Wharton Spring Accounting Conference
May 22-23, 2024
All Sessions and Lunch/Breaks/Breakfast will be held in
Steinberg Dietrich Hall 351
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| Wednesday, May 22, 2024 | |
| 12:15 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. | Box Lunches |
| 1:35 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. | Conference Welcome |
| 1:40 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. | Session 1 – Asis Martinez-Jerez (Cornell University) On the Choice of Level or Ratio Targets in a Bonus Plan: Theory and Empirical Evidence from a Field Experiment |
| 2:40 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. | Break |
| 3:10 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. | Session 2 – Mihir Mehta (University of Michigan) Politically Motivated Capital Expenditures: Evidence from Banking |
| 4:10 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. | Break |
| 4:40 p.m. – 5:40 p.m. | Session 3 – Delphine Samuels (University of Chicago) The Role of Revenue Decentralization in Disciplining Local Government Spending |
| 6:00 p.m – 9:00 p.m. | Cocktails & Dinner at Louie Louie (dinner will commence at 6:20pm) |
| Thursday, May 23, 2024 | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Session 4 – Stephanie Sikes (University of Illinois at Chicago) Taxes and Earnings Uncertainty |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Session 5 – Regina Wittenberg-Moerman (University of Southern California) Digital Lending and Financial Well-Being: Through the Lens of Mobile Phone Data |
| 11:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. | Break |
| 11:50 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. | Session 6 – Christina Zhu (Wharton) Fundamental Information Flows in Trading Networks |
| 12:50 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Box Lunches |