberto Gomez Cram, London Business School
Prediction Market Accuracy: Crowd Wisdom or Informed Minority?  (with Yunhan Guo and Howard Kung, London Business School & Theis Ingerslev Jensen, Yale University)
Hunter Ng, Baruch College
Price Discovery and Trading in Modern Prediction Markets (with Dexin Zhou and Lin Peng, Baruch College & Yubo Tao, University of Macau)
14:15-15:45 Session 3B – Financial Crime, Retail investors LUMS LT3
Chair: David Pereira Support: Shanth Vidya Babu
Pierre-François Weyders, University of Liège
FACT-AML: Functional Features for Money Laundering Detection in Retail Banking (with Julien Hambuckers, University of Liège)Jiayi Wei, INSEAD
The Real Effects of Anonymous Payment Systems: Evidence from Bitcoin ATMs
David Pereira, University of Lisbon
Do Size and Proximity Matter in Consumer Protection? Evidence from the Portuguese Mortgage Market and Supervisory Interventions (with Diana Bonfim, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics & Ana Venâncio, ISEG
15:45-16:15

Refreshment Break

 LUMS Breakout
16:15-17:45

Session 4 – Keynote (Plenary)

Carol  Alexander, University of Sussex “Coordinated Journals, Concentrated Networks and Citation Growth: Evidence from Finance”

 LUMS LT1
Chair: Olga Kolokolova Support: Reka Lantos
17:45-18:00

CRUCIAL Best Paper Award

 LUMS LT1
18:30-21:00

Drinks Reception and Conference Dinner

 Lancaster House Hotel
18:30-19:00   Drinks Reception
19:00-21:00   Conference Dinner
Lancaster House Hotel is literally a 2-minute walk away from the Management School. The full address is Green Lane, Lancaster, LA1 4GJ.

Friday, 11  September 2026

Time

Details

Room
09:00-09:30

Refreshments

 LUMS Breakout
09:30-10:45

Session 5 – Keynote (Plenary)

Peter Leitch, Chartered Cyber Security Professional

“Business Risk Management in a Cyber and AI World”

 LUMS LT1
Chair: Olga Kolokolova Support: Reka Lantos
10:45-11:15

Refreshment Break

 LUMS Breakout
11:15-12:45

Session 6A – Tax-related Fraud, DeFi

 LUMS LT2
Chair: Bismark Addai Support: Shanth Vidya Babu
Denisa Banulescu-Radu, University of Orleans
Shortfall in Tax Revenue: Evaluating the Social Security Contribution Fraud in France (with Sylvain Benoit, University Paris-Dauphine, PSL University & Christophe Hurlin, University of Orleans, LEO, and Institute Universitaire de France
Lijie Yu, University of Strathclyde
The (Unintended) Environmental Impacts of the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut (with Dimitris Andriosopoulos and Sheng Li, University of Strathclyde
Bismark Addai, University Canada West
Decentralized Finance, Systemic Risk Transmission and Contagion Risk: Assessing Spillover Effects on an Advanced Financial System (with Mohsen Ghodrat and Peiling Li, University Canada West)
11:15-12:45

Session 6B Market Manipulation

 LUMS LT3
Chair: Xin Jiang Support: Weiqi Zhang
Kaitao Lin, The World Federation of Exchanges Ltd
Defining Market Manipulation: A Global NLP Analysis of Regulatory Heterogeneity Across Jurisdictions (with Pedro Gurrola, World Federation of Exchanges)
Vu Tran, Henley Business School
When Attention Is Not Enough? Social Media Recommendations and Stock Price Manipulation (with Douglas Cumming, School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology, Shan Ji, Zhejiang Gongshang University & Monika Tarsalewska, University of Exeter
Xin Jiang, Kyoto University
Intraday High-Frequency Manipulation in China’s Securities Market: How Trading Mechanisms Reshape Manipulative Strategies
12:45-14:15

LUNCH
14:15-15:45

Session 7A – Inside Trading and Disclosure

 LUMS LT2
Chair: Bharat Raj Parajuli Support: Reka Lantos

Alexis Stenfors, University of Portsmouth

AI-Driven Financial Market Surveillance of Shadow Insider Trading (with Boyu Li, University of Technology Sydney, Kaveesha Hewage, Ting Guo, Fang Chen, University of Technology Sydney & Peter Mere, Macquarie University

Andreas Höfer, Hochschule der Deutschen Bundesbank

Seasonal Effects in US Insider Transactions (with Gabriel Cetatino Offermann, Deutsche Bundsbank)
Bharat Raj Parajuli, Monash University
Weaponized Salience: Firm-Initiated Stock Promotions and the Failure of Mandatory Disclosure with Jonathan A. Brogaard, University of Utah)
Irem Erten, Warwick Business School
Blind until Shaken! Shareholder Voting without Shareholders
15:45

E n d   o f   C o n f e r e n c e
On behalf of the Conference Committee, thank you for participating in the FFMM 2026 Conference. We wish you a safe onward travel and look forward to seeing you again soon.