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The 2024 HKUST Accounting Research Symposium
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The 2024 HKUST Accounting Research Symposium

Source: https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/research/research-symposium/2024symposium/program Parent: https://acct.hkust.edu.hk/research/research-symposium/2024symposium

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The 2024 HKUST Accounting Research Symposium

Program

Introduction

Registration

Accommodation

Paper Submission

Program

Visas

Transportation

Visitor Guide to HKUST and Hong Kong

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Day 1: December 16, 2024 (Monday)

Venue: Room 3003, 3/F, Lee Shau Kee Business Building, HKUST
08:30 – 09:30 Registration, Tea and Refreshments
09:30 – 09:40 Welcome Speech Mingyi Hung, Head of Accounting Department, HKUST

SESSION 1 Moderator: Tony Cho, HKUST

Time Program
09:40 - 10:40 Paper 1: Employer and Employee Responses to Generative AI: Early Evidence by Philip G. Berger, Wei Cai, Lin Qiu and Cindy Xinyi Shen Presenter: Philip G. Berger, University of Chicago Discussant: Thomas Bourveau, Columbia University
10:40 - 10:55 Short Break
10:55 - 11:55 Paper 2: Employee or Independent Contractor?  Accountant Classification and Audit Outcomes by Vishal P. Baloria and Jingyu Xu Presenter: Vishal P. Baloria, University of Connecticut Discussant: Clive Lennox, University of Southern California
11:55 - 14:00 Lunch

SESSION 2 Moderator: Hwa Young Kim, HKUST

Time Program
14:00 - 15:00 Paper 3: Does Segment Disclosure Constrain Corporate Pollution? by Chenxing Jing, Bin Xu and Luo Zuo Presenter: Luo Zuo, National University of Singapore Discussant: Rebecca Hann, University of Maryland
15:00 - 16:00 Paper 4: Beyond Disclosure: Corporate Socializing on Social Media by Sean S. Cao, Lijun (Gillian) Lei, Susan Shu and Enshuai Yu Presenter: Susan Shu, Boston College Discussant: Tianyu Zhang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
16:00 - 18:00 Happy Hour
18:00 - 18:30 Transportation
18:30 - 20:30 Dinner

Day 2: December 17, 2024 (Tuesday)

Venue: Room 3003, 3/F, Lee Shau Kee Business Building, HKUST
08:30 – 09:00 Tea and Refreshments

SESSION 3 Moderator: Qingkai Dong, HKUST

Time Program
09:00 -10:00 Paper 5: Loan Loss Accounting and Informed Trading by Bank Insiders by Scott Liao, Clark Shu and Dushyant Vyas Presenter: Scott Liao, University of Toronto Discussant: Guochang Zhang, University of Hong Kong
10:00 - 10:15 Short Break
10:15 - 11:15 Paper 6: Biodiversity Risk Disclosure by Sijia Fan, Miao Liu, Yao Lu and David Ng Presenter: Yao Lu, Cornell University Discussant: Suil Pae, Sungkyunkwan University
11:15 - 11:30 Short Break
11:30 - 12:30 Paper 7: The Determinants and Consequences of Financial Thresholds in Credit Ratings by Allen H. Huang, N. Bugra Ozel and Shiheng Wang Presenter: Shiheng Wang, HKUST Discussant: Jung Koo Kang, Harvard University
12:30 - 14:00 Box Lunch