2025 CAPANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE — Registration is Now Open!
The 17th Annual Research Conference
Chinese Accounting Professors’ Association of North America (CAPANA) July 8-9, 2025, Taipei, Taiwan
Conference Registrations (Now Open till June 20th, 2025)
Keynote Speaker: Ed deHaan (Stanford University)
The conference is co-organized by National Chengchi University and Singapore Management University and will be held at National Chengchi University.
Day 1: Tuesday, July 8, 2025
8:45 – 9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
TBD
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Keynote Address
Ed deHaan (Stanford University)
10:00 – 10:30 AM
Morning Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:45 AM
Paper 1:
Enhancing Investor Engagement with AI-Summarized Disclosures
T.J. Wong, Yang Yi, Gwen Yu, Shubo Zhang, Tianyu Zhang
Presenter: Tianyu Zhang (CUHK-Shenzhen)
Discussant: Stephanie Grant (University of Washington)
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Paper 2:
Licensing and Auditor Performance: Evidence from the CPA Exam Reform in China
Zhenyang Shi, Lin Wang, Donghui Wu, Zili Zhuang
Presenter: Zili Zhuang (CUHK)
Discussant: Christian Peters (Nanyang Technological University)
1:00 – 2:15 PM
Lunch Break
2:15 – 3:30 PM
Paper 3:
Broker-Hosted Credit Conferences
Zhongwen Fan, Derrald Stice, Christopher Williams, Xiao Zhang
Presenter: Zhongwen Fan (City University of Hong Kong)
Discussant: Scott Liao (University of Toronto)
3:30 – 4:00 PM
Afternoon Coffee Break
4:00 – 5:15 PM
Paper 4:
Do Investors Understand the Digital Economy? Mobile Apps, Firm Disclosure, and Stock Returns
Shuping Chen, Yukun Liu, Xi Wu
Presenter: Xi Wu (UC Berkeley)
Discussant: Hojun Seo (Purdue University)
5:15 – 5:25 PM
Information about Logistics
6:00PM
Gala Dinner at Grand Hyatt Taipei
Day 2: Wednesday, July 9, 2025
9:00 – 10:15 AM
Paper 5:
Beyond Earnings Quality: Evaluating the Quality of Voluntary Corporate Financial Reporting Practices
Patricia M. Dechow, Weili Ge, Wei Ting Loh, Sarah McVay
Presenter: Weili Ge (University of Washington)
Discussant: David Volant (Indiana University)
10:15 – 11:30 AM
Paper 6:
When Disaster Strikes: How Climate Events Influence Employment Preferences
Allen H. Huang, Yiyuan Wang, Yue Zheng, Yuqing Zhou
Presenter: Yue Zheng (HKUST)
Discussant: Jungho Choi (Stanford University)
11:30 – 12:00 PM
Coffee Break
12:00 – 1:15 PM
Paper 7:
Adaptation to Climate-Induced Regulatory Risk: A Labor Perspective
Hernán Ortiz-Molina, Zhanbing Xiao, Xin Zheng
Presenter: Xin Zheng (University of British Columbia)
Discussant: Ruishen Zhang (University of Hong Kong)
1:15 – 1:30 PM
Voting of Best Paper and Discussant and Closing Remarks
Susan Shu, VP of CAPANA
Taipei offers an exceptional setting for our academic exchange—Taiwan plays a critical role in the global integrated circuit supply chain and boasts a unique blend of rich history, vibrant culture, and cutting-edge innovation. We hope you’ll take this opportunity to experience both the intellectual and cultural offerings of the region. We warmly invite you to join us for what promises to be an engaging and thought-provoking conference.
Conference Committee
An-Ping Lin (Singapore Management University)
Holly Yang (Singapore Management University)
Hung-Chao Yu (National Chengchi University)
Liandong Zhang (Singapore Management University)
Program Committee
Salman Arif (University of Minnesota)
John Campbell (University of Georgia)
Kun-Chih Chen (National Taiwan University)
Tzu-Ting Chiu (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)
Travis Chow (Hong Kong University)
Liz Chuk (UC Irvine)
Danqi Hu (Peking University)
Sterling Huang (New York University Shanghai)
Shushu Jiang (National University of Singapore)
Lianfen Lee (Boston College)
Scott Liao (University of Toronto)
Miguel Minutti-Meza (University of Miami)
Maxi Muhn (University of Chicago)
Matt Phillips (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Hojun Seo (Purdue University)
Suhas Sridharan (Emory University)
Chao Tang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Emma Wang (Cornell University)
Clare Wang (University of Colorado)
Charlie Wang (Harvard University)
Ke Wang (University of Alberta)
Rencheng Wang (Singapore Management University)
Da Xu (Tsinghua University)
Jenny Zhang (University of British Columbia)
Frank Zhou (University of Pennsylvania)