2016 Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference

November 4-5, 2016

Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Schedule

Thursday, November 3, 2016
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm	Welcome Reception	Location: E62 Lobby 100 Main St.,Cambridge
Friday, November 4, 2016
7:30 am – 8:20 am	Registration/Check-in/Breakfast	Location: Media Lab (E14) 75 Amherst Ave., 6th Floor
8:20 am – 10:00 am	Session I	Location: Multi-Purpose Room (Media Lab)
Paper:	“When Does Peer Information Matter?”
Authors:
	Nemit Shroff (MIT Sloan School of Management)
	Rodrigo Verdi (MIT Sloan School of Management)
	Benjamin Yost (MIT Sloan School of Management)
Discussant:	Dawn Matsumoto (University of Washington)
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Break	Location: Winter Garden Room (Media Lab)
10:30 am – 12:00 pm	Session II	Location: Multi-Purpose Room (Media Lab)
Paper:	“The Evolution of 10-K Textual Disclosure: Evidence from Latent Dirichlet Allocation”
Authors:
	Travis Dyer (University of North Carolina)
	Mark Lang (University of North Carolina)
	Lorien Stice-Lawrence (University of North Carolina)
Discussant:	Greg Miller (University of Michigan)
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Lunch	Location: Winter Garden Room (Media Lab)
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm	Session III	Location: Multi-Purpose Room (Media Lab)
Paper:	“Commercial Lending Concentration and Bank Expertise: Evidence from Borrower Financial Statements”
Authors:
	Philip Berger (University of Chicago Booth School of Business)
	Michael Minnis (University of Chicago Booth School of Business)
	Andrew Sutherland (MIT Sloan School of Management)
Discussant:	Phil Strahan (Boston College)
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Break	Location: Winter Garden Room (Media Lab)
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm	Session IV	Location: Multi-Purpose Room (Media Lab)
Paper:	“Do Common Inherited Beliefs and Values Influence CEO Pay?”
Authors:
	Atif Ellahie (University of Utah)
	Ahmed Tahoun (London Business School)
	Irem Tuna (London Business School)
Discussant:	Lauren Cohen (Harvard Business School)
Dinner
6:00 pm	Bus departs from Sloan to The State Room	Location: Sloan School 100 Main St., Cambridge
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm	Cocktail Reception	Location: The State Room
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm	Dinner	Location: The State Room
10:30 pm	Bus departs The State Room for Sloan	Location: The State Room
Saturday, November 5, 2016
8:00 am – 8:30 am	Breakfast	Location: Winter Garden Room (Media Lab
8:30 am – 10:00 am	Session V	Location: Multi-Purpose Room (Media Lab)
Paper:	“The Real Effects of Mandated Information on Social Responsibility in Financial Reports: Evidence from Mine-Safety Records”
Authors:
	Hans B. Christensen (University of Chicago Booth School of Business)
	Eric Floyd (University of California at San Diego)
	Lisa Yao Liu (University of Chicago Booth School of Business)
	Mark Maffett (University of Chicago Booth School of Business)
Discussant:	Wayne Guay (University of Pennsylvania)
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Break	Location: Winter Garden Room (Media Lab)
10:30 am – 12:00 pm	Session VI	Location: Multi-Purpose Room (Media Lab)
Paper:	“Borrower Private Information Covenants and Loan Contract Monitoring”
Authors:
	Richard Carrizosa (University of Texas at El Paso)
	Stephen Ryan (New York University)
Discussant:	Valeri Nikolaev (University of Chicago Booth School of Business)
12:00 pm	Conference Ends

 

With Thanks to Our Sponsors:

MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charles River Associates
Cambridge Business Publishers

 

 

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