Past Seminars

Fall 2012

Date & Time Speaker Paper Title Room
10/26/12
1:30-2:45 p.m.		 Dr. Vernon Richardson, Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas Information Technology Material Weaknesses: Executive Turnover, IT Expertise, and Subsequent Remediation 4335 VMH
12/7/12
1:00-2:30 p.m.		 Dr. Holly Skaife, Wisconsin School of Business, U of Wisconsin-Madison A Study of Discretionary R&D Reporting Rouse Room
1412 VMH

Spring 2012

Date & Time Speaker Paper Title Room
2/10/12
2:45 - 4 p.m.		 Dr. Ole-Kristian Hope
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto		 Tax Avoidance and Geographic Earnings Disclosure Rouse Room 1412 VMH
3/16/12
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.		 Dr. Hanna Lee
Robert H. Smith School of Business
University of Maryland 		The Consequence of Financial Reporting Opacity for Distressed Firms Rouse Room 1412 VMH
3/30/12
2:30 - 4 p.m.		 Dr. Raef Lawson
VP of Research and Professor-in-Residence
Institute of Management Accountants		 Alignment of Performance Measurement to Sustainability Objectives: A Variance-Based Framework Rouse Room 1412 VMH
4/13/12
3 - 4:15 p.m.		 Dr. Andrew Leone
University of Miami 		Outliers and Inference in Accounting Research Rouse Room 1412 VMH

Fall 2011

Date & Time Speaker Paper Title Room
9/30/11
2:30-3:45 p.m. 		Dr. Nicholas Seybert
Robert H. Smith School of Business University of Maryland 		Narcissism is a Bad Sign: CEO Signature Size and Firm Performance Rouse Room 1412 VMH
10/14/11
2:30-3:45 p.m. 		Wenjie Zhu
Ph.D. Candidate 		Mandatory IFRS Adoption, Accounting Standards Disparity, and Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Rouse Room 1412 VMH
10/28/11
2:30-3:45 p.m.		 Dr. Rui (Ray) Ge
Sun Yat-sen University		 Financial reporting quality and auditors’ internal control opinions 1206 VMH
11/4/11
10:30-11:45 a.m.		 Dr. Hanna Lee
Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland		 Public Debt Offering and Information Asymmetry 3330H VMH
12/9/11
2:30-3:45 p.m. 		Dr. Sean Wang,
University of North Carolina 		Systematic Noise and News-Related Return Reversals Rouse Room 1412 VMH

Spring 2011

Date & Time Speaker Paper Title Room
2/4/11
4-5:15 p.m. 		Anne Thompson, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University SEC Confidential Treatment Orders: Balancing Competing Regulatory Objectives Rouse Room,
1412 VMH
2/11/11
2:30-3:45 p.m. 		Dimitris Vrettos, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University Are relative performance measures in CEO incentive contracts used for risk reduction and/or strategic interaction? Rouse Room,
1412 VMH
2/15/11
4:15-5:30 p.m.		 Jamie Diaz, Stern School of Business, New York University Intra-Audit Firm Offices and Financial Reporting Quality 2505 VMH
2/18/11
2:45-4 p.m.		 Hanna Lee, Columbia Business School, Columbia University The role of analyst forecast dispersion and accruals in bankruptcy Rouse Room,
1412 VMH
2/22/11
4:15-5:30 p.m.		 Derek Johnson, Sloan School of Management, MIT Rigid or Flexible Accounting Rules? Evidence from Purchase Price Adjustments 2505 VMH
2/25/11
3-4:15 p.m.		 Alvis Lo, Sauder School of Business, The University of British Columbia The external financing and investment benefits of quality accounting information: Evidence from reactions of small banks to monetary policy Rouse Room,
1412 VMH
3/1/11
4:15-5:30 p.m.		 Helen Hurtz, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University Litigation risk and management forecast optimism: Is bad news really less biased than good news? 2505 VMH
3/4/11
3-4:15 p.m.		 Allison Koester, Foster School of Business, University of Washington Investor Valuation of Tax Avoidance Through Uncertain Tax Positions Rouse Room,
1412 VMH
3/11/11
10:30 a.m.-Noon		 Dr. April Klein,
Stern School of Business,
New York University		 Shareholder Class Action Suits and the Bond Market Rouse Room,
1412 VMH
4/29/11
2-3:30 p.m. 		Dr. Mohan Venkatachalam,
Duke University 		Do powerful investors influence the accounting, governance and investing decisions of their investees? The case of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway 1520 VMH

