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)



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


Scroll to the Top: Visual Cues and Primacy Bias in Consumer Lending
Dr Tianyu Zhang
SFI Chair Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)


College Information Environment and Student Loan Default Rates
Dr Pepa Kraft
Professor of Accounting and Management Control, HEC Paris


Economic Consequences of Bias in Fair Value Accounting: Evidence from the Korean Bond Markets
Dr Doyeon Kim
Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Hong Kong


Generative AI and Investor Processing of Financial Media
Dr Tony Cho
Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology