This record of past accounting workshops is provided for archival purposes only. To access the current accounting workshop schedule, please follow this link: Current Accounting Workshop Schedule

Accounting Seminar Schedule for 2006/2007:

(SMU Finance Seminar Schedule)
(UTD Accounting Workshop Schedule)

Seminars are held in Maguire 356 from 2:00 to 3:20 pm on Fridays unless otherwise noted below.
Organizer: Doug Hanna (hanna@smu.edu)
Date Presenter Topic
Aug 25
2006
OPEN
TBA
Sep 01
2006
OPEN
TBA
Sep 08
2006
OPEN
TBA
Sep 15
2006
Suraj Srinivasan
Chicago
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Flow of International Cross-listings
JAAF Conference
Sep 22
2006
Mary Stanford
TCU
Do Broad-Based Option Compensation Plans Improve Future Firm Performance for Technology and Non-Technology Firms?
RAST Conference
Sep 29
2006
Eddie Riedl
Harvard
Market Reaction to Events Surrounding the Adoption of IFRS in Europe
Oct 06
2006
Ramgopal Venkataraman
Minnesota
Goodwill Impairment Loss: Causes and Consequences
JAE Conference
Oct 13
2006
No workshop
Exam week
Oct 20
2006
OPEN
TBA
Oct 27
2006
Daniel Beneish
Indiana
POSTPONED
Nov 03
2006
Shannon Anderson
Rice
Understanding Cost Management: What Can We Learn from the Evidence on "Sticky Costs?"
(Paper withheld at presenter's request - please pick up hard copy)
CAR Conference
Nov 10
2006
Gordon Richardson
Toronto
The Existence of and Explanations for the Private Company Discount
NOTE TIME CHANGE TO 10:30 AM
Nov 17
2006
Mark Bradshaw
Harvard
POSTPONED TO 30 MARCH 2007
Nov 24
2006
No workshop
Thanksgiving
Dec 01
2006
Frank Zhang
Yale
Overreaction to Intra-industry Information Transfers?
Dec 08
2006
Sudipta Basu
Emory
Emergent Recordkeeping Changes the Course of Economic History
Also see his paper with Greg Waymire, "Recordkeeping and Human Evolution," Accounting Horizons, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 201-229.
Note Room Change to Maguire 356
Dec 15
2006
No workshop
Break week
Dec 22
2006
No workshop
Break week
Dec 29
2006
No workshop
Break week
Jan 05
2007
Igor Vaysman
INSEAD
Optimal Incentives to Abandon Investments
Jan 12
2007
OPEN
TBA
Jan 19
2007
Recruiting
TBA
Jan 26
2007
Recruiting
TBA
Feb 02
2007
Steve Crawford
Chicago
What's Driving Cross-listing Effects?
An Analysis of Analyst Coverage Surrounding International Cross Listings
Feb 05
2007
Sudarshan Jayaraman
UNC
NOTE SPECIAL MONDAY WORKSHOP AT 2:00 PM IN CROW 278
Earnings volatility, cash flow volatility and informed trading
Feb 09
2007
Hollis Ashbaugh-Skaife
Wisconsin - Madison
Can Regulation Enhance the Monitoring Role of Audits? Evidence from the German Market
Feb 16
2007
Sam Lee
USC
CEO Reputation: Who Benefits - The Firm or the CEO?
Feb 19
2007
Shamin Mashruwala
Washington
NOTE SPECIAL MONDAY WORKSHOP AT 2:00 PM IN CROW 279
The Impact of Accounting Smoothing on Asset Allocation in Corporate Pension Plans:
Evidence from the U.K.
(Paper withheld at presenter's request - please pick up hard copy)
Feb 23
2007
Adam Koch
Carnegie Mellon
Once Bitten, Twice Shy: The Relation Between Outcomes of Earnings Guidance and the Provision of Subsequent Guidance
Mar 02
2007
Yu Gao
Chicago
NOTE SPECIAL WORKSHOP ROOM, CROW 278
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Choice of Bond Market by Foreign Firms
Mar 09
2007
Zining Li
Minnesota
Accounting Conservatism and Managers' Forecasting Behavior
Mar 16
2007
Jeff Yu
Ohio State
NOTE SPECIAL WORKSHOP TIME AT 10:30 AM
Loan Spreads and Unexpected Earnings: Do Banks Know What Analysts Don't Know?
Mar 23
2007
James Myers
Texas A&M
POSTPONED TO 27 APRIL 2007
Mar 30
2007
Mark Bradshaw
Harvard
Do Sell-Side Analysts Exhibit Differential Target Price Forecasting Ability?
Apr 06
2007
OPEN
TBA
Apr 13
2007
OPEN
TBA
Apr 20
2007
OPEN
TBA
Apr 27
2007
James Myers
Texas A&M
NOTE SPECIAL WORKSHOP ROOM, MAGUIRE 354
Are Dividends Informative About Future Earnings?
May 04
2007
No workshop
Exam week
May 11
2007
If required
TBA
JAR Conference
May 18
2007
If required
TBA
May 25
2007
If required
TBA