23rd London Business School Accounting Symposium

Accepted Papers and Discussants

1. Intangible Investments, Cost Structure, and the Dynamics of Corporate Profits Suresh Nallareddy (University of Washington), Maria Ogneva* (University of Southern California) and Rui Silva (University of Washington)

Discussant: Elia Ferracuti (Duke University)

2. Corporate Accounting and Transparency Practices around the World: Measurement and Effects – Emanuele Colonnelli (University of Chicago) and Thomas Rauter* (University of Zurich)

Discussant: Joachim Gassen (Humboldt University of Berlin)

3. Earnings Management via Product Information: Evidence from Solicited Amazon Reviews – Shawn X. Huang (Arizona State University), Wenting Zheng (Arizona State University) and Yuqing Zhou* (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Discussant: Marcela Carvalho (London Business School)

4. Debt by Democracy: Bond Referendum Requirements and Municipal Borrowing –JuneHuang (University of Texas at Dallas), Kimberlyn Munevar* (Texas A&M University) and Delphine Samuels (INSEAD)

Discussant: Christine Cuny (New York University)

5. Banking on Disagreement: Heterogeneous Credit Risk Assessments in Syndicated Lending – Ryan Jin (Federal Reserve Board of Governors), Anya Kleymenova (Federal Reserve Board of Governors), Matt Phillips* (Northwestern University) and Florin Vasvari (London Business School)

Discussant: Stefan Huber (University of Pennsylvania)

6. The Role of ESG Narratives and Mandatory ESG Fund Disclosure in Sustainable Investing – Frederik Kohl* (London Business School)

Discussant: Gaizka Ormazabal (IESE)