School of Accounting and Finance Seminars

All talks are held from 2:30 - 4:00 pm in Hagey Hall 2104
(new SAF wing) unless otherwise noted.

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Sept 8	Louise Hayes	Thesis Proposal 9am-noon
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Sept 8	Andy Bauer	Thesis Defense 1:00pm
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Sept 9	Mark Bradshaw Boston College	Opacity, Crash Risk and Option Smirk Curves
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Sept 23	PhD Summer papers 2:30 - 4:30	Vishal Baloria - Actuarial Choices and "Independent Plan Actuaries Ian Burt - The Effects of Organizational Identity and Supervisor Communication Style on an Individual's Willingness to Share Information Lev Timoshenko - Firm-Specific Characteristics of the SEC’s XBRL Voluntary Filing Program Participants
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Sept 30	PhD Summer papers	Lei Ma - Institutional Trading Around Public News Kun Huo - The Impact of Explanations on Interactional Justice, Budget Commitment, and Performance in a Participative Budgeting Setting"
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Sept 30	Tim Bauer	Thesis Defense 9:00am HH 2107
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Oct 7	Christine Botosan University of Utah	Representationally Faithful Disclosures, Organizational Design and Managers' Segment Reporting Decisions 2 -3:30pm
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Oct 14	Liyan Yang University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management	Loss Aversion, Survival and Asset Prices
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Oct 21	Jonathan Cohn University of Texas	The evolution of capital structure and operating performance after leveraged buyouts: Evidence from U.S. corporate tax returns
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Nov 4	Pamela Murphy Queen's University	Organizational Culture as a Predictor of Fraud
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Nov 4	Travis Chow	Thesis proposal 9:30, HH 2104
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Nov 11	Carol Ann Frost University of North Texas	An International Analysis of Pension Reporting Alternatives -- Does Income Statement Presentation Matter? Carol Ann Frost Vita 2 - 3:30pm
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Nov 18	Pierre Chaigneau HEC Montreal	The optimal timing of CEO compensation
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Nov 25	David Maber University of Southern California
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Dec 2	(Jane) Jieying Zhang University of Southern California	Debt covenants and risk taking
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Dec 9	Jasmijn Bol University of Illinois	Managers' Discretionary Adjustments: The Influence of Uncontrollable Events and Compensation Interdependence
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Dec 13	Yutao Li	Thesis Defense 9:30am HH 2104
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Jan 13	Patricia O'Brien & Darren Henderson University of Western Ontario	Principles, Rules, Bright Lines and Transaction Structuring: A Cross-Regime Study of Lessees
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Feb 28	Adam Presslee	1:30, HH 334
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March 2	Stephen Penman Columbia University	A Characteristic Model for Asset Pricing
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March 9	Baohua Xin University of Toronto	Asymmetry of Information, Wealth Appropriation, Bank Loan Covenants and the Signaling Role of Accounting Conservatism
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March 23	Ken Klassan University of Waterloo	Corporate Tax Compliance: The Role of Internal and External Preparers
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March 30	Paul Irvine University of Georgia	The Impact of Divergence of Opinions about Earnings within a Social Network CV
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April 13	David Weber University of Connecticut
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April 20	Kai Li Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia	Are CEOs in U.S. Public Firms Overpaid? New Evidence from Private Firms
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April 27	Hongping Tan	Analyst Target Prices and Forecast Accuracy around the World
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May 4	Travis Chow
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May 11	Vishal Baloria University of Waterloo
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May 18	James Thompson University of Waterloo
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May 25	Mark Lang University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Listing Choices and Self-Regulation: The Experience of the AIM
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Previous workshop speakers

For further information, please
contact Jenny Rothwell

2011 - 2012 Workshop Speakers