About Me
Hello, I am Amanda Awyong, an Assistant Professor of Accountancy at Hong Kong Baptist University. My research interest lies in the intersection of digital transformation and accounting. My work examines how firms are affected by, and react to, the advancement of digital technologies. In addition, I investigate how managers disclose information through social media platforms such as Twitter. More recently, I am interested in how Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms communicate blockchain information. My overall research strategy is to extract the richness of textual data by applying Natural Language Processing techniques to test traditional economic theories.
I obtained by PhD in Accounting from Singapore Management University, and B.B.A (Accountancy) and B.A (Communications) from the National University of Singapore. Prior to my PhD studies, I had five years of working experience in corporate accounting and external audit for a government organization.
In my free time, I enjoy cycling and exploring the quieter parts of cities.
Research
Publications:
- Conference Calls and Information Spillover: The Role of Analyst Participation
(with Young Jun Cho and Holly Yang)
The Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Presented at: Singapore Management University, 2022 AAA Annual Meeting
Working Papers:
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The Role of Disclosure in DeFi Markets: Evidence from Twitter (solo-authored)
Status: R&R
Presented at: 2022 Cardiff Fintech Conference; 5th UWA Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference; 2022 Global AI Finance Research Conference; 2023 FARS Midyear Meeting; 2023 MIT Asia Conference
Winner of Best Paper Award at 2023 MIT Asia Conference -
Firm Digitalization and Accounting Jobs
(with Qiang Cheng, Tian Deng, and Rencheng Wang)
Status: R&R
Presented at: Singapore Management University; 9th Annual ABFER Conference; 2022 AAA Annual Meeting (co-author); 2022 MIT Asia Conference (co-author) -
Echoes on the Blockchain: Spillovers in DeFi Markets
(with Kevin Tseng)
Presented at: 2025 Hong Kong–Macau Junior Accounting Faculty Conference -
Do Non-Earnings Tweets Increase Information Asymmetry?
(with Richard Crowley and Liandong Zhang)
Presented at: Singapore Management University; 2021 AAA Annual Meeting
Teaching
- Introduction to Financial Accounting – Instructor at SMU and HKBU
- Master of Science in Accounting (Forecasting and Forensic Analytics) – TA for Jiwei Wang
- Introduction to Financial Accounting – TA for Richard Crowley and Samuel Tan
- Master of Science in Wealth Management (Private Equity & Venture Capital) – TA for Stefan Morkoetter
Professional Membership and Awards
- Chartered Accountant (Singapore)
- 2021 SMU Presidential Doctoral Fellowship
- 2022 SMU Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship
- 2022 3MT Competition Winner (Singapore Management University)
- 2022 3MT People’s Choice Award Winner (Singapore)
- 2022 3MT Finalist (Asia-Pacific)
- 28th Asian-Pacific Accounting Conference Vernon Zimmerman Best Paper Award - Undergraduate thesis
- National University of Singapore: Dean’s List; University Scholars Program President’s Honor Roll
Programming Languages
- R, Python, Stata