2008-2009 Accounting Workshop Series
Workshops are held from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated
Email questions to Wendy Wilson: wwilson@cox.smu.edu
       
  Date Presenter Topic
       
  September 19, 2008 Shannon Anderson, Rice An Empirical Examination of Negotiated Goals and Performance-to-Goal Following the Introduction of an Incentive Bonus Plan
       
SMU Finance Workshop Series September 26, 2008 Ashiq Ali, UT Dallas Proximity to Broad Credit Rating Change and Conservatism in Reported Earnings
       

Prior years:

2007-2008

 October 3, 2008 Helen Zhang, Ohio State Why Do Banks Contractually Obligate Borrowers to Engage in Interest Rate Protection?
2006-2007      
2005-2006 October 17, 2008 Daniel Beneish, Indiana Identifying Overvalued Equity
       
  November 14, 2008 Peter Wysocki, MIT Pairs Trading and Accounting Information
       
  January 23, 2009 Cathy Schrand, Wharton Investor Demand for Industry Factor Price Exposure
       
  February 20, 2009 Umit Gurun, UT Dallas Don't Believe the Hype: Local Media Slant, Local Advertising, and Firm Value
       
  February 27, 2009 Rebecca Files, Texas A&M Do More Transparent Corporate Actions Following a Restatement Influence the SEC's Decision to Issue an Enforcement Action?
       
  March 3, 2009 Todd Kravet, University of Washington Accounting Conservatism and Acquisition Decisions: Benefits and Costs
       
  March 6, 2009 Ningzhong Li, University of Chicago Negotiated Measurement Rules in Debt Contracts
       
  March 10, 2009 Lian Lee, University of Michigan Incentives to Inflate Reported Cash from Operations Using Classification and Timing
       
  March 13, 2009 Rick Cazier, University of Iowa R&D Spending Among Short-Horizon CEOs: A Reexamination
       
  March 27, 2009 Per Olsson, Duke A Comparison of Market-based and Accounting-based Descriptions of Business Risk
       
  April 17, 2009 Robert Bushman, UNC Price Discovery and Dissemination of Private Information by Loan Syndicate Participants
       
  May 8, 2009 Steve Orpurt, Purdue Does Debt-IPO by Privately-held Firms Trigger Financial Statement Management?