Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (JAAF) Symposium 2025
The Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (JAAF) Symposium will take place October 3–4, 2025, at the Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus in New York City. The Symposium is arranged in collaboration with Fordham University.
Symposium Dates
October 3–4, 2025
Location
110 West 60th Street, New York, NY, Lincoln Center Campus
Room
12th Floor Lounge, Lowenstein Building
Symposium Program
Friday, October 3
Moderator: Hye Seung (Grace) Lee (Fordham)
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 1:00 to 1:30 | Registration/Coffee & Cookies |
| 1:30 to 1:40 | Welcoming Remarks N.K. Chidambaran (Fordham) Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development |
| 1:40 to 2:05 | Keynote Speech Robert Seamans (NYU) |
| 2:10 to 2:55 | Plenary Paper I The Memorization Problem: Can We Trust LLMs' Economic Forecasts? Presenter: Mingyin Zhu (Florida), Discussant: Yiwei Dou (NYU) |
| 3:00 to 3:45 | Plenary Paper II Unmasking the Greenium with Machine Learning Presenter: Si Cheng (Syracuse), Discussant: Aneesh Raghunandan (Yale) |
| 3:45 to 4:00 | Coffee Break |
| 4:05 to 4:50 | Plenary Paper III Caught Up in the AI Rat Race: Does Technological Peer Pressure Fuel AI Washing or Hushing? Presenter: Jackie Zeyang Ju (Kentucky), Discussant: Guojin Gong (UConn) |
| 4:55 to 5:55 | Concurrent Session I Monitoring the Green Line: Environmental Covenants in Supply Chain Contracts Presenter: Michael Hertzel (ASU) Productive Information Calls Presenter: Mengtian (Tamara) Sui (Baruch) |
| 5:55 to 6:15 | Before-Reception Remarks JAAF Editor-in-Chief, Professor Xiao-Jun Zhang (UC Berkeley) |
| 6:30 to 7:30 | Reception 12th Floor Lounge, Lowenstein Building |
Saturday October 4
Moderator: Benjamin Segal (Fordham)
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 8:00 to 8:30 | Breakfast |
| 8:30 to 9:15 | Plenary Paper IV Gaming the Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Market-Based Scope 2 Emissions and Renewable Energy Instruments Presenter: Svenja Dube (Baruch), Discussant: Lisa Liu (Columbia) |
| 9:20 to 10:05 | Plenary Paper V A Curse in Disguise? The Influence of CEO Gender and Explanation Plausibility on Retail Investors’ Judgments Presenter: Peishu Sheng (SUFE), Discussant: Elaine Wang (UMass) |
| 10:05 to 10:20 | Coffee Break |
| 10:25 to 11:10 | Plenary Paper VI Everyone Has an Opinion: The Informativeness of Social Media’s Response to Management Guidance Presenter: Jenna D'Adduzio (Oregon State), Discussant: Grace Lee (Fordham) |
| 11:15 to 12:15 | Concurrent Session II Can’t Emphasize More? Presenter: Yu-Ting Hsieh (National Cheng Kung) AI (ChatGPT) Democratization and Trading Inequality Presenter: Anne Yanru Chang (Baruch) |
| 12:20 to 12:25 | Concluding Remarks Yuan Xie (Fordham) Chair, Accounting Area |
| 12:30 | Boxed Lunch |
Scientific Committee
- C.S. Agnes Cheng, Ph.D., - University of Oklahoma
- Mingcherng Deng, Ph.D., - Baruch College
- Yiwei Dou, Ph.D., - New York University
- Iftekhar Hasan Ph.D., - Fordham University
- Hye Seung (Grace) Lee, Ph.D., - Fordham University
- Benjamin Segal, Ph.D., - Fordham University
- Qiang Wu Ph.D., - Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Yuan Xie, Ph.D., - Fordham University
- Xiao-Jun Zhang, Ph.D., - University of California at Berkeley