We actively pursue research and publication. Our research includes studies investigating the role of financial information in capital markets, the communication of financial and non-financial information, how organizations control and coordinate their business activities via corporate governance mechanisms and managerial incentives, and how management teams manage risks.
Our workshops complement our research program by enriching our collaborative academic endeavors and fostering a supportive, professional environment. Workshops are in the Rafik B. Hariri Building unless otherwise indicated.
Upcoming Events
October 11, 2024: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Michael Dambra
University of Buffalo – School of Management
ETFs and the Wash Sale Loophole
October 25, 2024: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Fabrizio Ferri
University of Miami
February 14, 2025: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Darren Bernard
University of Washington – Forster School of Business
February 28, 2025: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Ellen Engel
University of Illinois Chicago
March 21, 2025: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Matthew Erikson
Pamplin College of Business – Virginia Tech
March 28, 2025: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Scott Liao
Rotman School of Management – University of Toronto
April 11, 2025: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Russell Lundholm
UBC Sauder School of Business
Past Events
Fall 2024
September 6, 2024: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Susanna Gallani
Harvard School of Business
Driving Fluid Teams’ Performance: Field Evidence from Operating Room Turnover
September 13, 2024: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Jaewoo Kim
Lundquist College of Business – University of Oregon
Mandatory Disclosure and Voluntary CEO Departure
Spring 2024
January 19, 2024: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Michelle Harding
Pamplin College of Business – Virginia Tech
The Effect of Changes in State Tax Rates on State, Federal and Foreign Tax Planning: Is the Federal Government Bearing the Burden?
February 2, 2024: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Christine Dobridge
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
IPOs and Foreign Tax Structures
February 23, 2024: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tim Martens
Università Bocconi
Do Firms Listen to Social Media Analysts? Evidence from Seeking Alpha
April 5, 2024: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Karen Sedatole
Goizueta School of Business – Emory University
The Role of the Human in the Loop: The Case of Franchise Agency Costs in Product Assortment Planning with Predictive Analytics
April 19, 2024: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Mark Lang
Kenan-Flagler Business School – University of North Carolina
Opening up the Black Box of Corporate R&D
Fall 2023
September 22, 2023: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Nemit Shroff
MIT Sloan School of Management
Does U.S. Immigration Policy Facilitate Financial Misconduct?
October 6, 2023: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Alexander Edwards
University of Toronto
Why Do Loss Firms Pay Taxes?
October 27, 2023: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Brian Mittendorf
Fischer College of Business – The Ohio State University
Charitable Objectives or Donor Interests? What Sponsor Language Reveals about Donor-Advised Fund Priorities and Resource Flows
November 10, 2023: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Helen Zhang
Carlson School of Management – University of Minnesota
Federal Regulations on Fair Lending and Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Mortgage Market
Spring 2023
February 24, 2023: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Hariri Building Room 230
Brad Badertscher
Mendoza College of Business – University of Notre Dame
Materiality Judgment and Firm Disclosure
March 24, 2023: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Hariri Building Room 230
Wayne Guay
The Wharton School – University of Pennsylvania
Determinants of Insider Trading Windows
March 31, 2023: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Hariri Building Room 230
Lin William Cong
SC Johnson College of Business – Cornell University
The Rise of E-Wallets and Buy-Now-Pay-Later: Credit Expansion, Payment Competition, and Consumer Behavior
April 14, 2023: 11:40 a.m. to 1:10 p.m., Hariri Building Room 230
Michelle Lowry
Pamplin College of Business – Virginia Tech
Inexpert Supervision: Field Evidence on Boards’ Oversight of Cybersecurity
Fall 2022
September 9, 2022: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Sarah McVay
Foster School of Business – University of Washington
How Do CFOs Contribute to Their Firms? Evidence from Sudden Deaths
September 23, 2022: 11:40 a.m. to 1:10 p.m.
Martin Holzhacker
The Eli Broad College of Business – Michigan State University
Control Rights and the Independent Contractor
October 28, 2022: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Joshua Gunn
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business – University of Pittsburgh
Audit Firms’ Corporate Social Responsibility Activities and Auditor Reputation
November 11, 2022: 11 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
Gil Sadka
Naveen Jindal School of Management – The University of Texas at Dallas
Judge Financial Holdings and Case Outcomes: Evidence from Judge Financial Disclosures
November 18, 2022: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Musa Subasi
Robert H. Smith School of Business – University of Maryland
Building Credible Commitments via Director Interlocks: Evidence from the Supply Chain
December 2, 2022: 11:40 a.m. to 1:10 p.m.
