Emerging Scholars in Accounting Conference 2018

The accounting department is pleased to announce its inaugural “Emerging scholars in accounting conference”, which will take place on October 22-23, 2018.

The conference will feature six presentations by young accounting researchers, as outlined in the schedule below. The goal of the event is to allow the presenters, who are in their final year of the Ph.D. program, to showcase their work in front of a critical but supportive audience, receive feedback, and have opportunities to extend their network.

The conference starts at noon on October 22^nd and ends at noon October 23^rd, to allow for efficient traveling schedules.

Schedule

Day 1: October 22, 2018
12:34 – 13:00	Get-together
13:00 – 14:15	Xiaoxi Wu Lancaster University	Small positive earnings surprises and conference call communication
	Discussant: Katharina Hombach, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
	Break
14:30 – 15:45	Christina Grande Universidad Carlos III de Madrid	CEO labor market incentives and accounting quality: The unintended consequences of trade secret regulation
	Discussant: Wenjiao Cao, Erasmus School of Economics
	Break
16:00 – 17:15	Yang Wang London School of Economics and Political Science	The impact of separating research payments from dealing commissions: Evidence from Sweden
	Discussant: Xiang Zheng, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Day 2: October 23, 2018
9:00 – 10:15	Aleksander Aleszcyk London Business School	The underleverage puzzle and intraquarter commercial paper borrowings
	Discussant: Larissa Schäfer, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
	Break
10:30 – 11:45	Maximilian Muhn Humboldt-University of Berlin	Financial transparency of private firms: Evidence from a randomized field experiment
	Discussant: Tobias Berg, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
	Break
12:00 – 13:15	Antonio Vazquez London School of Economics and Political Science	Who is keeping an eye on real earnings management: Focused vs dispersed directors
	Discussant: Ionela Andreicovici, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management