PROGRAM 5 : Accounting

 
 
24
May
2016
Tuesday

Chair: Joseph Piotroski (Stanford University)

Session: Disclosure and Earning Quality

2.00 pm - 3.00 pm
Accounting Based Regulation and Earnings Management

Radhakrishnan Gopalan (Washington University in St. Louis)
Xiumin Martin* (Washington University in St. Louis)
Kandarp Srinivasan (Washington University in St. Louis)

Discussant:
Douglas J. Skinner (University of Chicago)

Conference Paper  
3.15 pm - 4.15 pm
Downward Nominal Price Rigidity and Earnings Quality

Jin Xie* (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:
Daniel Cohen (University of Texas at Dallas

Conference Paper  
4.30 pm - 5.30 pm
Can Twitter Help Predict Firm-Level Earnings and Stock Returns?

Eli Bartov* (New York University)
Lucile Faurel (Arizona State University)
Partha Mohanram (University of Toronto)

Discussant:
Mark Soliman (University of Southern California)

Conference Paper  
 
25
May
2016
Wednesday

Chair: Hai Lu (Singapore Management University)

Session: Governance and Incentives

2.00 pm - 3.00 pm
Corporate Hedging and the Design of Incentive-Compensation Contracts

Christopher S. Armstrong (University of Pennsylvania)
Sterling Huang (Singapore Management University)
Stephen Glaeser* (University of Pennsylvania)

Discussant:
Rachel Hayes (University of Utah)

Conference Paper  
3.15 pm - 4.15 pm
Do Fiduciary Duties to Creditors Reduce Debt-Covenant Avoidance?

Shai Levi (Tel Aviv University)
Benjamin Segal (Fordham University)
Dan Segal* (IDC Herzliya)

Discussant:
Scott Liao (University of Toronto)

Conference Paper  
4.30 pm - 5.30 pm
The effect of anti-corruption campaign on shareholder value in a weak institutional environment: Evidence from China

Bin Ke (National University of Singapore)
Na Liu* (Nanyang Technological University)
Song Tang (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)

Discussant:
Stefan Zeume (University of Michigan)

Conference Paper  
 
26
May
2016
Thursday

Chair: Haifeng You (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Session: Analyst and Innovation

9:00 am - 10:00 am
It’s Showtime! Conference Call Participation and Analysts’ Career Outcomes

Ling Cen (University of Toronto)
Jing Chen (Peking University)
Sudipto Dasgupta (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Vanitha Ragunathan* (University of Queensland)

Discussant:
Xuan Tian (Indiana University)

Conference Paper  
10:15 am - 11:15 am
Mismeasuring Innovation Around the World

Ping-Sheng Koh (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
David Reeb* (National University of Singapore)
Elvira Sojli (Erasmus University)
Wing Wah Tham (Erasmus University)

Discussant:
Xuan Tian (Indiana University)

Conference Paper  
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Harnessing the Wisdom of Crowds

Zhi Da* (University of Notre Dame)
Xing Huang (Michigan State University)

Discussant:
Holly Yang (Singapore Management University)

Conference Paper  

*Speaker.

Contact Information

Program Director Conference Organizer

Bin Ke (National Unviersity of Singapore)
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Douglas Skinner (University of Chicago)
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Hai Lu (Singapore Management University)
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Haifeng You (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
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