Symposium 2008 Programme

   

7th London Business School Accounting Symposium
20-21 June 2008



 

 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)
 

Presenting author: Ashiq Ali (University of Texas at Dallas)
Co-authors: Xuanjuan Chen (Kansas State University), Tong Yao (University of Arizona) and Tong Yu (University of Rhode Island)

  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)
 

Presenting author: Eti Einhorn (Tel Aviv University)
Co-authors: Eli Amir (London Business School) and Itay Kama (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)
 

Presenting author: Lakshmanan Shivakumar (London Business School)
Co-authors: Kartik Raman (Bentley College) and Ane Tamayo (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)
 

Presenting author: Stephen Hillegeist (INSEAD)
Co-authors: Brian Cadman and Mary Ellen Carter (University of Pennsylvania)

  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
                       

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