Program

 

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Mon, Dec 13
8:30am
Sun, Dec 12
7:30pm
Sun, Dec 12
6:30pm
Sun, Dec12
4:30pm

Day1: December 13, 2021 

SESSION 1
Moderator: Chao Tang, HKUST

Hong Kong Time

December 13, 2021                                    

Program
08:30 - 08:40am Welcome from the Conference Organizing Committee
Mingyi Hung, Head of Accounting Department, HKUST
8:40 -  9:35am

Paper 1:

Mandatory Disclosure by Credit Rating Agencies and Investment Sensitivity to Stock Price: A Managerial Learning Perspective
by Jaewoo Kim, Seyoung Park, and Ryan Wilson
Presenter: Ryan Wilson, University of Oregon
Discussant: Vicki Wei Tang, Gerogetown University 

9:35 - 9:40am Break
9:40 - 10:35am

Paper 2:

Everlasting Fraud
by Vivian W. Fang, Nan Li, Wenyu Wang, and Gaoqing Zhang
Presenter: Gaoqing Zhang, University of Minnesota
Discussant: Valeri Nikolaev, University of Chicago

10:35 - 10:50am Break
 
SESSION 2
Moderator: Siddharth Bhambhwani, HKUST
10:50 - 11:45am

Paper 3:

How Do Managers Greenwash? Evidence from Earnings Conference Calls 
by Luzi Hail, Shawn Kim and Rachel Xi Zhang
Presenter: Rahel Xi Zhang, National University of Singapore
Discussant: Aaron S. Yoon, Northwestern University

11:45 - 11:50am Break
11:50am - 12:45pm

Paper 4:

Sequential Reporting Bias
by Cyrus Aghamolla, IIan Guttman, and Evgeny Petrov
Presenter: Evgeny Petrov, HKUST
Discussant: Henry L. Friedman, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Day 2: December 14, 2021

 

 Hong Kong Time
December 14, 2021
Program
 
SESSION 3
Moderator: Arthur Morris, HKUST
08:30 - 09:25am    

Paper 5: 

Inclusive Managers

by Wei Cai, Ethan Rouen, and Yuan Zou
Presenter: Yuan Zou, Harvard Business School
Discussant: Venky Nagar, University of Michigan

09:25 - 9:30am

Break                                                     

09:30 - 10:25am      

Paper 6: 

Industry Peer Information and the Equity Valuation Accuracy of Firms Emerging from Chapter 11
by Bingxu Fang, Sasan Saly, and Dushyantkumar Vyas
Presenter: Dushyantkumar Vyas, University of Toronto
Discussant: Thomas Bourveau, Columbia University

10:25 - 10:40am

Break

10:40 - 11:35am

Paper 7: 

The Economic Consequences of Firms' Commitment to ESG Polices
by Dan Amiram, IIanit Gavious, Chao Jin, and Xinlei Li
Presenter: Xinlei Li, HKUST
Discussant: Scott Liao, University of Toronto