Fall 2010

Date & Time Speaker Paper Title Room
10/29/10
2-3:30 p.m. 		Dr. Rodrigo Verdi,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 		Mandatory Disclosure Quality, Inside Ownership, and the Cost of Capital Rouse Room
1412 VMH
12/10/10
3-4:15 p.m.		 Dr. Carlos Corona,
Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University 		The Brag is Worse than the Fight: Pre-Announcing Competitive Decisions in Oligopoly Markets 1511 VMH

Fall 2009

Date & Time Speaker Paper Title Room
9/18/09
2 - 3:15 p.m.		 Dr. Ying Li
George Washington University		 Conceptual and Empirical Evaluation of Discretionary Accrual Reversal and Its Implications on Earnings Management 1412 VMH Rouse Room
10/2/09
2 - 3:30 p.m.		 Dr. Jasmijn Bol
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		 The Determinants and Performance Effects of Supervisor Bias 1412 VMH Rouse Room
10/16/09
2 - 3:15 p.m.		 Dr. Venky Nagar
University of Michigan		 An Evolutionary Risk for Differential Treatment of Gains and Losses 1412 VMH Rouse Room
10/30/09
2 - 3:15 p.m.		 Dr. Rebecca Files
University of Texas, Dallas		 SEC Enforcement Leniency: Does Forthright Disclosure and Cooperation Really Matter? 1330 VMH
11/10/09
2 - 3:15 p.m. 		Dr. Nick Seybert
University of Texas at Austin 		Sentiment-Driven Overvaluation and Management Forecasting Strategies 1412 VMH Rouse Room
11/17/09
2 - 3:15 p.m. 		Dr. Andrew VanBuskirk
Booth School of Business, University of Chicago 		Disclosure Tone and Shareholder Litigation 4335 VMH
12/1/09
2 - 3:15 p.m. 		Dr. Michael Kimbrough
Harvard Business School		 Voluntary Disclosure to Influence Investor Reactions to Merger Announcements: An Examination of Conference Calls 4335 VMH
12/8/09
2 - 3:15 p.m.		 Dr. Stephanie Sikes
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 		Capital Gains Tax Overhang and Share Repurchases 4335 VMH
12/15/09
2 - 3:30 p.m.		 Dr. Alan D. Jagolinzer
Stanford Graduate School of Business 		Performance Based Incentives for Internal Monitors 3332 VMH

Spring 2009

Date & Time Speaker Paper Title
1/9/09  Dr. Jeffrey Moriarty
Bowling Green University 		How Much Compensation Can CEOs Permissibly Accept?
2/13/09 Dr. Jim Staihar
University of Chicago Law School 		A Restorative Signaling Theory of Punitive Desert
2/27/09 Dr. Carolyn B. Levine
Carnegie Mellon University 		Critical Accounting Policy Disclosures
3/06/09 Dr. Susan Kulp
George Washington University		 Testing Business Strategy with Nonfinancial Performance Measures
3/13/09 Dr. Chris Armstrong
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania		 Are There Incentives to Inflate Earnings around Initial Public Offerings?
3/27/09 Dr. Heifeng You
University of California at Berkeley 		What's in a Nickel? Information Flow and Rounding in Analyst Forecasts
4/10/09 Dr. Vicki Tang
Georgetown University		 Proprietary Costs & Privately Held Firms' Financing Choice between Public Offerings and Private Placements
4/17/09 Dr. Fabrizio Ferri
Harvard Business School		 Say on Pay Vote and CEO Compensation: Evidence from the UK