Pierre Jinghong Liang
Tepper School of Business – Carnegie Mellon University
Pattern Recognition and Anomaly Detection in Bookkeeping Data
Spring 2022
February 18, 2022: 9 – 10 a.m. (virtual)
Bin Ke
National University of Singapore
How Do Venture Capital Firms Manage Narcissistic Entrepreneurs?
March 25, 2022: 9 – 10 a.m. (virtual)
Jasmine Wang
University of Virginia – McIntire School of Commerce
Global Evolution of ESG Disclosure in Annual Reports
April 1, 2022: 9 – 10 a.m. (virtual)
Alon Kalay
Michigan State University – Broad College of Business
When Micro Firms Speak Macro: Evidence on Firms’ Macroeconomic Disclosures
Fall 2021 Schedule
September 17: 9 – 10 a.m. EDT (virtual)
Haiwen (Helen) Zhang
University of Minnesota – Carlson School of Management
Loan-level Disclosure and the Convenience Yield of Asset-Backed Securities
October 8: 10 – 11 a.m. EDT (virtual)
Stephen Glaeser
University of North Carolina – Kenan-Flagler School of Business
The Effect of Patent Disclosure Quality on Innovation
October 15: 9 – 10 a.m. EDT (virtual)
Aaron Yoon
Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management
Analyzing Active Managers’ Commitment to ESG: Evidence from United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment
November 12: 10 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (virtual)
TJ (Tak-Jun) Wong
University of South Carolina – Marshall School of Business
Calling for Transparency: Evidence from a Field Experiment
November 19: 9 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (virtual)
Christina Ruiz Paparcuri
Indiana University
Firm Misconduct and the Structure of Political Spending
December 10: 9 – 10 a.m. EDT (virtual)
Ethan Rouen
Harvard Business School
Inclusive Managers
Spring 2021
February 5: 10 – 11 a.m. EST (virtual)
Mark Maffett
Booth School of Business – The University of Chicago
Importing Activists: Determinants and Consequences of Increased Cross-border Shareholder Activism
February 19: 9 – 10 a.m. EST (virtual)
Robert Knechel
Warrington College of Business – University of Florida
The Effect of Client Industry Agglomerations on Auditor Industry Specialization
February 26: 9 – 10 a.m. EST (virtual)
George Yang
CUHK Business School
Public Enforcement Through Independent Directors
March 5: 10 – 11 a.m. EST (virtual)
Máté Széles
University of Amsterdam
Executive Turnover after Accounting Restatements: How Do Firms Contract with Incoming Executives?
March 12: 9 – 10 a.m. EDT (virtual)
Eric So
MIT Sloan School of Management
Meet Markets: Investor Meetings and Expected Returns
April 9: 9 – 10 a.m. EDT (virtual)
Aishwarrya Deore
Broad College of Business – Michigan State University
Construing the Impact of Board Gender Diversity on Innovation Strategies
April 16: 9 – 10 a.m. EDT (virtual)
Qiang Cheng
Singapore Management University
The Economic Value of Blockchain Applications: Early Evidence from Asset-Backed Securities
April 30: 10 – 11 a.m. EDT (virtual)
Christina Zhu
The Wharton School – University of Pennsylvania
Simplified Mortgage Disclosures and Bank Lending
May 7: 9 – 10 a.m. EDT (virtual)
Rebecca Hann
Robert H. Smith School of Business – University of Maryland
Auditor Skill Demands and Audit Quality: Evidence from Job Postings
May 14: 9 – 10 a.m. EDT (virtual)
Jeffrey Hales
McCombs School of Business – University of Texas at Austin
Disclosure Standards and Communication Norms: Evidence of Voluntary Disclosure Standards as a Coordinating Device for Capital Markets
Fall 2020 Schedule
September 18: 9 -10 a.m. EDT (virtual)
Ayung Tseng
Kelley School of Business – Indiana University
Did Earnings Lose their “Relevance”?
