Summer Research Workshop 2013 will be held in Department of Accountancy, City University of Hong Kong on July 19-20, 2013. The Department of Accountancy of the City University of Hong Kong and The Accounting Department; Sun Yat-sen University will co-organize the 6th Summer Research Workshop 2013. We welcome papers in any academic field within accounting, especially empirical studies that enrich our understanding of the institutional setting in China, the Greater China region and other emerging markets. Papers submitted for the Workshop should contain unpublished original research. The papers accepted for presentation in the Workshop will be regarded as submissions to the China Journal of Accounting Research (CJAR). The papers, subject to a refereeing and selection process, will be scheduled for future publication in the regular issues of CJAR or a special CJAR symposium issue in 2013.