Review of Accounting Studies 2017 Conference
Conference Program
(BY INVITATION ONLY)
Friday, October 13, 2017
| 9:00 a.m. | Bus from IESE to the Sagrada Familia |
| 10:00-11:00 a.m. | Visit to the Sagrada Familia |
| 11:00-12:00 p.m. | Bus from the Sagrada Familia to IESE |
| 12:00-12:30 p.m. | Registration at North Campus |
| 12:00-1:30 p.m. | Lunch at North Campus Dining Room |
| 1:30-1:45 p.m. | Conference Begins - Opening Remarks |
| 1:45-3:00 p.m. | “Information Transfers and Conference Calls” Authors: Alina Lerman (Yale), Kalin Kolev (Yale), and Francois Brochet (Boston University) Presenter: Alina Lerman (Yale) Discussant: Pietro Bonetti (IESE) |
| 3:00-3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30-4:45 p.m. | “Opportunistic Financial Reporting Around Municipal Bond Issues” Authors: Amanda Beck (Georgetown) Presenter: Amanda Beck (Georgetown) Discussant: James Naughton (Northwestern) |
| 4:45-5:15 p.m. | Break |
| 5:15-6:30 p.m. | “The Effect of Income Shifting on the Information Environment: Evidence from Two-Stage Least Squares and SFAS 131” Authors: Ciao-Wei Chen (Illinois), Bradford Hepfer (Texas A&M), Phillip Quinn (Washington), and Ryan Wilson (Oregon) Presenter: Bradford Hepfer (Texas A&M) Discussant: Jennifer Blouin (Penn) |
| 6:45 p.m. | Bus picks up guests from IESE to restaurant |
| 8:00-10:00 p.m. | Gala Dinner at "Restaurante Tropical" |
| 10:00 p.m. | Bus back to IESE and surrounding hotels |
Saturday, October 14, 2017
| 12:00-1:30 p.m. | Lunch at North Campus Dining Room |
| 1:45-3:00 p.m. | “When and Why do IPO Firms Manage Earnings?” Authors: Yonca Ertimur (Colorado), Ewa Sletten (Boston College), Jayanthi Sunder (Arizona), and Joseph Weber (MIT) Presenter: Ewa Sletten (Boston College) Discussant: Dan Taylor (Penn) |
| 3:00-3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30-4:45 p.m. | “Debt Contracts in the Presence of Performance Manipulation” Authors: Ivan Marinovic (Stanford) and Ilan Guttman (NYU) Presenter: Ivan Marinovic (Stanford) Discussant: Steve Hillegeist (ASU) |
| 4:45-5:15 p.m. | Break |
| 5:15-6:30 p.m. | “Defining, Measuring and Modeling Accruals: A Guide for Researchers” Authors: Chad Larson (Houston), Richard Sloan (Berkeley/USC), and Jenny Zha Giedt (George Washington) Presenter: Jenny Zha Giedt (George Washington) Discussant: Mark Soliman (USC) |
| 6:45 p.m. | Cocktail at the terrace of the North Campus |
| 8:30 p.m. | Bus picks up guests from IESE to restaurant |
| 9:00-10:30 p.m. | Gala Dinner at "El Principal" |
| 10:30 p.m. | Bus back to IESE and surrounding hotels |