October 30: 1 – 2 p.m. EDT (virtual)
Phillip Quinn
Foster School of Business – University of Washington
Disclosure Speed: Evidence from Nonpublic SEC Investigations
November 6: 9 – 10 a.m. EST (virtual)
Feng Li
Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Do Small Investors Matter?
December 11: 9 – 10 a.m. EST (virtual)
Scott Liao
Rotman School of Management – University of Toronto
The Effect of Subsidiary Accounting Quality on Internal Capital MarketEfficiency: Evidence from Bank Holding Companies
December 18: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST (virtual)
Jerry Zimmermann
Simon Business School – University of Rochester
The Forensics of the American Mafia
Spring 2020 Schedule
January 7
Syrena Shirley
Smeal College of Business – Penn State
Crime and Punishment: Corporate Criminal: Prosecution and Corporate Governance
January 13
Georg Rickmann
MIT Sloan School of Management
The Effect of Market Transparency on Corporate Disclosure
January 31
Yifang Xie
Olin School of Business – Washington University in St. Louis
Disclosure Regulation and Managers’ Information Acquisition
Fall 2019 Schedule
August 30
Edwige Cheynel
Rady School of Management – University of California San Diego
How Uncertain Is the Market About Manager’s Reporting Objectives? Evidence from Structural Estimation
October 4
Jasmijn Bol
A.B. Freeman School of Business – Tulane University
A Holistic Framework for Effective Management Control Systems
October 11
Ilia Dichev
Goizueta School of Business – Emory University
The Volatility of Stock Investor Returns
October 18
Dan Wangerin
Wisconsin School of Business – University of Wisconsin – Madison
Differences in the Value Relevance of Identifiable Intangible Assets Acquired in Business Combinations
October 23
Pingyang Gao
Booth School of Business – University of Chicago
Accounting Information, Renegotiation, and Debt Contracts
October 25
Rachel Hayes
David Eccles School of Business – University of Utah
Personal Bankruptcy Costs, Union Bargaining Power, and Capital Structure
November 1
Michal Matejka
W.P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University
Subjective Evaluation, Performance Targets, and Incentives
November 8
Ranjani Krishnan
Broad College of Business – Michigan State University
Regulatory Intervention and Quality Improvements– Evidence from the Hospital Industry
December 6
Franco Wong
Rotman School of Management – University of Toronto
Acquiring Information or Influencing the Stock? Evidence from Buy-Side Participation in Conference Calls and Institutional Trading
Spring 2019 Schedule
February 8
Musa Subasi
University of Maryland – College Park
Street Earnings Activation Delay
February 15
Xanthi Gkougkousi
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Dark Trading Volume at Earnings Announcements
March 22
Clare Wang
Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa
The Impact of Earnings Season on Election Day (co-authored with Austin Moss at the University of Iowa)
March 29
Peter Kroos
University of Amsterdam
The Relation between Customized and Uniform Targets: Using Forward-Looking- and Peer Performance Information to Enhance Target Achievement
April 5
Daniel Aobdia
Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
Public Audit Oversight and the Originate-to-Distribute Model
April 12
Xiumin Martin
Olin Business School – Washington University in St. Louis
Carrot or Stick? Evidence from a Pair of Natural Field Experiments Testing Lender Information Sharing Hypotheses
Fall 2018 Schedule
September 14
Delphine Samuels
MIT
The role of credit rating changes on opacity in the municipal bond market
September 28
James Naughton
Northwestern University
The Economic Consequences of Corporate Credit Rating Errors
October 5
Thomas Ruchti
Carnegie Mellon University
Entry in Local Audit Markets
November 16
Shivaram Rajgopal
Columbia University
Indexing CEO Equity Compensation to Firm’s Cost of Equity Capital
December 7
Allen Huang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
An Unintended Benefit of the Risk Factor Mandate of 2005
Spring 2018 Schedule
January 26
Wayne Landsman
University of North Carolina
The Value of Lending to Bellwether Firms by Institutional Investors
February 9
Ted Christensen
University of Georgia
Non-GAAP Earnings for Contracting and Financial Disclosure
February 16
James Potepa
George Washington University
Discontinued Operations: Earnings Management, Value Relevance, and the Role of ASU 2014-08
March 16
Justin Hopkins
University of Virginia
Career Concerns for Revealing Misreporting
May 4
Tatiana Sandino
Harvard University
Compensation Consultants and the Level, Composition and Complexity of CEO Pay
Fall 2017 schedule
September 8, 2017
Henock Louis
Penn State University
The effects of the extant clauses limiting auditor liability on audit fees, auditor conservatism, and overall reporting quality
September 15, 2017
Ed Maydew
University of North Carolina
U.S. Firms on Foreign (tax) Holidays
September 22, 2017
Jake Thomas
Yale University
Conditional conservatism: the case of goodwill impairments under-SFAS 142
October 2, 2017
Thomas Bourveau
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Naughty Firms, Noisy Disclosure: The Effects of Cartel Enforcement on Corporate Disclosure
October 27, 2017
Mark Bradshaw
Boston College
Soft Information in the Financial Press and Analysts’ Recommendation Revisions
October 30, , 2017: 2 p.m.
