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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 22nd and ends at noon October 23rd, 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