2025 Baruch-Connecticut-Fordham-Rutgers Accounting Symposium

May 2nd, 2025

Host: Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University
Location: Room 334, 140 62nd Street, Gabelli School of Business, New York, NY 10023

Time Program

8:30 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.

Registration/Breakfast

9:20 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Welcome Remarks by Chiddi Chidambaran, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Fordham University

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Determinants and Consequences of Financial Reporting Teams with Prior Audit Experience

Ce Li, The Pennsylvania State University Tendai Masaya, The Pennsylvania State University

Edgar Rodriguez-Vazquez, Baruch College

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Discussion by Meng Yan, Fordha.m. University

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Uncertain Earnings after Mergers Close: The Competing Signals of Public Financial Disclosures and Insider Private Information

Todd Kravet, University of Connecticut

Minah Lee, University of Connecticut

12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Discussion by Yanrong Jia, Baruch College

12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Supplier Performance and CEO Compensation Contracts: Theory and Evidence

Michael Guo, Fordham University

Meng Yan, Fordham University Ronghuo Zheng, University of Texas at Austin

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Discussion by Disen Huang, Rutgers University

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Website Disclosure and Investor Trading Activity: Evidence from the Municipal Bond Market

Huaxia Li, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Claire Yan, Rutgers University

Hussein Issa, Rutgers University

4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Discussion by Alina Lerman, University of Connecticut