2026 Accounting and Economics Society Summer Events

Junior Accounting Theory Conference

The participant list can be found here.

8:00 a.m. to 8:55 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.Coordination and Information Destruction in Procurement Markets
Presenter: Rui Sun (UC Berkeley)
Discussant: Zeqiong Huang (Yale)
10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Credit Ratings and Intermediary Scrutiny
Presenter: Kai Chiu Yang (UCLA)
Discussant: Rahul Menon (University of Alberta)
11:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.The Consequences of Credit Insurance for Monitoring, Effort, and
Welfare

Presenter: Tyler Atanasov (Purdue University)
Discussant: Hristiana Vidinova (UT Austin)
12:30 pm – 2:00 pmLunch
2:00 pm – 3:00 pmVoting on Disclosure: Voice, Exit, and Real Effects
Presenter: Mingxuan Ma (University of Zurich)
Discussant: Sang Wu (Columbia University)
3:00 pm – 3:15 pmBreak
3:15 pm – 4:15 pmThe Use of Debt Covenants to Curb Risk Shifting
Presenter: Dian Jiao (Columbia University)
Discussant: Felix Niggemann (University of Zurich)
4:15 pm – 4:30 pmBreak
4:30 pm – 5:30 pmOn the Efficiency of Inspection Targeting
Presenter: Mario Milone (UCSD)
Discussant: Yuanzhen Lyu (Peking University)
5:30 pm – 8:00 pmHappy hour and dinner gathering