Time: 10:00-12:15
Session A1: Financial Accounting and Corporate Governance
Chair: TieMei Li (University of Ottawa)
Location: DMS 4120
“You Blinked: Increases in Corporate Risk Following the Inception of CDS Trade”
Hyun A. Hong (University of California, Riverside), Ji Woo Ryou (University of Texas), and Anup Srivastava (Dartmouth College)
Discussant: Dongyoung Lee (McGill University)
“Private Equity Valuation before and after ASC 820”
Peter Easton (University of Notre Dame), Stephannie Larocque (University of Notre Dame) and Jennifer Stevens (Ohio University)
Discussant: Anup Srivastava (Dartmouth College)
“‘Tainted’ Executives as Outside Directors”
Leah Baer (University of Colorado), Yonca Ertimur (University of Colorado), and Jingjing Zhang (McGill University)
Discussant: Stephannie Larocque (University of Notre Dame)
Session A2: Media and CSR Accounting Research
Chair: Henrik Nilsson (Stockholm School of Economics)
Location: DMS 4170
“Media Sentiment Divergence and Analyst Earnings Forecasts”
Hangsoo Kyung (Chinese University of Hong Kong) and Albert Tsang (York University)
Discussant: Li Yao (Concordia University)
“Does Voluntary CSR Reporting Affect the Informativeness of Mandatory Financial Disclosures?”
Aida Sijamic Wahid (University of Toronto) and Stephanie Cheng (University of Toronto)
Discussant: Albert Tsang (York University)
“Corporations are from Mars, Stakeholders are from Venus: Communication Barriers, Ignorance and (Un) Accountability in Stakeholder Engagement”
Pavlo Kalyta (Queen’s University), Bertrand Malsch (Queen’s University) and Tina Dacin (Queen’s University)
Discussant: Darlene Himick (University of Ottawa)
Time: 02:15-04:30
Session A3: Accounting History *
Chair: Cheryl S. McWatters, Father Edgar Thivierge Chair in Business History (University of Ottawa)
Location: DMS 4120
“Epistemology of Ignorance in the US Accounting Academy: Crisis? What Crisis?”
Sue Ravenscroft (Iowa State University) and Paul Williams (North Carolina State University)
Discussant: Till-Arne Hahn (Queen’s University)
“BMO’s Bicentennial and the Rise of the Historical Spirit”
Laurence Mussio (York University)
Discussant: Ignaz Cassar (Independent Scholar)
*This session is presented in collaboration with the Father Edgar Thivierge Chair Speaker Series in Business History
Session A4: Analysts Forecasts
Chair: Darlene Himick (University of Ottawa)
Location: DMS 4170
“Sell-side Security Analysts’ Reputation and the Labor-Market Returns to Earnings Forecasting Skill”
David A. Maber (University of Michigan) and Richard H. Willis (Vanderbilt University)
Discussant: Hongping Tan (York University)
“Companies’ Net Borrower / Lender Status and Earnings Predictability”
Senyo Tse (Texas A&M University)
Discussant: Lihong Liang (Syracuse University)
“Policy Uncertainty and Analyst Forecasts”
Lamia Chourou (University of Ottawa), Lynnette Purda (Queen’s University & INSEAD), and Samir Saadi (University of Ottawa)
Discussant: Sattar Mansi (Virginia Tech)