Previous Conferences


 


2008 Conference


 

 

Conference on Current Topics in Accounting Research
October 3-4, 2008

 

Fuqua School of Business

Duke University

Durham, NC

Conference Website

 


2008 Conference Papers


 

"Core Profitability and the Persistence of Negative Special Items"
Authors: Patricia M. Fairfield, Karen A. Kitching, Vickie W. Tang

 

"On the Relation between Expected Returns and Implied Cost of Capital"
Authors: John S. Hughes, Jing Liu, Jun Liu


"Explicit Relative Performance Evaluation in Performance-Vested Equity Grants"
Authors: Mary Ellen Carter, Christopher D. Ittner, Sarah L.C. Zechman

 

"Dynamic Performance Measurement with Intangible Assets"
Author: Carlos Corona

 

"Disaggregation vs. Aggregation: Are Earnings Forecasts Accompanied by Cash Flow Forecasts More Accurate?"
Authors: Andrew Call, Shuping Chen, Yen H. Tong

 

"The Robustness of the Sarbanes Oxley Effect on the U.S. Capital Market"
Authors: Bowe Hansen, Grace Pownall, Xue (Sue) Wang

 

 


2007 Conference


 

 

Conference on Use of Accounting Data for Firm Valuation and Performance Measurement

October 19-20, 2007

 

W.P Carey School of Business

Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona

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2007 Conference Papers


 

"Is Financial Reporting Shaped by Equity Markets or by Debt Markets?  An International Study of Timeliness and Conservatism."
Authors: Ray Ball, Ashok J. Robin, Gil Sadka

 

"Executive Stock-Based Compensation and Firms’ Cash Payout: The Role of Shareholders’ Tax-Related Payout Preferences."
Authors: David Aboody, Ron Kasznik


"On the Relation Between Predictable Market Returns and Predictable Analyst Forecast Errors."
Authors: John S. Hughes, Jing Liu, Wei Su

 

Evidence of Differing Market Responses to Beating Targets Through Tax Expense Decreases."
Authors: Cristi A. Gleason, Lillian F. Mills

 

"Investor Recognition and Stock Returns."
Authors: Reuven Lehavy, Richard G. Sloan

 

"Inventory Policy, Accruals Quality and Information Risk.”
Authors: Gopal Krishnan, Bin Srinidhi, Lixin Su 

 


2006 Conference


 

 

 

European-American

Conference on Accounting Research

September 22-23, 2006

 

INSEAD

Fontainebleau, France


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The editors of the Review of Accounting Studies are pleased to announce a European-American Conference on Accounting Research to be held at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France September 22-23, 2006.  Papers accepted for the conference are also considered for publication in the journal.


2006 Conference Papers


 

The Following Papers were presented at the 2006 RAST Conference:

"Horizon Biases in Multi-Year Management Forecasts: Evidence from U.S. and European Private Companies"

John R.M. Hand, Chris Armstrong, Tony Davila and George Foster

 

"Using Accounting Information for Consumption Planning and Equity Valuation"

Kenton Yee

 

"Another Look at GAAP versus The Street: An Empirical Assessment of Measurement Error Bias"

Daniel A. Cohen, Rebecca N. Hann and Maria Ogneva

 

"Conservatism, Growth and Return on Investment"

Madhav Rajan, Stefan Reichelstein and Mark Soliman

 

"Investor Protection and Analysts’ Cash Flow Forecasts Around the World"

Mark L. DeFond and Mingyi Hung

 

"How Disclosure Quality Affects the Long-run Level of Information Asymmetry"

Stephen Brown and Stephen A. Hillegeist

 

 


2005 Conference


Conference on Earnings Measurement & Performance Reporting

October 28-29, 2005

 

Graduate School of Business

Columbia University

New York, NY


Conference Website

 

The editors of the Review of Accounting Studies are pleased to announce a conference on Earnings Measurement and Performance Reporting to be held at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University in the City of New York, October 28-29, 2005.  Papers accepted for the conference are also considered for publication in the journal. All papers submitted, including those not accepted for the conference, will be reviewed for possible publication in RAST. The conference will cover travel costs and provide lodging and meals for presenters of accepted papers. A cash prize of $5,000 will be awarded for the best paper based on a vote by all conference participants.


2005 Conference Papers


 

The Following Papers were presented at the 2005 RAST Conference:

"Over-Investment of Free Cash Flow"

Scott Richardson, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton

 

"The Value Relevance of Alternative Methods of Accounting for Employee Stock Options"

Wayne R. Landsman, UNC Chapel Hill; Ken Peasnell, Lancaster University; Peter F. Pope, Lancaster University; Shu Yeh, National Taiwan University

 

"The Persistence of Earnings and Cash Flows and the Role of Special Items: Implications for the Accrual Anomaly"

Patricia M. Dechow, University of Michigan; Weili Ge, University of Michigan

 

"Performance, Growth and Earnings Management"

Chi-Wen Jevons Lee, Tulane University; Yue Li, Tulane University; Heng Yue, Tulane University

 

"Divisional Performance Measurement and Transfer Pricing for Intangible Assets"

Nicole M. Bastian, University of California, Berkeley

 

"Investing in Your Own Equity: Effects of Fair-Value Accounting and Comprehensive-Income Reporting on Earnings and Price Volatility"

Robert Bloomfield, Cornell University; Mark Nelson, Cornell University; Steven D. Smith, University of Illinois

 


2004 Conference


 

 

Conference on Financial Statement Information, Valuation, Performance Evaluation, and Decision Making
September 17-18, 2004

 

Center for Accounting Research and Education

Mendoza College of Business

University of Notre Dame

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2004 Conference Papers


 

Separating Winners from Losers among Low Book-to-Market Stocks using Financial Statement Analysis

Partha Mohanram, Columbia University

 

Information Uncertainty and Expected Returns

Guohua Jiang, Peking University, Charles Lee, Cornell University, and Grace Zhang, Cornell University


Conservatism, Growth and the Role of Accounting Numbers in the Fundamental Analysis Process

Steve Monahan, INSEAD 

 

Conditional and Unconditional Conservatism: Concepts and Modeling

Bill Beaver, Stanford University, and Stephen Ryan, New York University

On Accounting-based Valuation Formulae

Jim Ohlson, Arizona State University

Expected EPS and EPS Growth as Determinants of Value

Jim Ohlson, Arizona State University, and Beate Juettner-Nauroth, Johannes Gutenberg University