22nd London Business School Accounting Symposium

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)