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Conference Agenda

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Session Overview

Session

Trading

Time:

Saturday, 14/Mar/2026:

10:00am - 11:45am

Session Chair: Mirela Sandulescu

Location: Pacific 3

Presentations

The Rise of Derivatives and Off-Exchange Trading and Its Impact on Price Discovery and Volatility

Pankaj Jain¹, Lai Xu², Zhaoque {Chosen} Zhou³

¹University of Memphis, United States of America; ²Syracuse University; ³Washington University in St. Louis

Attention on Insider Trading: EDGAR Visits, Investor Sophistication, and Informational Advantage

Mingzhi Du

University of Toledo, United States of America

Animal Spirits on Steroids: Evidence From Retail Options Trading in India

Vikas Agarwal³, Pulak Ghosh⁴, Nagpurnanand Prabhala¹, Haibei Zhao²

¹Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School, United States of America; ²Lehigh University; ³Georgia State University; ⁴IIM Bangalore