The 2018 HKUST Accounting Research Symposium

Program

December 13, 2018 (Thursday)

TIME	ACTIVITY
19:00 - 22:00	Welcome Reception at UniQue of Conference Lodge

Day1: December 14, 2018 (Friday)

Venue: Room 1001, 1/F, LSK Business Building

TIME	ACTIVITY
08:35 - 08:50	Tea and Refreshments
08:50 - 09:00	Welcome from the Conference Organizing Committee Kevin Chen, Head of Accounting Department, HKUST
09:00 - 10:30	Keynote speech by Professor Wayne Guay, University of Pennsylvania
10:30 - 10:45	Tea Break
SESSION 1 Moderator: Chao Tang, HKUST
10:45 - 11:45	Politics and Specificity of Information: Evidence from Financial Analysts’ Earnings Forecasts in a Relationship-based Economy by Forester Wong, T.J. Wong and Tianyu Zhang Presenter: T.J. Wong, University of Southern California Discussant: Jenny Chu, Cambridge Judge Business School
11:45 - 12:45	When Do Investors Pay Attention to Foreign Filings? by Jedson Pinto and Edward Sul Presenter: Edward Sul, George Washington University Discussant: Dushyantkumar Vyas, University of Toronto
12:45 - 14:00	Lunch at LSK 7/F Lounge
SESSION 2 Moderator: Emily Wang, HKUST
14:00 - 15:00	Crowdsourced Financial Analysis and Information Asymmetry at Earnings Announcements by Enrique A. Gomez, Frank L. Heflin, James R. Moon, Jr. and James D. Warren Presenter: James R. Moon Jr, Georgia Institute of Technology Discussant: Angela Gore, The George Washington University
15:00 - 16:00	Action-Based Contracts Between Firms and Shareholders by Jordan Schoenfeld Presenter: Jordan Schoenfeld, Georgetown University Discussant: Oktay Urcan, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
16:00 - 16:15	Tea Break
16:15 - 17:15	Financial Statement Complexity and Bank Lending by Indraneel Chakraborty, Andrew J. Leone, Miguel Minutti-Meza and Matthew A. Philips Presenter: Miguel Minutti-Meza, University of Miami Discussant: Christopher Williams, University of Michigan
17:45	Dinner at Sai Kung

Day 2: December 15, 2018 (Saturday)

Venue: Room 1001, 1/F, LSK Business Building

TIME	ACTIVITY
08:45 - 09:00	Tea and Refreshments
SESSION 3 Moderator: Evgeny Petrov, HKUST
09:00 - 10:00	Input Price Shocks and Investment: Evidence from OEMs by Rimmy E. Tomy Presenter: Rimmy Tomy, University of Chicago Discussant: Gans Narayanamoorthy, Tulane University
10:00 - 11:00	Do Managers Avoid Disclosing to High Frequency Traders? by Danqi Hu and Andrew Stephan Presenter: Danqi Hu, Northwestern University Discussant: Andrew Van Buskirk, The Ohio State University
11:00 - 11:15	Tea Break
11:15 - 12:15	The Complementarities of Accounting Information and Its Off-equilibrium Role by Frank Gigler and Chao Tang Presenter: Chao Tang, HKUST Discussant: Tim Baldenius, Columbia Business School
12:15 - 14:00	Lunch at China Garden Restaurant (G/F)