The University of Hong Kong
Organizer: Area of Accounting and Law, HKU Business School
HKU Summer Accounting Conference
The inaugural HKU Summer Accounting Conference will take place on July 5-6, 2025, at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Business School. On the day before the conference, we will hold a doctoral consortium, providing invited accounting doctoral students from around the world with the opportunity to learn from our distinguished lineup of professors.
For the conference, we welcome Professor Joanna Wu (University of Rochester) and Professor Anup Srivastava (University of Calgary) as our keynote speakers. In addition to keynote speeches, there will be eight research paper presentations with discussions. Here is the lineup of VIPs for the conference and doctoral consortium.
Keynote speakers
- Joanna Wu, University of Rochester
- Anup Srivastava, University of Calgary
Discussants
- Ole-Kristian Hope, University of Toronto
- Xiumin Martin, Washington University at St. Louis
- Jeffrey Ng, The University of Hong Kong
- Sugata Roychowdhury, Northwestern University
- Susan Shu, Boston College
- Albert Tsang, Southern University of Science and Technology
- Liandong Zhang, Singapore Management University
- Tianyu Zhang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Presenters
- Sterling Huang, New York University Shanghai
- Bin Li , Vanderbilt University
- Mark Ma, University of Pittsburgh
- Marcel Olbert, London Business School
- Nikki Skinner, University of Colorado Boulder
- Xixi Xiao, The University of Hong Kong
- Aaron Yoon, Northwestern University
- Chenqi Zhu, University of California at Irvine
Doctoral consortium instructors
- Luo Zuo, National University of Singapore
- Joanna Wu, University of Rochester
- Aaron Yoon, Northwestern University
- Sterling Huang, New York University Shanghai
- Tianyu Zhang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
The registration fee is HKD2300 per person, which includes coffee breaks, lunch, and dinner. The fee is waived for the above VIPs, as well as HKU faculty members and PhD students. Participants are responsible for making their own transportation and accommodation arrangements. Registration Link
8.50 – 9:00 am
Welcome Speech
9 :00 – 9:45 am
Keynote Speech 1: Joanna Wu, University of Rochester
9:45 – 10:30 am
Keynote Speech 2: Anup Srivastava, University of Calgary
10:30 – 10:35 am
10:35 – 11:00 am
Group Photo Session
Coffee Break
11:00 –11:50 am
Paper 1: Taxes and the Global Spillovers of AI Investments
Presenter: Marcel Olbert, London Business School
Discussant: Jeffrey Ng, The University of Hong Kong
12:00 – 1:15 pm
Lunch
1:30 – 2:20 pm
Paper 2: Crypto Fraud and Investing Behavior
Presenter: Chenqi Zhu, University of California at Irvine
Discussant: Xiumin Martin, Washington University at St. Louis
2:20 – 3:10 pm
Paper 3: Inside the Blackbox of Firm Environmental Efforts: Evidence from Emissions Reduction Initiatives
Presenter: Aaron Yoon, Northwestern University
Discussant: Albert Tsang, Southern University of Science and Technology
3:10 – 3:40 pm
Coffee Break
3:40 – 4:30 pm
Paper 4: Frivolous or Meritorious Lawsuits? Judicial Efficiency and Corporate Disclosure
Presenter: Sterling Huang, New York University Shanghai
Discussant: Tianyu Zhang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
4:30 – 5:20 pm
Paper 5: Do Audited Financial Reports Mitigate (or Exacerbate) Stock Market Crashes?
Presenter: Bin Li, Vanderbilt University
Discussant: Liandong Zhang, Singapore Management University
5:20 – 6:00 pm
Travel to Conference Dinner Restaurant
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Conference Dinner
9:00 – 9:50 am
Paper 6: Non-Financial Disclosure Dispersion in Financial Reports
Presenter: Nikki Skinner, University of Colorado Boulder
Discussant: Sugata Roychowdhury, Northwestern University
9:50 – 10:20 am
10:20 – 11:10 am
Paper 7: Anywhere but Here: Pay Transparency and Human Capital Allocation
Presenter: Xixi Xiao, The University of Hong Kong
Discussant: Susan Shu, Boston College
11:10 – 12:00 pm
Paper 8: Do Pay Transparency Laws Affect Compensation of Employees with Weak Bargaining Power? Evidence from H1B Workers
Presenter: Mark Ma, University of Pittsburgh
Discussant: Ole-Kristian Hope, University of Toronto
12:00 – 12:10 pm
Closing Remarks
12:10 – 1:30 pm
Lunch
Address:
Hui Pun Hing Lecture Hall, Lecture Room LE1, Library Extension Building
- By MTR: Get onto the Campus from HKU Station (Exit A2) and take the lift to the Upper Level of University Street.
- By Taxi: From Admiralty or Central to Cotton Tree Drive to Robinson Road to Kotewall Road. Turn right onto University Drive.
Hotel Jen Hong Kong by Shangri-La
Address:
508 Queen’s Road West, Western District, Hong Kong
Discounted Room Rate: $950 + 10% (Room only)
Cut-off date: 21 June 2025
Courtyard Hong Kong
Address:
167 Connaught Road West, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong
Discounted Room Rate: $1,080 – 1,400 +10%
Cut-off date: 16 June 2025
Address
Hui Pun Hing Lecture Hall,
Lecture Room LE1,
Library Extension Building,
The University of Hong Kong
Organizing Committee
10:30 – 11:00 am