Faculty & Research
Seminar
Research Areas
OCT
28
- October 28, 2026
- Accounting
Public Disclosure Accessibility and Private Information Production
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Time
4:30 PM - 5:50 PM
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Venue
90402 International Hall
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Speaker
Prof. Jinzhi Lu (City University of Hong Kong)
We study how disclosure accessibility affects information choice in a model with two investors who differ in their processing capacity. The unsophisticated investor can only process the public disclosure. The sophisticated investor can process it more accurately or acquire private information. Great…
OCT
23
- October 23, 2026
- Decision Science
A Theory of Intelligent Decision Making: From Situation Perception to Energy-Efficient Choice
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Time
4:30 PM - 5:50 PM
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Venue
90402 International Hall
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Speaker
Prof. SooHong Chew (National University of Singapore)
Date: 2026-10-23 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM Venue: 90402 International Hall Speaker: Prof. SooHong Chew (National University of Singapore) Roughly fourteen billion years ago, the Big Bang began a cosmic history in which matter and energy would eventually give rise to life-and some of that life would le…
OCT
21
- October 21, 2026
- Decision Science
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Time
4:30 PM - 5:50 PM
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Venue
90402 International Hall
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Speaker
Prof. Zheshuai Yang (Zhejiang University)
Date: 2026-10-21 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM Venue: 90402 International Hall Speaker: Prof. Zheshuai Yang (Zhejiang University) This research examines the psychological processes and factors that shape how recipients respond to time-saving versus financial incentives for cancer screening. Four studies u…
OCT
14
- October 14, 2026
- Economics
Do Carbon Border Taxes Induce Reshoring? Early Evidence from the EU CBAM
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Time
4:30 PM - 5:50 PM
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Venue
90402 International Hall
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Speaker
Prof. Weikai Li (City University of Hong Kong)
Date: 2026-10-14 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM Venue: 90402 International Hall Speaker: Prof. Weikai Li (City University of Hong Kong) The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) imposes a carbon price on imports to level the playing field between EU and non-EU (NEU) suppliers and curb carbon leakage…
OCT
5
- October 5, 2026
- Economics
Refusing to concede? War and everyday rivalry online
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Time
4:30 PM - 5:50 PM
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Venue
90402 International Hall
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Speaker
Prof. David Smerdon (University of Queensland)
Date: 2026-10-05 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM Venue: 90402 International Hall Speaker: Prof. David Smerdon (University of Queensland) How far does war reach into everyday life? We study 32.4 million online chess games played by 33,687 players from the belligerent countries of three conflicts: Armenia–Aze…
SEP
30
- September 30, 2026
- Finance
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Time
4:30 PM - 5:50 PM
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Venue
90402 International Hall
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Speaker
Prof. Sterling Huang (New York University, Shanghai)
Date: 2026-09-30 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM Venue: 90402 International Hall Speaker: Prof. Sterling Huang (New York University, Shanghai) This paper provides the first large-sample evidence on the design and economic consequences of M&A contracts. Using a hand-collected dataset of M&A contracts filed w…
JUN
10
- June 10, 2026
- Accounting
Beyond the Shadows: Dark Web and Financial Markets
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Time
4:30 PM - 5:50 PM
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Venue
90402 International Hall
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Speaker
Prof. Guang Ma (Rutgers University)
Date: 2026-06-10 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM Venue: 90402 International Hall Speaker: Prof. Guang Ma (Rutgers University) We examine the impact of dark web on financial markets. Using Large Language Models to analyze 297,935 posts, we find that dark web signals lead surface web by seven days, reflecting…
JUN
5
- June 5, 2026
- Accounting
Interlocking Directors and Technology Exclusion
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Time
4:30 PM - 5:50 PM
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Venue
90402 International Hall
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Speaker
Prof. Hojun Seo (Purdue University)
Date: 2026-06-05 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM Venue: 90402 International Hall Speaker: Prof. Hojun Seo (Purdue University) We investigate whether interlocking directorates influence technology licensing and the exclusion of peer firms from accessing essential technologies. We find that firms connected th…
MAY
27
- May 27, 2026
- Accounting
Voluntary Disclosure, Investment Externality, and Public Information
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Time
4:30 PM - 5:50 PM
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Venue
90402 International Hall
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Speaker
Prof. Keri Hu (The University of Hong Kong)
Date: 2026-05-27 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM Venue: 90402 International Hall Speaker: Prof. Keri Hu (The University of Hong Kong) We study voluntary disclosure in a two-firm model in which firms’ investments exhibit complementarity. Before investment takes place, one firm may privately observe informati…
MAY
20
- May 20, 2026
- Accounting
Geopolitical Risk and Corporate Disclosures: Evidence from the War in Ukraine
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Time
4:30 PM - 5:50 PM
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Venue
90402 International Hall
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Speaker
Prof. Bokhyeon Baik (Seoul National University University)
Date: 2026-05-20 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM Venue: 90402 International Hall Speaker: Prof. Bokhyeon Baik (Seoul National University University) Using the Russo–Ukrainian war as our setting, we find that geopolitical threats increase investor information gathering and residual short interest. Most firms…