Spring 2008 Research Workshops

Carlos E. Jimenez-Angueira, University of Florida
"Tax Environment Changes, Corporate Governance, and Tax Aggressiveness"

Faculty Meeting

Michaele Morrow, Texas Tech University - CANCELLED
"State Conformity with the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and the Impact On U.S. Multimantionals' Repatriation Decisions"

Michael Kirschenheiter, University of Illinois at Chicago
"Revenue Recognition Reconsidered: Summary of 2007 AAA/FASB Financial Conference"

Please see website at http://www.fasb.org/2007aaafasb/2007aaafasb.shtml for background material on the conference, including primary readings on new proposed revenue recognition standards.

Kyonghee Kim and Somanth Das, University of Illinois at Chicago
"An Analysis of Managerial Use and Market Consequences of Earnings Management and Expectation Management"

Cindy Durtschi, Utah State University - CANCELLED
"Earnings Management? Averaging, Sample Selection Bias, and Scaling Lead to Erroneous Inferences"

Yong Gyu Lee, Columbia Business School
An Examination of SFAS 146 Restructuring Charges"

Lihong Liang, The George Washington University
"Pessimistic Analysts' Timing Their Earnings Forecasts: An Alternative Explanation of the Walk-Down in Average Forecasts"

Jagadison K. Aier, Arizona State University
"Insider Trading in Loss Firms"

Jennifer Winchel, The University of Texas at Austin
"When Do Negative Arguments Increase the Credibility of Favorable Analyst Reports"

Shailendra Pandit, The Ohio State University
Security Analysts, Cash Flow Forecasts, and Turnover

Raj Mashruwala, Washington University in St. Louis
The Use of Advertising Activities to Meet Earnings Benchmarks: Evidence from Monthly Data

Ting Chen, Carnegie Mellon University
"The Impact of Regulation of Takeovers and Security Holder Communications on Management Disclosure of Synergy Forecasts:Evidence from Bank Mergers"

George Drymiotes, University of Houston
"Board Monitoring, Consulting, and Reward Structures"

Raynolde Pereira, University of Missouri - Columbia
"Does Corporate Transparency Contribute to Efficient Resourse Allocation?"

Katherine Schipper, Duke University
"Fair Value Measurement in Financial Reporting"