Department of Accounting

Spring 2009 Research Workshops

Room 2350 UH at 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm


Tuesday, January 13
Sugata Roychowdhury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Are All Special Items Equally Special? The Predictive Role of Conservatism

Tuesday, January 20
Christian Leuz, University of Chicago
Disclosure and the Cost of Capital: Evidence from Firm's Response to the Enron Shock
Tuesday, January 27
Kyonghee Kim, University of Illinois at Chicago
Non-finacial Performance Measures and Physician Compensation
Tuesday, February 17
Sam Lee, University of Illinois at Chicago
The Effects of Target-Setting Processes on Target Achievements
Tuesday, February 24
Keejae Hong, University of Illinois at Chicago
Analyst Target Price Decomposition
Thursday, April 16
Peter D. Easton, University of Notre Dame
Another Kind of PEAD: the Pre-Earnings Announcement Drift
Thursday, April 21
Ram TS Ramakrishnan, University of Illinois at Chicago
Company Issued Guidance: Cheap-Talk or Signals of Value
Thursday, April 28
Michael T Kirschenheiter, Ram TS Ramakrishnan, University of Illinois at Chicago
Prudence Demands Conservatism
Thursday, April 30
Richard Price, Rice University
The Rise of ETFs and the Effect on CRSP Portfolio Returns
Thursday, May 28
Kyonghee Kim, Shail Pandit, University of Illinois at Chicago
Aggregate Uncertainity and Management Forecasts