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)



Do managers tacitly collude to withhold industry-wide bad news?
Dr Sarah Zechman
Associate Professor and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, The University of Chicago


Zombie Boards: Board Tenure and Firm Performance
Mr Sterling Huang
PhD Candidate, INSEAD


The Role of the Media in Disseminating Insider Trading News
Dr Jonathan Rogers
Associate Professor, The University of Chicago


Tug-of-War: Incentive Alignment in Securitization and Loan Performance
Dr Dai Zhonglan
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas


Tax Avoidance, Tax Aggressiveness, Tax Risk and Firm Risk
Dr Steven Matsunaga
Professor, University of Oregon (SMU, Cheng Tsang Man Chair Visiting Professor)






Zombie Lending, Financial Reporting Opacity and Contagion
Mr Lin Yupeng
PhD Candidate, National University of Singapore


Does SEC Interpretive Guidance Affect Firm Behavior? Evidence from non-GAAP Earnings Disclosure
Mr Hangsoo Kyung
PhD Candidate, The City University of New York at Baruch College