This course aims to

1. Provide a critical forum for discussions of contemporary issues in financial reporting and capital markets, including capital market consequences of financial reporting, disclosure quality/policies, earnings management, and external monitoring by capital market participants.

2. Provide students with an opportunity to nurture their ability to conduct independent thesis research by applying up-to-date methodology to contemporary issues of their interests.

3. Provide students with in-depth training about how to get access to and make use of research databases available at CityU, including the Wharton research Databases.