# The 2025 HKUST Accounting Research Symposium
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# The 2025 HKUST Accounting Research Symposium
Program
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## Program
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### Day 1: December 15, 2025 (Monday)
| Venue: | Room 3001, 3/F, Lee Shau Kee Business Building, HKUST |
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| 08:30 – 09:30 | Registration, Tea and Refreshments |
| 09:30 – 09:35 | **Welcome Speech** *Allen Huang*, *Head of Accounting Department, HKUST* |
| **Time** | **Program** |
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| 09:35 - 10:35 | **Paper 1:** **[Media Attention to ESG Controversies and Earnings Announcements](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Accounting%20Symposium/2025/BWY_1203_HKUST.pdf)** by Sanjeev Bhojraj, Emma Wang and Elisha Yu Presenter: *Emma Wang, Cornell University* Discussant: *James Naughton, University of Virginia* Moderator*: Jaesik Kim, HKUST* |
| 10:35 - 11:00 | Refreshment Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | **Paper 2:** [**Whistleblowing and Accountant Arbitrage: Evidence from Foreign Firms in the U.S.**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Accounting%20Symposium/2025/Paper%202_41-SEC_Whistleblowing_and_Foreign_Firms-2.pdf) by Yupeng Lin, Yalin Song and Rencheng Wang Presenter: *Rencheng Wang, Singapore Management University* Discussant: *Andrew Van Buskirk, The Ohio State University* Moderator: *Qingkai Dong, HKUST* |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | **Paper 3:** [**Machine Readability and Voluntary Disclosure**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Accounting Symposium/2025/Paper 3 _ New_HMSY 2 11.20.2025.pdf) by Thomas C. Hagenberg, Brian P. Miller, Anish Sharma and Teri Lombardi Yohn Presenter: *Thomas C. Hagenberg, Northwestern University* Discussant: *Andrew Call, University of Southern California* Moderator: *Tony Cho, HKUST* |
| 15:00 - 15:25 | Refreshment Break |
| 15:25 -16:25 | **Paper 4:** [**Revenue-Sharing Leases, Incomplete Contracting, and Accounting Information**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Accounting%20Symposium/2025/Paper%204_nagar_schoenfeld.pdf) by Venky Nagar and Jordan Schoenfeld Presenter: *Jordan Schoenfeld, Ohio State University* Discussant: *Sterling Huang, New York University - Shanghai* Moderator: *Wilbur Chen, HKUST* |
| 16:25 - 18:00 | Happy Hour |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | Transportation |
| 18:30 - 20:30 | Dinner |
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### Day 2: December 16, 2025 (Tuesday)
| Venue: | Room 3001, 3/F, Lee Shau Kee Business Building, HKUST |
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| 08:30 – 09:00 | Tea and Refreshments |
| **Time** | **Program** |
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| 09:00 -10:00 | **Paper 5:** [**Shareholder Democracy and Strategic Differentiation in Capital Markets**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Accounting%20Symposium/2025/Paper%205_CHM%20paper%202025%20HKUST.pdf) by Hui Chen, Zeqiong Huang and Mingxuan Ma Presenter: *Zeqiong Huang, Yale University* Discussant: *Pierre Liang, Carnegie Mellon University* Moderator: *Chao Tang, HKUST* |
| 10:00 - 10:25 | Refreshment Break |
| 10:25 - 11:25 | **Paper 6:** [**Partisanship, Information, and Punishment for Misconduct at Work**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Accounting%20Symposium/2025/Paper%206%20(new)_PWZ_PartisanPunish.pdf) by Vivek Pandey, Joanna S Wu and Yuanzhe Zhang Presenter: *Vivek Pandey*, *University of Rochester* Discussant: *Mani Sethuraman, Cornell University* Moderator: *Emily Wang, HKUST* |
| 11:25 - 11:50 | Refreshment Break |
| 11:50 - 12:50 | **Paper 7:** [**Environmental Covenants and Lenders’ Economic Incentives**](https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/sites/accounting/files/Accounting%20Symposium/2025/Paper%207_83-dmme.pdf) by Ting Dai, Daniele Macciocchi and Arthur Morris Presenter: *Arthur Morris, HKUST* Discussant: *Maria Correia, London School of Economics* Moderator: *Benda Yin, HKUST* |
| 12:50 - 14:00 | Box Lunch |