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)



Equity Analysts' Earnings Forecasts and Information Asymmetry in Private Lending
Mr Joshua Coyne
PhD Candidate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Labor Market Peer Firms
Ms Nan Li
PhD Candidate, University of Chicago


Repetitive Disclosures in the MD&A
Ms Heather Li
PhD Candidate, University of Toronto




The Adaption Option and Market Responses to Acquisition Announcements by Loss Firms
Dr Zhang Yuan
Associate Professor, University of Texas-Dallas


The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting: Evidence from Four Countries
Dr George Serafeim
Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School


A Plain English Measure of Financial Reporting Readability
Dr Brian Paul Miller

Assistant Professor, Indiana University


Earnings Surprises and Uncertainty: Theory and Evidence from Option Implied Volatility
Dr K R Subramanyam
KPMG Foundation Professor of Accounting, University of Southern California (SMU, Cheng Tsang Man Chair Visiting Professor)