Jordan Schoenfeld
University of Utah
Economic Policy Uncertainty and Information Asymmetry
November 3, 2017: 1:30 p.m. – cancelled
Greg Miller
University of Michigan
November 10, 2017
Roby Lehavy
University of Michigan
The Tone of Management Forward-Looking Statements and Asymmetric Cost Behavior
December 5, 2017: 2:30 p.m.
Sterling Huang
Singapore Management University
Controllability of Risk and the Design of Incentive-Compensation Contracts
Spring 2017 Schedule
January 13, 2017
Bjorn Jorgensen
London School of Economics
Market-wide Effects of Off-Balance Sheet Disclosures: Evidence from the Oil and Gas Industry
February 3, 2017
Sonja Rego
Indiana University
Who Invests in Corporate Tax Avoiders?
February 10, 2017: 11:15 a.m.
MaryJane Rabier
McGill University
When is goodwill an asset? An examination into the origin of goodwill
February 24, 2017: 2:45 p.m.
Dimitris Vrettos
Southern Methodist University
The Incentive Effect of Relative Performance Evaluation on Early Option Exercise Behavior
March 2, 2017: 11:15 a.m.
Rafik B. Hariri Building, Room 570
Eric Weisbrod
University of Miami
Stockholders’ Reference-Dependent Preferences and the Market Reaction to Financial Disclosures
March 10, 2017: 2 p.m.
Urooj Khan
Columbia Business School
Co-Migration and the Benefits of Relationships in Bank Lending
March 17, 2017: 11:15 a.m.
Xiaoli Tian
Ohio State University
Is the Market Grossed Out by Gross-ups? An Investigation of Firms that Pay Their CEOs’ Taxes
April 28, 2017: 9:30 a.m.
Rafik B. Hariri Building, Room 155
Joanna Wu
University of Rochester
Economic Determinants of the Decision to Voluntarily Adopt Mark-to-Market Accounting for Pension Actuarial Gains and Losses
Fall 2016 Schedule
September 9, 2016
Eva Labro
University of North Carolina
Updating Accounting Systems: Long-Run Evidence from the Health Care Sector
September 16, 2016
Sudarshan Jayaraman
University of Rochester
Does counter-cyclical provisioning mitigate bank lending contractions? Evidence from supply shocks
October 14, 2016
Jenny Zha Giedt
The George Washington University
Economic Consequences of Announcing Strategic Alternatives
October 24, 2016: 10:30 a.m.
Qiang Cheng
Singapore Management University
CEO contractual protection and debt contracting
November 4, 2016: 1:50 p.m.
Hanna Lee
University of Maryland
Can Managers be Wrong and Still be Right? An Examination of the Predictive Information in Management Forecast Errors
November 10, 2016
Bob Libby
Cornell University
PCAOB Guidance and Audits of Fair Values for Level 2 Investments
November 18, 2016
Susie Wang
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Is Secured Lending Secure? Evidence from Small Businesses
November 30, 2016
Haifeng You
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Agency Conflicts and Accounting Conservatism: Evidence from Exogenous Shocks to Analyst Coverage
December 2, 2016: 2 p.m.
Rick Mergenthaler
University of Iowa
Spring 2016 Schedule
January 15, 2016
Shelley Li
Harvard Business School
January 29, 2016
Mozaffar Khan
Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard Business School
April 8, 2016
Christopher Armstrong
Wharton Business School
April 15, 2016
Sharon Katz
Columbia University
May 6, 2016
Sarah McVay
University of Washington
The Changing Implications of Research and Development Expenditures for Future Profitability