Seminar Series

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

Dr Jungbae Kim (jungbaekim@smu.edu.sg) or;
Dr Pengkai Lin (pklin@smu.edu.sg)



Wolves at the Door: A Closer Look at Hedge Fund Activism
Forester Wong
PhD Candidate, Columbia University




Slow Diffusion of State-Level Information and Return Predictability
Dr Kelvin Law
Assistant Professor, Tilburg University


Informational Uniqueness, Corporate Disclosure, and Information Environment
Jacky Chau
PhD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania


Audit Committee-Auditor Interlocking, Auditor Turnover and Audit Quality
Yangyang Fan
PhD Candidate, University of Pittsburgh


Peer Effects in Corporate Disclosure Decisions
Hojun Seo
PhD Candidate, Washington University-St Louis


The Effects of Language Power and Communication Mode on Investor Judgments
Mr Clarence Goh
PhD Candidate, Nanyang Technological University


Compensation Duration, Shareholder Governance, and Managerial Short-Termism
Ronghuo Zheng
PhD Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University


Takeover Defenses in the Era of Shareholder Activism
Sa-Pyung Sean Shin
PhD Candidate, Harvard Business School