Seminar Series

If you are interested in presenting your accounting research papers at a future seminar, please contact

Dr Pengkai Lin (pklin@smu.edu.sg) or;
Dr Shaphan Ng (shaphanng@smu.edu.sg)



Investor Trust, Information Acquisition, and Voluntary Disclosure
Dr Jed Neilson
Associate Professor of Accounting, Pennsylvania State University


Corporate Footprints: Measuring Corporate Environmental Impacts at Scale
Dr Matthias Breuer
Heisenberg-Professor for Corporate Reporting & Regulation, Goethe University Frankfurt


Tax Cut Awareness: Evidence from a Randomized Field Study in Hawaii
Dr Rebecca Lester
Associate Professor of Accounting, Stanford University


Social Influence on Household Equity Investment: Evidence from Randomized Military Drafts
Dr Kevin Tseng
Professor of Accounting, Chinese University of Hong Kong


Villains or Vigilantes: Short Activism and Corporate Fraud
Dr Mark Maffett
Professor, University of Miami


Coveting Your Neighbor’s Worker: IPOs, Talent Reallocation, and Innovation
Dr Cyrus Aghamolla
Associate Professor of Accounting, Rice University


Accounting Recognition and Organizational Form: Evidence from Lease Capitalization
Dr Yong Yu
Cheng Tsang Man Professorship in Accountancy (Singapore Management University), C Aubrey Smith Professorship in Accounting (University of Texas at Austin)


Corporate Emissions Targets as Demand Signals for Supply Chain Coordination
Dr Shirley Lu
Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University


Transparency as a Double-Edged Sword: Evidence from Social Score Disclosure in the Agency MBS Market
Dr Scott Liao
University of Toronto Distinguished Professor in Financial Analytics and Banking, and Professor of Accounting at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto