2026 Behavioral Finance and Accounting Conference

Info: Presenter: Lin Peng (Baruch College), “The Look of Success: Face-Based Impression Factors and Venture Financing”
Discussant: Marina Niessner (Indiana University)

Info: Presenter: Greg Burke (Loyola University Chicago), “Compliance with Ongoing Financial Reporting Mandates: A Field Experiment on the Decision to Issue an Annual Report”
Discussant: Matt Stern (DePaul University)

Info: Presenter: Zhongtian Chen (University of Wisconsin-Madison), “Memory and Beliefs in Financial Markets: A Machine Learning Approach”
Discussant: Dexin Zhou (Baruch College)

Info: Presenter: Deni Cikurel (DePaul University), “Overreliance on Left Digit Changes When Comparing Accounting Numbers”
Discussant: Jordan Samet (Indiana University)

Info: Presenter: Matt Phillips (Northwestern University), "Banking on Disagreement: Heterogeneous Credit Risk Assessments in Syndicated Lending"
Discussant: Ivy Feng (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Info: Presenter: Quoc Nguyen (DePaul University), “Mimicking Finance”
Discussant: Tengjia Shu (University of Illinois Chicago)

Info: Presenter: Anthony Le (University of Chicago), “Occupation-Specific Education Requirements and Occupational Silos: Evidence from CPA Licensing Rules”
Discussant: Herita Akamah (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

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