Symposium 2008 Programme
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7th London Business School Accounting Symposium
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| 08:50-09:00 | Opening Remarks: Eli Talmor (London Business School) |
| Session 1 | FRIDAY 20 JUNE (Morning) |
| 09:00-10:00 |
Earnings Management and the Predictive Ability of Accruals with Respect to Future Cash Flows (PDF 333KB) |
| Presenting author: Thomas Z. Lys (Northwestern University) Co-authors: Brad Badertscher (University of Notre Dame) and Daniel W. Collins (University of Iowa) | |
| Discussant: Konstantin Rozanov (London Business School) | |
| 10:00-11:00 | Profiting from the Post Earnings Announcement Drift: Mutual Fund Trades, Market Frictions, and Market Efficiency (PDF 255KB) |
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Presenting author: Ashiq Ali (University of Texas at Dallas) | |
| Discussant: Per Olsson (Duke University) | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 | The Role of Disaggregated Accounting Data in Detecting and Suppressing Earnings Management (PDF 300KB) |
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Presenting author: Eti Einhorn (Tel Aviv University) | |
| Discussant: Robert Bushman (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) | |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Break |
| Session 2 | FRIDAY 20 JUNE (Afternoon) |
| 14:00-15:00 | Targets' Earnings Quality and Bidders' Takeover Decisions (PDF 359KB) |
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Presenting author: Lakshmanan Shivakumar (London Business School) | |
| Discussant: Sugata Roychowdhury (Massachussetts Institute of Technology) | |
| 15:00-16:00 | The Value of Earnings Comparability (PDF 222KB) |
| Presenting author: Gus De Franco (University of Toronto) Co-authors: S.P. Kothari and Rodrigo Verdi (Massachussetts Institute of Technology) | |
| Discussant: Shivaram Rajgopal (University of Washington) | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Tea Break |
| 16:30-17:30 | Earnings Dispersion and Aggregate Stock Returns (PDF 1,060KB) |
| Presenting author: Gil Sadka (Columbia University) Co-authors: Bjorn Jorgensen and Jing Li (Columbia University) | |
| Discussant: Ane Tamayo (London Business School) | |
| 19:00-22:00 | Symposium Dinner |
| 08:00-08:30 | Breakfast |
| Session 3 | SATURDAY 21 JUNE (Morning) |
| 09:00-10:00 | The Role and Effect of Compensation Consultants on CEO Pay (PDF 531KB) |
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Presenting author: Stephen Hillegeist (INSEAD) | |
| Discussant: John Lyon (University of Melbourne) | |
| 10:00-11:00 |
CEO Risk-Related Incentives and Income Smoothing (PDF 670KB) |
| Presenting author: Garen Markarian (Instituto Empresa) Co-authors: Julia Grant (Case Western Reserve University) and Antonio Parbonetti (University of Padova) | |
| Discussant: Daniel Cohen (New York University) | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 | Solving the Executive Compensation Problem Through Shareholder Votes? Evidence from the UK (PDF 516KB) |
| Presenting author: Fabrizio Ferri (Harvard Business School) Co-author: David Maber (Harvard Business School) | |
| Discussant: Joseph Gerakos (University of Chicago) | |
| 12:30-14:30 | Barbecue Lunch |

