2nd GDUFE-ADB-ADBI-APAEA WORKSHOP
Theme “Climate Change, Debt Management, and Fiscal Policy Design"
June 27, 2025
The Westin GRANDE SUKHUMVIT, BANGKOK
259 Sukhumvit 19, Sukhumvit Road
Schedule
Agenda (BANGKOK TIME)
8:30am - 9:40am
Welcome by APAEA-GDUFE, Prof. Paresh Narayan (APAEA) and Weixing Cai (Dean, GDUFE)
8:40am - 8:45am
Welcome speech by Dean, Prof. Bambang Brodjonegoro (Dean, ADBI)
8:45am – 8:50am
Welcome speech by Dr. John Beirne, Principal Economist, ADB
8:50am - 10:30am
Workshop Session 1
10:30am – 10:50am
Tea Break
10:50am – 12:30pm
Workshop Session 2
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Lunch Break
2:00pm – 3:40pm
Workshop Session 3
3:40pm - 3:50pm
Closing remarks
Prof. Susan Sunila Sharma
3:50pm
Tea Break & Networking
WORKSHOP DETAILS
WORKSHOP SESSION 1| Chair: TBC (ADBI)
8:50am – 9:20am
Title: Quantifying the impact of economic resilience and climate resilience on sustainable economic development: A cross-country panel data analysis
Authors: Md. Bokhtiar Hasan (Islamic University, Kushtia-7003, Bangladesh), Gazi Salah Uddin (Linköping University, Sweden), Donghyun Park (ADB), Md. Sumon Ali (University of Texas at El Paso), John Beirne (ADB)
Presenter: Gazi Salah Uddin
Discussant: K P Prabheesh (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad)
9:20am – 9:50am
Title: Role of Carbon price and Carbon tax on and inclusive growth: a sectoral cross-country empirical analysis using LP-DID framework
Authors: Anh Le (Goethe University Frankfurt), Gazi Salah Uddin (Linköping University, Sweden), John Beirne (ADB), Donghyun Park (ADB)
Presenters: Anh Le
Discussant: Bhavesh Gard (Indian Institute of Technology Ropar)
9:50am – 10:20am
Title: Timing the market: When to issue sovereign debt after disasters?
Authors: Alexander Raabe (ADB)
Presenter: Alexander Raabe (ADB)
Discussant: Rohit Kishore (APAEA)
10:20am – 10:30am
Open-floor discussion
10:30am-10:50am
TEA BREAK
WORKSHOP SESSION 2| Chair: Dr. Donghyun Park (ADB)
10:50am – 11:20am
Title: Real time local air quality monitoring and corporate tax avoidance
Authors: Xi Bai (GUFE), Junming Li (GUFE), Weixing Cai (GUFE) and Youze Zhang (GUFE)
Presenters: Xi Bai
Discussant: Gazi Salah Uddin (Linköping University)
11:20am – 11:50am
Title: Climate risk disclosure and collaborative innovation
Authors: Fan Hu (GUFE), Bao Qi (GUFE), Zhaogui Liu (GUFE)
Presenter: Fan Hu
Discussant: Anh Le (Goethe University Frankfurt)
11:50am - 12:20pm
Title: Not all costs are created equal: How climate policy uncertainty deepens expense stickiness
Authors: Yongyuan Chen (GUFE) and Kungcheng Ho (GUFE)
Presenter: Kungcheng Ho
Discussant: John Beirne (ADB)
12:30pm-2:00pm
LUNCH BREAK
WORKSHOP SESSION 3| Chair: APAEA/GUFE (TBC)
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Title: Debt Sustainability and the effectiveness of fiscal policy tools: The case of the Maldives
Authors: Paresh Narayan (Monash University), Aminath Seema Ismail (Maldives Monetary Authority), Mohamed Imthinan Saudulla (Maldives Monetary Authority) and Syed Aun Rizvi (Lahore University of Management Science)
Presenter: Imthinan Saudulla
Discussant: Yaobo Shi (Xi’an Uni. of Technology)
2:30pm – 3:00pm
Title: The Impact of Climate-Related Disasters on Digital Economy: International Evidence
Authors: Mo Chen (Xi’an University of Technology)
Presenter: Mo Chen
Discussant: Badri Narayan Rath (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad)
3:30pm – 3:40pm
CLOSING REMARKS: Prof. Susan Sharma
3:40pm
Open-floor discussion
3:45pm – 4:15pm
NETWORKING— TEA/COFFEE
7:00pm – 9:00pm
CONFERENCE DINNER (Venue TBA later)