Workshop Series 2008-2009

Unless otherwise noted, the papers presented are preliminary drafts. Please do not quote without the author's permission.

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic
9/11/08	Jefff Callen	University of Toronto	An Analytical and Empirical Measure of the Degree of Conservatism
9/19/08	Shiva Rajgopal	Univ of Washington	Geography and the Incidence of Financial Misreporting
10/17/08	April Klein	NYU	The Implication of Hedge Fund Activisim on the Target Fund's Existing Bondholders
10/24/08	Wayne Thomas	Univ. of Oklahoma	Capital Market Consequences of Conference Presentations
10/31/08	Shyam Sunder	Yale University	Are Regulatory Mandate and Independence Neccessary for Audit Quality?
11/7/08	William Baber	George Washington University	Investor Perceptions of the Earnings Quality Consequences of Hiring an Affiliated Auditor
12/5/08	Daniel Lanier	TCU	Customer Profitability Analysis and Market Valuation: Differential Pricing and the Comparative Profitability of Major Customer Sales
1/30/09	Ranjani Krishnan	Michigan State University	Accounting Performance, Cost Structure, and Firms' Capacity Investment Decisions
4/10/09	Dan Dhaliwal	Univ. of Arizona	Do Mandatory Pension Contributions Lead to Increases in Firms' Cost of Debt?
5/1/09	Paul Zarowin	NYU	Economic Consequences of Real and Accrual-Based Earnings Management Activities