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 Journal of Accounting & Economics

2017 Conference
November 2-4, 2017

Thursday, November 2, 2017
7:30 – 10:00 pm WELCOME RECEPTION
Distrito
3925 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Friday, November 3, 2017
7:30 – 8:10 am REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
Lower Lobby outside 351 Steinberg Hall–Dietrich Hall
8:10 – 8:20 am Opening Remarks – Professor Wayne Guay
8:20 – 9:50 am SESSION I – 351 Steinberg Hall–Dietrich Hall
Moderator  John Core
Paper  “Financing Acquisitions with Earnouts”
Authors  Thomas Bates, Jordan Neyland
and Yolanda Yulong Wang
Discussant  Isil Erel
9:50 – 10:20 am Break – Lower Lobby Steinberg Hall–Dietrich Hall
10:20 – 11:50 am SESSION II – 351 Steinberg Hall–Dietrich Hall
Moderator  Wayne Guay
Paper  “Uncertainty in Managers’ Reporting Objectives and Investors’ Response to Earnings Reports: Evidence from the 2006 Executive Compensation Disclosures”
Authors  Fabrizio Ferri, Ronghuo Zheng, and Yuan Zou
Discussant  Christopher Armstrong
12:00 – 1:15 pm LUNCHEON
8th Floor Robertson Hall
Jon H Huntsman Hall
1:30 – 3:00 pm SESSION III – 351 Steinberg Hall–Dietrich Hall
Moderator  Michelle Hanlon
Paper  “U.S. Worldwide Taxation and Domestic Mergers and Acquisitions”
Authors  Jeremiah Harris and William O’Brien
Discussant  Terry Shevlin
3:00 – 3:30 pm Break – Lower Lobby S Steinberg Hall–Dietrich Hall
3:30 – 5:00 pm SESSION IV – 351 Steinberg Hall–Dietrich Hall
Moderator  Robert W. Holthausen
Paper  “Analysts’ Stock Ownership and Stock Recommendations”
Authors  Elio Alfonso, Steve Lin, and Yong Yu
Discussant  Daniel Bradley
TOUR & DINNER
  The National Constitution Center
525 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
5:30 Trolley or bus departs Inn at Penn for walking tour
6:30 & 6:45 pm Trolleys depart the Inn at Penn (Walnut St. entrance)
6:45 pp Trolley departs the University City Sheraton
7:00 – 7:50 pm Cocktail Reception the National Constitution Center
7:50 – 8:20 pm Freedom Rising show
8:30 – 10:00 pm Dinner
9:45, 10:00, 10:15, and 10:30 pm Trolleys depart the National Constitution Center and return guests to Inn at Penn and University City Sheraton
Saturday, November 4, 2017
7:30 – 8:30 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Lower Lobby Steinberg Hall–Dietrich Hall
8:30 – 10:00 am SESSION V – 351 Steinberg Hall–Dietrich Hall
Moderator  Michelle Hanlon
Paper  “Earnings Announcement Promotions: A Yahoo Finance Field Experiment”
Authors  Nikolay Laptev, Alastair Lawrence, James Ryans
and Estelle Sun
Discussants  Joseph Engelberg
10:00 – 10:30 am Break – Lower Lobby Steinberg Hall–Dietrich Hall
10:30 – 12 pm SESION VI – 351 Steinberg Hall–Dietrich Hall
Moderator  Joanna Wu
Paper  “Managing reputation: Evidence from biographies of corporate directors”
Authors  Ian Gow, Aida Sijamic Wahid, and Gwen Yu
Discussant  Darius Miller
12:00 pm BOX LUNCH – Lower Lobby Steinberg Hall–Dietrich Hall
General Information
Hotels Hilton Inn at Penn: (215) 222-0000
University City Sheraton: (215) 387-8000
Transportation Lady Liberty: (215) 724-8888
Philadelphia TAXI’s (215)225-5000
Accounting Department (215) 898-7772
Frank Fardone fardone@wharton.upenn.edu
Meredith Wickman mwickman@wharton.upenn.edu
Wayne Guay guay@wharton.upenn.edu
Bob Holthausen holthausen@wharton.upenn.edu
Conference Website https://accounting.wharton.upenn.edu/jae/
Sponsored by:
CRA International
Cambridge Business Publishers
The Accounting Department of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 3620 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104

JAE Conference 2017

Accounting Department
The Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania
1300 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall
3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6365

Phone: (215) 898-7772
Fax: (215) 573-2054
Email: acct-staff

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