Fall 2008

Date & Time Speaker Paper Title
9/19/08 Dr. Donal Byard
Baruch/SEC		 The Information Content of Earnings Announcement Voluntary Disclosures: A Price and Trading Volume Analysis
10/3/08 Dr. Susan Krische
University of Illinois/SEC		 Analysts' Expectations of Mispricing: The Joint Effects of Accounting Disclosure and Investor Base
10/17/08 Dr. Peter Wysocki
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 		Pairs Trading and Accounting Information
11/3/08 Dr. Yun Zhang
Duke University 		On the Use of Loose Monitoring and Lavish Pay in Agency
11/4/08 Dr. Daniel Bens
Eller College of Management, Univ. of Arizona		 Discretionary Disclosure in Financial Reporting: An Examination Comparing Internal Firm Data to Externally Reported Segment Data
12/5/08 Dr. Mikhail Pevzner
George Mason University		 Accounting Conservatism in Fraud Firms: An Empirical Investigation

2007-04

Spring 2007 Seminars
Date Speaker Paper Title
1/22/07 Dr. Shijun Cheng
University of Michigan		 "Board, Compensation Committee, and CEO Compensation"
Fall 2006 Seminars
Date Speaker Paper Title
12/18/06 Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Gordon
Rutgers University		 "Disclosure Credibility and Market Reaction to Restatements"
10/27/06 Dr. Qi Chen
Duke University		 "On the Relation Between Conservatism in Accounting Standards and Incentives for Earnings Management"
10/13/06 Dr. Rebecca Hann
U of Southern California
"Fair-Value Pension Accounting"
Spring 2006 Seminars
Date Speaker Paper Title
2/14/06 Professor Anil Arya
Ohio State University		 "Interacting Supply Chain Distortions: The Pricing of Internal Transfers and External Procurement"
3/3/06 Professor Sri Sridharan
Northwestern University		 "Effects of Non-contractibility of Performance Standards"
5/5/06 Dr. Paul Zarowin
New York University		 "Capitalization vs. Expensing of R&D Earnings Management"
Fall 2005 Seminars
Date Speaker Paper Title
12/2/05 Dr. Karim Jamal
University of Alberta		 "Quality and Co-ordination Standards and Certification: Accounting and Auditing in the Context of the Larger Economy"
10/28/05 Dr. William R. Baber
George Washington University		 "Strong Boards, Management Entrenchment, and Accounting Reinstatement"
10/21/05 Dr. Daniel Beneish
Indiana University		 "Earnings Manipulation and Firm Performance"
Spring 2005 Seminars
Date Speaker Paper Title
4/22/05 Dr. Robert Bushman
U of North Carolina		 "Capital Allocation and Timely Accounting Recognition of Economic Losses: International Evidence"
4/1/05 Professor Mark Penno
University of Iowa		 "The Assignment of Decision Rights in Formal Information Systems"
3/11/05 Professor Keith Jones
George Mason University		 "Improving Fraud Risk Assessments through Analytical Procedures"
02/11/05 Professor Ira Weiss Columbia University "The Effect of Reporting Frequency on the Timeliness of Earnings: The Cases of Voluntary and Mandatory Interim Reports"
Fall 2004 Seminars
Date Speaker Paper Title
12/07/04 Nerissa Brown
Ph.D. Candidate		 "Herd Behavior in the Voluntary Disclosure of Capital Expenditure Forecasts"
12/03/04 Myojung Cho
Ph.D. Candidate		 "Measuring the Magnitude of Price Response to Earnings Information: Beyond ERC and R5"
11/05/04 Professor Stephen A. Zeff
Rice University		 "The Evolution of the IASC into the IASB, and the Challenges It Faces"
10/29/04 Professor S. P. Kothari
MIT Sloan School of Management		 "Investment Banking and Analyst Objectivity: Evidence from Analysts Affiliated with M&A Advisors"
10/15/04 Professor Zoe-Vonna Palmrose, University of Southern California Abstract Practice Problems and Research Issues with Non-Auditor Services and Their Effect on Auditor Independence