# 2025 Big Apple Accounting Conference ![NYC view with Empire State Building](/sites/default/files/styles/866w/public/assets/images/NYC%20Backdrop.jpg?h=77b85495&itok=zONF0Bb-) ## NYU Big Apple Accounting Conference --- ## 2025 NYU Big Apple Accounting Conference The NYU Ross Institute of Accounting Research is pleased to announce the third annual Big Apple Accounting Conference. The conference brings together leading academics for *six* paper presentations and discussions. *\*Conference Participation is by Invitation Only* - [Logistics](#Logistics) - [Papers](#Papers) - [Contact Us](#Contact%20Us) - [Directions](#Directions) - [Agenda](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:56b78238-81fe-46a4-b0ad-a20529f90b99) - [Participant List](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:7d675d9c-4188-46b9-b399-1a4191fbafde) ## **Logistics:** **Dates:** Thursday, September 11, 2025 - Friday, September 12, 2025 **Start/End Times:** *Day 1: 11:20am - 5:20pm (with optional dinner afterwards)* *Day 2: 9:00am - 1:30pm* **Address:** NYU Stern Tisch Hall, 40 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012 ## **Papers:** [Independence at What Cost? Regulation, Accounting Careers, and Human Capital](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:5d1d5a3b-3db1-45c3-9558-256df935ec75) Vivek Pandey (University of Rochester), Xingyu Shen (University of Rochester), Joanna Shuang Wu (University of Rochester), Xixi Xiao (University of Hong Kong) *Presenter:* Joanna Shuang Wu (University of Rochester) *Discussant:* Stefano Cascino (London School of Economics) *Moderator:* Alex Aleszczyk (New York University) Patent Protection and Disclosure Nemit Shroff (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Yifang Xie (Georgetown University), Biwen Zhang (University of California, Berkeley), Rachel Yoon (Boston University) *Presenter:* Biwen Zhang (University of California, Berkeley) *Discussant:* Kristen Valentine (University of Georgia) *Moderator:* Ferdinand Bratek (New York University) [Lost in Transplantation: Cost Shifting in Publicly Subsidized Program](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:7b5a2c7d-4f1a-4c8c-9286-f0388dc927f1) Erkut Y. Ozbay (University of Maryland), Ariel Rava (Yeshiva University), and Emanuel Zur (University of Maryland) *Presenter:* Ariel Rava (Yeshiva University) *Discussant: Carolyn Deller (University of Pennsylvania)* *Moderator:* Irina Luneva (New York University) [Racial Disparities in the Processing of Whistleblower Complaints](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:va6c2:bc042ae7-d985-4182-a42e-095a5c074c7e) Marco Errico (Tilburg University), Sinja Leonelli (New York University), and Aneesh Raghunandan (Yale University) *Presenter:* Sinja Leonelli (New York University) *Discussant:* Gerado Perez Cavazos (University of California San Diego) *Moderator:* Gurpal Sran (New York University) [Balancing Short-Term Pricing and Long-Term Performance](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:b5bcfc42-ab1d-44de-aa52-0a466d7af95d) Xue Jia (University of Melbourne) and Sri S. Sridhar (Northwestern University) *Presenter:* Sri S. Sridhar (Northwestern University) *Discussant:* Hao Xue (Duke University) *Moderator:* Shuming Zhang (New York University) [Tax Shields Under Siege: The Effect of Limiting Interest Deductibility on Commercial Lending Terms](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:c65356b7-9cc4-4404-9ccb-e2629785a020) Edward L. Maydew (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Matthew A. Phillips (Northwestern University), and Zirui Song (MIT) *Presenter:* Matthew A. Phillips (Northwestern University) *Discussant:* Aytekin Ertan (London Business School) *Moderator:* Sinja Leonelli (New York University) ## **Directions:** ## **Contact Us:** For additional information or any questions about the NYU Big Apple Accounting Conference, please contact Director of the Ross Institute: April Klein, [**>Back to the Top**](#TOP) **CHANGE.** ***DARE IT.***