Seminar Series

The Role of Accounting Conservatism in Firms' Financial Decisions
Mr Jimmy Lee
PhD Candidate, Northwestern University

Income Statement Effects of Derivative Fair Value Accounting: Evidence from Bank Holding Companies
Ms Hui Zhou
PhD Candidate, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

Creditor Control, State of Nature Verification, and Financial Reporting Conservatism
Mr Liang Tan
PhD Candidate, Northwestern University

The Interaction of Voluntary and Mandatory Disclosures: Evidence from the SEC's Elimination of the IFRS-US GAAP Reconciliation
Ms Julia YU
PhD Candidate, University of Georgia

Accounting Flexibility and Managers' Forecast Behavior Prior to Seasoned Equity Offerings
Mr Jae Bum Kim
PhD Candidate, University of Minnesota

Analyst and Market Responses to Tax Motivated Loss Shifting
Dr Frank ZHANG
Associate Professor, Yale University

What Drives Credit Rating Changes? A Return Decomposition Approach
Ms Sunhwa CHOI
PhD Candidate, Seoul National University

Earnings Quality And Price Synchronicity - Industry And Firm-Specific Information
Dr Agnes CHENG
Ourso Distinguished Chair of Accounting, Louisiana State University

An Examination of the Divergence in Earnings Forecasts between Managers and Analysts
Dr Somnath DAS
Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

Loan Collateral and Accounting Conservatism
Dr Gerald LOBO
Arthur Andersen Chair Professor in Accounting, University of Houston (SMU, Cheng Tsang Man Chair Visiting Professor)