22nd London Business School Accounting Symposium
19-20 June, 2025
Accepted Papers & Discussants
The following papers have been accepted for presentation at the 2025 Accounting Symposium. The presenting author in each case is marked with an asterisk.
1. Beyond Dissemination: Social Media as a Disclosure Channel for Original Firm Information - Nathan Marshall* (University of Colorado Boulder), Jacqueline Wegner (University of Southern California) and Sarah Zechman (University of Colorado Boulder)
Discussant: Jim Naughton (University of Virginia)
2. Whispering Progress: Fear of Automation and Voluntary Disclosure - Jun Oh (Purdue University) and Guoman She* (National University of Singapore)
Discussant: Andrew Sutherland (MIT)
3. Who Gets the Benefit of the Doubt? CEO Gender and News About Firm Performance - Marcela Carvalho* (London Business School)
Discussant: Khrystyna Bochkay (University of Miami)
4. Country-Specific Sentiment and Geographic Segment Disclosure - Stephanie Dong (University of Rochester), Joanna Wu* (University of Rochester) and Xiaoxi Wu (Bocconi University)
Discussant: Caspar David Peter (Rotterdam School of Management)
5. From Text to Beta: Macroeconomic Disclosures and Firm-level Systematic Risk - Cameron Holstead (RPC Consulting), Alon Kalay (Michigan State University), Gil Sadka (University of Texas at Dallas) and Federico Siano* (University of Texas at Dallas)
Discussant: Rebecca Hann (University of Maryland)
6. Competitive Externalities of US Government Subsidies - Elisa Casi (Norwegian School of Economics), Costanza Cincotta (Norwegian School of Economics) and Allison Koester* (Georgetown University)
Discussant: Marcel Olbert (London Business School)
The Symposium brings together leading accounting scholars in an informal setting to discuss a small number of high-quality research papers.
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For more information about the LBS Accounting Symposium, please contact Debbie Hughes on the email link below.