Time/时间:5月20日(周一) 15:00-16:30
Venue/地点:嘉庚二号楼501教室
Topic/题目:Opioid Epidemic and the Implied Cost of Equity Capital
Speaker/报告人:曹杰教授(香港理工大学)
Facilitator/主持人:王荔红教授
Abstract/摘要:We examine the impact of opioid abuse on firms’ financing costs in the equity market. We document that firms’ exposure to opioid abuse leads to a higher implied cost of equity capital. Using the state laws that legalize recreational marijuana, we establish the causality of this relationship. The adverse effects are exacerbated for firms in labor-intensive industries and in states with enacted labor-protective laws, and they can be alleviated if firms have more power to regulate employees. Furthermore, we find active institutional investors screen out firms exposed to opioid abuse. We conclude that investors demand return compensation for labor risks associated with higher opioid abuse exposure. Additional evidence indicates that firms turn to the debt market when facing higher equity financing costs caused by opioid abuse.
About the Speaker/报告人简介:曹杰教授现任香港理工大学会计与金融学院正教授,他亦担任香港证监会学术评审谘询委员会委员,香港金融管理局金融研究院谘询委员,以及联合国可持续证券交易所倡议组织学术委员。在加入香港理工大学之前,曹杰教授曾执教于香港中文大学商学院并获得终身教职。曹杰教授于2002年获得北京大学经济学学士学位,并于2009年在美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校获得金融学博士学位。他的研究领域为实证资产定价,金融衍生品,以及可持续金融等。他的研究成果见诸于 Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science 等顶级金融学及管理学期刊。他多次获得香港研究局的项目资助,并获得瑞士日内瓦财富研究院,加拿大衍生品研究院等多个海外科研机构的研究支持。
曹杰教授目前担任国际知名金融期刊 International Review of Finance 的共同主编以及国际权威金融期刊 Financial Management 的副主编。他亦担任CFA创办的金融业界国际权威期刊 Financial Analysts Journal 及知国际名会计期刊 China Accounting and Finance Review 的编委会成员。他承担多种国际一流期刊的评审工作,并担任香港研究局及加拿大社会科学和人文科学研究理事会的外部评审专家。