13th Annual Conference
Accounting

 
 
18
May
2026
Monday

Current Topics in Accounting I
Chair: Grace FAN (Singapore Management University)

Venue: Cuscaden

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Information Externalities of Corporate Earnings Disclosures: Evidence from SME Procurement Decisions
Weiqian LIU (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Kevin TSENG* (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
George YANG (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:
Xiaoli TIAN (Georgetown University)
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Does Disclosure Mandate Affect Firms' Contribution to Poverty Alleviation?
Yao LU* (Cornell University)
Taijie TANG (Nanjing University)
Tusheng XIAO (Central University of Finance and Economics)
Luo ZUO (National University of Singapore and ABFER)

Discussant:
Hai LU (University of Toronto)
11:00 am – 11:30 am
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Building Human Capital: The Influence of Workplace Transparency
Ed DEHAAN (Stanford University)
Tao WANG (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Frank ZHOU (University of Pennsylvania)
Yuqing ZHOU* (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:
Alexander LJUNGQVIST (Stockholm School of Economics and ABFER)


 
19
May
2026
Tuesday

Current Topics in Accounting II
Chair: Yuyan GUAN (Nanyang Technological University)

Venue: Cuscaden

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Value of Man in AI + Man: Field Evidence from Small Business Lending
Xia CHEN* (Singapore Management University and ABFER)
Qiang CHENG (Singapore Management University and ABFER)
Guanqun DOU (Fudan University)
Shuai SHAO (Zhejiang University)

Discussant:
Miao LIU (Boston College)
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The Real Effects of Administrative Disclosure on Cross-Border Trade
Guoman SHE* (National University of Singapore)
Ricky Xu YAO (University of Hong Kong)
Le ZHAO (Nankai University)

Discussant:
Kelvin LAW (Nanyang Technological University)
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
When Employees Speak Up: The Role of Confidential Witnesses in Shareholder Litigation of Financial Disclosure Fraud
Szu-fan CHEN (National Taiwan University)
Shiheng WANG (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Yue ZHENG* (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Discussant:
Douglas SKINNER (University of Chicago and ABFER)


* Presenter. Program is subjected to change. Updated 2 Mar 2026.

Session Format

Three papers will be presented during each session. Each paper lasts for one hour, including 25 minutes for presentation, 20 minutes for discussion and 15 minutes for Q&A. There will be a 30 minutes break after two papers.

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Program Director Conference Organizer
Qiang CHENG (Singapore Management University and ABFER)
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Luo ZUO (National University of Singapore and ABFER)
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Yun LOU (Singapore Management University and ABFER)
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Lynn Linghuan WANG (National University of Singapore)
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