Research Workshops

2012 Accounting Workshops

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, April 13, 2012
Board Room (8th Floor)
10:00 - 11:30 am
 Thomas Vance, University of Waterloo
Topic:  "The Moderating Effects of Ex Post Subjectivity on the Relation between Goal Difficulty and Performance"
Friday, April 6, 2012
Room 203
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
 Lillian Mills, University of Texas - Austin
Topic:  "The Effect of Political Sensitivity and Bargaining Power on Taxes: Evidence from Federal Contractors"

Friday, March 16, 2012
Room 203
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Mohan Venkatachalam, Duke University
Topic:  "Voice Pitch Predicts Labor Market Success"
Friday, Feb. 17, 2012
Room 204
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
 Stephen Brown, University of Florida
Topic: "Specialization Through Client Commonality and its Effect on Audit Production Costs"

Monday, Feb. 13, 2012
Room 203
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

 Timothy Brown, Cornell University
Topic: "Advantageous Comparison and the Slippery Slope to Fraud"
 Friday Feb. 10, 2012
Room 204
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
 Adam Vitalis, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Topic: "The Impact of Client-Specific Experience and Efficiency pressure on Risk Assessment Effectiveness"
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
Room 204
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Justin Leiby, University of Illinois
Topic:"How Do Consultants Persuade Managers to Adopt Management Control Systems?"

2011 Accounting Workshops

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?"

Friday, Nov. 18, 2011    
Room TBA
Time:  10:00 - 11:30 am
 William Brink, University of South Carolina (10:00 - 10:45 am)
Topic:  "Risky Decision-Making and Expert Advice: Further evidence of the Impact of Advice Cost on its Use"
Michael Majerczyk, University of South Carolina (10:45 - 11:30 am)
Topic:  "Labor Cost Management and Resulting Competitive Advantage in a Cost Estimation Environment"

 Monday, Nov. 14, 2011
Room 203
12:00 - 1:30 pm

 Nicole Jenkins, Vanderbilt University
Topic:  "Relevant but Delayed Information in Negotiated Audit Fees: Evidence from Stock Price Crashes"
 Friday, Nov. 11, 2011
Room 203
10:00 - 11:30 am

 Bryan Church, Georgia Tech
Topic:  "Shared Interest and Honesty in Budget Reporting"

 Monday, Nov. 7, 2011
Room 203
12:00 - 1:30 pm
 Mina Pond, Southern Methodist University
Topic:  "The Impact of Internal Audit Function Quality and Contribution on Audit Delays"
Friday, Nov. 4, 2011
Room 203
Time:  10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
 Bill Tayler, Emory University
Topic:  "To Compensate or Control? Motivating Employees in a Multidimensional Task"

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?

2010 Accounting Workshops

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"

2009 Accounting Workshops

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."

2008 Accounting Workshops

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".