Wharton Spring Accounting Conference
May 22-23, 2019
All Sessions will be held in Vance B10
Lunch/Breaks/Breakfast will be held in Vance B11
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| Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Box Lunches |
| 1:20 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Session 1 – Edwige Cheynel (USCD) Strategic Withholding and Imprecision in Asset Measurement |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. | Session 2 – Terrence Blackburne (U of Washington) Have the benefits of CEO purchases been understated? |
| 4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Break |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:40 p.m. | Session 3 – Robert Bushman (UNC) The influence of short sellers on negative press coverage and price discovery |
| 5:40 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Reception in Accounting Suite (SHDH 1300) |
| 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Dinner at Pod |
| Thursday, May 23, 2019 | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. | Session 4 – Susanna Gallani (Harvard) Incentive Contracts and Extra-Role Behaviors: Evidence from Employee-Initiated Innovation |
| 9:40 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. | Break |
| 10:10 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. | Session 5 – Jeff Hales (Georgia Tech) How Far Will Managers go to Look Like a Good Steward? A Re-Examination of Honesty Preferences in Managerial Reporting |
| 11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. | Break |
| 11:40 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. | Session 6 – Frank Zhou (Wharton) Disagreement about Fundamentals: Measurements and Consequences |
| 12:50 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Box Lunches |