The following accounting researchers have been invited to present workshops during the Spring & Fall 2012 semesters. Details will be posted as they become available.
Friday, March 16, 2012 Room 203 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 Room 203 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
The following accounting researchers have been invited to present workshops during the Spring & Fall 2011 semesters. Details will be posted as they become available.
Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 Room 203 Time: 11:00am - 12:30 pm
Tammie Schaefer, University of South Carolina Topic: "Do stories of financial scandals impact investors' reaction to unrelated accounting news?"
Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 Room 203 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Bryan Church, Georgia Tech Topic: "Shared Interest and Honesty in Budget Reporting"
Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 Room 203 Time: 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Rick Hatfield, University of Alabama Topic: "The Effect of the Social Mismatch Between Staff Auditors and Client Management on the Collection of Audit Evidence"
Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 Room 203 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Brooke Elliott, University of Illinois Topic: "How Do Investors' Affective Reactions To Corporate Social Responsibility Performance Influence Their Estimates of Fundamental Value?", co-authored with K. Jackson, M. Peecher and B. White (University of Illinois)
Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 Room 203 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Linda Quick, University of South Carolina Topic: "The Status Quo Effect on Principles- vs. Rule-Based Accounting Judgments" (co-authored by Scott Vandervelde and Bill Messier)
Friday, April 8, 2011 Room 203 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Bob Libby, Cornell University Topic: Financial Statement Disaggregation and Auditors' Tolerance for Misstatement
Friday, February 11, 2011 Room 204 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Jim Hunton, Bentley University Topic: External Auditors' Reliance on the Internal Audit Function: The Role of Second-Order Belief Attribution
Friday, January 21, 2011 Room 203 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Dave Ziebart, University of Kentucky Topic: Does the choice of forecast precision reflect management's intentions to use irregularities?
November 5, 2010 Jeffrey Hales, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Accounting for Lease Renewal Options: The Tradeoff between Transaction Structuring and Informational Effect"
September 24, 2010 Joseph Brazel, North Carolina State University, "Do Nonprofessional Investors React to Fraud Red Flags?"
April 23, 2010 Lei Wang, University of South Carolina, "Using Social and Environmental Performance Cues to Evaluate Earnings Quality"
April 2, 2010 Susan Jurney, University of Alabama, "The Effects of Varying Levels of Relevance and Reliability on Nonprofessional Investors' Judgment"
November 13, 2009 Mark Peecher, University of Illinois, presented "Informal Consultation and Auditors' Belief Revision: The Effects of Advisor Affiliation and Advice Quality."
October 30, 2009 Michael Williamson, University of Texas - Austin, presented "Corporate Social Responsibility and Implicit Contracting."
October 2, 2009 Kathryn Kadous, Emory University, presented "When do Jurors Second-Guess Accounting Estimates? The Effects of Accounting Standard Structure and Accounting Norms on Auditor Liability."
April 15, 2009 Brian Mayhey, University of Wisconsin, presented "Self-Regulation: Experimental Evidence on Reputation and Peer Review."
April 3, 2009 Wayne Thomas, University of Oklahoma, presented "International Evidence on Analyst Stock Recommendations, Valuations, and Returns."
February 27, 2009 Kevin Jackson, University of Illinois, presented "The Effect of Management Forecast Disaggregation on Investor's Susceptibility to Earnings Fixation."
November 14, 2008 Sean Peffer, University of Kentucky, presented "Reciprocity and Budgeting: The Effects of Budget Levels, Particpation, and Repeated-Interaction on Employee Effort".
February 22, 2008 W. Timothy Mitchell, University of Kentucky, presented "Relative Performance Incentives: The Effects of Reducing Exposure to Common Risks and Providing Social Comparison Information on Casual Attributions and Performance in Multi-period Settings".
February 15, 2009 Wei (Vicky) Yu, Georgia Institue of Technology, presented, "The Impact of Flexibility of Accounting Standards and Investment Time Horizon of Institutional Investors on Corporate Managers' Earnings Management Choices".