Conference Schedule

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Conference Schedule for Feb 9-10

Schedule for Thursday, February 9, 2023

Time Event Location
1:25 p.m. Welcome – Ying Huang (UTD) Jindal School of Management Exec Ed room
1:30 – 2:00 Presenter: Geoffrey Pears (Rice)
Paper: Banks’ Commitment to Social Responsbility in Lending amid Reduced Enforcement of Fair Lending Laws
Jindal School of Management Exec Ed room
2:00 – 2:30 Presenter: Yang Zhang (UT Dallas)
Paper: Centralized Electronic Disclosure System and Financial Statement Comparability
Jindal School of Management Exec Ed room
2:30 – 2:45 Break (snacks provided) Lounge outside Exec Ed room
2:45 – 3:15 Presenter: Ozer Erdem (University of Houston)
Paper: What You Say and How You Say It: Textual and Audio Disclosures in Earnings Calls
Jindal School of Management Exec Ed room
3:15 – 3:45 Presenter: Abhishek (Abhi) Ramchandani (UT Austin)
Paper: Capital Budgeting, Innovation, and Free Riding
Jindal School of Management Exec Ed room
3:45 – 4:00 Break (snacks provided) Lounge outside Exec Ed room
4:00 – 4:30 Presenter: Rob Gonzales (UT Arlington)
Paper: What information can Critical Audit Matters provide?
Jindal School of Management Exec Ed room
4:30 – 5:00 Presenter: Lisa Tiplady (Texas A&M)
Paper: Audit Quality and Short-Side Mispricing
Jindal School of Management Exec Ed room
Shuttle service schedule from UTD to Hilton
When: 5:15 p.m.
Pick up location: Outside UTD’s School of Management in Parking Lot Q
6:00 p.m. Dinner and Reception at Hilton Richardson Dallas

Schedule for Friday, February 10, 2023

Time Event Location
Shuttle service schedule from Hilton to UTD
When: 8:10 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. (approximate times as the shuttle will run two trips)
Pick up location: Hilton entrance
8:15 – 8:55 Breakfast Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (Ballroom A)
8:55 – 9:00 Opening Remarks – Rebecca Files (UT Dallas) Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (Ballroom BC)
9:00 – 9:40 Presenter: Linette Rousseau (University of Houston)
Paper: Old Institutions, New Report: Auditors’ Experiences Implementing Critical Audit Matter Reporting
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (Ballroom BC)
9:40 – 10:20 Presenter: Kirti Sinha (UT Dallas)
Paper: Real Effects of Non-Current Guidance from Accounting and Prudential Regulators: Evidence from CECL
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (Ballroom BC)
10:20 – 10:40 Break (snacks provided) Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (Ballroom A)
10:40 – 11:20 Presenter: Anne Albrecht (TCU)
Paper: Economies of Scale in the Audit Market: A Nonparametic Approach
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (Ballroom BC)
11:20 – 12:00 Presenter: Eunjee Kim (Texas A&M)
Paper: Directors’ Career Concerns and Investor Outreach
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (Ballroom BC)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch break Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (Ballroom A)
1:00 – 1:40 Presenter: Stefan Huber (Rice)
Paper: Earnings News and Over-the-Counter Markets
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (Ballroom BC)
1:40 – 2:20 Presenter: Marcel Tuijn (SMU)
Paper: The Capital Market Effects of Centralizing Regulated Financial Information
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (Ballroom BC)
2:20 – 2:40 Break (snacks provided) Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (Ballroom A)
2:40 – 3:20 Presenter: Chandrani Chatterjee (UT Arlington)
Paper: Creditor Control Rights and Workplace Safety
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (Ballroom BC)
3:20 – 4:00 Presenter: Matthew Kubic (UT Austin)
Paper: Does Inflation Affect Value Relevance? A Century-Long Analysis
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (Ballroom BC)
4:00 – 4:05 Concluding remarks – Ying Huang (UT Dallas)
Shuttle service schedule from UTD to Hilton
When: 4:15 p.m.
Pick up location: Outside UTD’s Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center circle drive