MSc Thesis Defence Financial Economics

THESIS DEFENCE

7-9 June

FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

ON CAMPUS

7 June

room 310 13:30-13:55 Emergeing Organisational Structures Measured by Their Impact on Financial Performance | Eglė Rocevičiūtė 13:55-14:20 The Impact of Earnings Stripping Rules on Financial Leverage of Corporations in Poland | Julijonas Kartanas 14:20-14:45 Performance of SaaS companies compared to other classes of tech companies | Filip Daineka 14:45-15:10 Sin Stocks’ Overperformance: Is It Ubiquitous? The Comparison of Traditional vs. Newly Emerged Sin Stocks | Brigita Gladkytė 15:10-15:25 TEA/COFFE BREAK 15:25-15:50 The Effect of Public Information on Stock Performance During Money Laundering Scandals of Nordic Banks Operating in the Baltics | Justina Anušauskaitė

ON CAMPUS

7 June

room 310

15:50-16:15 The Relationship between Financial Inclusion, Poverty and Income Inequality in MENA Countries | Viktorija Arlauskaitė 16:15-16:40 Research on China's OFDI in Central and Eastern Europe: the Impact on its Central and Eastern Europe Economic Development Under the Belt and Road | Xu Fangrui 16:40-17:05 The Relationship Between Retail Investments and Income Inequality | Judita Gapševičiūtė

Commission for the Defence of Theses: 1st committee.Chairperson: Prof. Dr.Tomoyuki Hashimoto Members: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asta Klimavičienė, Dr. Dmitrij Katkov, Dokt.Aleksandr Christenko, Dokt.Nomeda Lisauskiene 2nd committee.Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asta Klimavičienė Members: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tomoyuki Hashimoto, Dr. Dmitrij Katkov, Dokt.Aleksandr Christenko, Dokt.Nomeda Lisauskiene

ON CAMPUS room 310

8 June

10:00-10:25 The Impact of Firm-Level Environmental, Social & Governance Performance on Macro-Level Indicators in European Countries | Greta Grigalevičiūtė 10:25-10:50 Transition From LIBOR to RFR - Volatility Analysis and Comparison of Rates Contribution to Price Discovery Process | Edita Kunicka 10:50-11:15 ESG Stocks' Response to the Liquidity Shock Caused by the Covid-19: Analysis from Capital Retention Perspective in Relation to the Existing EU Regulation to Promote ESG market's growth | Linas Bagdonas 11:15-11:40 Green Bonds: Development and Impact on Corporate Debt in EU | Aistė Stasiukaitytė 11:40 – 13:00 LUNCH BREAK

ON CAMPUS

8 June

room 310

13:00-13:25 Impact of COVID-19 on Residential Real Estate: Case of Baltic States Capitals | Ieva Šeputytė 13:25-13:50 Factors affecting the Shadow Economy in Lithuanian Regions | Šarūnas Vitkus 13:50-14:15 The Impact of Car Taxation on CO2 Emissions in the European Union | Paulius Čeponis 14:15-14:40 What Components Shall Be Included in the Construction of Internal Governance Maturity Model for European Union Licensed Non-Banking Financial Institutions | Raimund Marcinkevič 14:40-15:00 TEA/COFFEE BREAK 15:00-15:25 Relevance of ESG Factors for Company Performance in Eastern European Countries | Eglė Vaicekauskaitė

ON CAMPUS room 310

8 June

15:25-15:50 The Effect of ESG Scores on Corporate Cash Holdings | Pavel Novicki 15:50-16:15 The Abolishment of Covid-19 Restrictions, Stock Markets Responses, and Correlation with the Global Health Security Index: an Event Study, and Regression Analysis for the EU Countries | Lukas Mudėnas 16:15 - 16:40 EU Funding Impact on Economic Growth.

Case of Lithuania | Kotryna Rudelytė

Commission for the Defence of Theses: Chairperson: Prof. Dr.Tomoyuki Hashimato Members: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asta Klimavičienė, Dr. Dmitrij Katkov, Dokt.Aleksandr Christenko, Dokt.Nomeda Lisauskiene

ON CAMPUS room 310

9 June

09:00-09:25 Macroeconomic Determinants of Income Inequality in European Countries | Ana Agėjavaitė 09:25-09:50 Testing Use Of Pecking Order and Tradeoff Theories in Real Estate Markets in United Kingdom and Sweden | Gabrielė Kaselytė 09:50-10:15 Assessment of the Relationship Between Populism of European Union Governments and Their Sovereign Borrowing Costs | Gabrielius Lapinskas 10:15-10:40 A Game Theoretic Approach to Value Investing in the Presence of Information Asymmetry | Saisundar Namirajan 10:40-11:05 Assessment of the Credit Transmission Channel in Lithuania | Andrė Česnakaitė

ON CAMPUS room 310

9 June

11:05-11:30 Impact of Conventional and Unconventional Monetary Policy on Income Inequality | Paula Jančiauskaitė 11:30-11:55 Peer-to-Peer Consumer Lending Platforms: Problems and Policy Implications | Ieva Karklytė

Commission for the Defence of Theses: Chairperson: Prof. Dr.Tomoyuki Hashimato Members: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asta Klimavičienė, Dr. Dmitrij Katkov, Dokt.Aleksandr Christenko, Dokt.Nomeda Lisauskiene